Pompeo heading to Middle East to shore up US alliances
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will tour eight Middle East capitals next week in an effort to shore up crucial alliances strained...
CCTV footage shows men transporting ‘Khashoggi body parts’
AFP | A Turkish television station has broadcast CCTV footage showing men carrying cases and bags which it says contained slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's...
FM Qureshi culminates his foreign visits revolving around Afghan peace process in Qatar
News Analysis | Shah Mahmood Qureshi met Qatari officials in Doha to discuss the developing situation in Afghanistan alongside other matters of mutual interest. Foreign...
Israel vows to block Palestinian bid to become full UN member
AFP | Israel has vowed to work with the United States to block a bid by the Palestinians for full membership in the United Nations,...
Russia & Israel: New rivals in Middle East? – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | It is over a month since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced that he was going to Moscow to meet...
Saudi king orders government reshuffle after Khashoggi fallout
AFP | Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered a sweeping government reshuffle Thursday, replacing key security and political figures including the foreign minister, as the kingdom...
Doubts over Turkey ability to ‘eradicate’ IS after US pull-out
AFP | A withdrawal of American ground forces in Syria will give Turkey freer rein to target Washington's Kurdish partners in the fight against jihadists...
Syrian air defences shoot down Israeli missiles: state media
AFP | Syrian air defences shot down Israeli missiles near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, local state media reported, while Israel said it was protecting...
Destruction of tunnels from Lebanon ‘nearly done’: Netanyahu
AFP | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the Israeli army's operation to locate and destroy cross-border tunnels dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon was...
Tales of displaced Yemenis: two camps, same tragedy
AFP | For many families in Yemen, the war has not only stripped them of their livelihoods, homes and belongings but something far more valuable:...
US defense chief quits as Trump pulls from Syria, Afghanistan
AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump who ordered a...
Trump declares victory over IS in Syria, orders US troops home
AFP | The Islamic State group has been "beaten" in Syria, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday in announcing a stunning order to pull American...