Saudi Arabia’s MBS struggles as geopolitics gets out of hand
Oil Price War: Saudi US Rift Combatting the coronavirus and coping with the pandemic’s economic fallout may be Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s...
Will Trump return to JCPOA? Iran-US relation conundrum
In business transactions and international diplomacy alike, there could be constant variables and dependent variables. Constant variable is where the value cannot be changed...
US Annoyed as Iran Becomes a Potential Ally of Gulf Nations
It is early days, but first indications are that the global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines...
Iran says US cannot extend the arms embargo after it pulled out from the nuclear deal
Tehran on Monday told Washington to "stop dreaming" after it was reported that the US plans to prevent the expiry of an international embargo...
Hidden motives behind Israel-Azerbaijan alliance
Populated by fluent Hebrew speakers, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry waited back in 1991 in the wake of the collapse of the...
Frustrated Trump orders US forces to shoot down Iranian ships
US forces in the Persian Gulf have been authorized to open fire on Iranian ships if they ‘harass’ them at sea, President Donald Trump...
Pompeo says Iran violated UN resolution; will be held accountable for satellite launch
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused Iran of violating a UN Security Council resolution through a satellite launch and vowed repercussions. "I...
”Shoot down & destroy Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships”: Trump
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had ordered the US military to attack and destroy any Iranian vessel that harasses US Navy ships. "I...
‘Space breakthrough’ for Iran: Revolutionary Guard Corps launched military satellite
An Iranian military satellite, mounted on a domestically-built rocket, was sent into space by the air arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
US-Iran tensions: Is Iran deliberately playing with fire?
The United States and Iran, acting on perceptions of one another that seem to be engraved in stone, are on a collision course that...
How will COVID-19 shape the world politics?
During the Cold War, the two antagonists – the USA and former Soviet Union - in their bid to safeguard the vital western and...
Iran rejects Trump’s ventilator offer, says we don’t take advice from US
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has rebuffed an offer by US President Donald Trump to send ventilators to Iran, claiming that the Islamic Republic...