Iraq PM looks to calm Basra unrest as demos spread
News Desk | Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sought Friday to restore calm in the city of Basra after days of protests over unemployment, as...
Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza Strip after border protest bloodshed
AFP | Israel's army said it had launched airstrikes targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, following bloodshed in border protest clashes that saw...
Russia can mediate a grand bargain on Syria
M K Bhadrakumar | The prevailing impression is that Russia plays a hugely influential role in the Syrian conflict. But it is equally the case...
Israel’s Netanyahu faces 11th grilling over alleged graft
AFP | Police said investigators on Tuesday questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over one of several graft cases that threaten to topple him. He is...
Saudi Arabia, an emerging sports power- Aamir Bilal
Aamir Bilal | Historically, Saudi Arabia has played a limited role in international competitive sports. Apart from the interest in Saudi soccer clubs, there has...
Israel ex-minister goes on trial on charges of spying for Iran
AFP | A former Israeli government minister went on trial on Thursday on charges of spying for arch-foe Iran in a case which has been...
Saudi religious diplomacy targets Jerusalem
James M Dorsey | A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more...
Syrian rebels surrender Bosra al-Sham in Deraa offensive
News Analysis | Rebel forces holding the strategic town of Bosra al-Sham in Syria's southern Deraa province have surrendered to loyalist troops of President Bashar...
Palestinian killed by Israeli forces after infiltrating from Gaza: army
AFP | Israeli soldiers opened fire on four Palestinians who infiltrated from the Gaza Strip on Monday and sought to set an unmanned sniper post...
The Middle East: History threatens to repeat itself
James M Dorsey | If the notion that history repeats itself is accurate, it is nowhere truer than in the Middle East where the international...
Qatar is still supporting terror in the Middle East: UAE tells ICJ
News Analysis | United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Netherland, Saeed Alnowais, appeared before International Court of Justice to present his country’s position vis-à -vis the case...
In West Bank, Prince William speaks of Palestinian ‘country’
AFP | Britain's Prince William found himself on diplomatic thin ice during a visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday when he called the...