Tehran: At least 30 people dead after ablaze building collapses
At least 30 fire fighters are feared to have been killed after Iran's oldest high-rise in southern Tehran collapsed on Thursday following a major...
Qatar backtracks on labor rights: Rise of illiberal world order?
James M. Dorsey | A recent Qatari decision has led to it backtracking on the minimal improvements the country was making in terms of employment...
Rafsanjani’s death: A shift in Indo-Iran relationship?
Shashank Joshi | While Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s death comes as a blow to Iran’s reformists, the template of Tehran-New Delhi ties established during his...
No rules apply to Raheel Sharif taking a job in Saudi Arabia
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif finally revealed that General (r) Raheel Sharif has not yet asked for permission from any institution in the country;...
Why Obama thinks Netanyahu is destroying the two-state solution?
Despite, enormous peacemaking efforts past several decades, the Israeli-Palestine conflict is still deemed as one of the most intractable conflicts in the world, and...
Muslim country, Morocco bans sale of burqas: violation of female rights?
The kingdom of Morocco, a Muslim country with population of 34 million people has banned the sale and production of burqas. The Moroccan media...
Huge crowd attends former Iranian president Rafsanjani’s funeral
A mourning crowd of thousands erupted onto the streets of Tehran, chanting "Good bye, Old combatant" at the funeral of former Iranian president Akbar...
Why Russia, Turkey and Iran are natural allies
Why Russia, Turkey and Iran are natural allies Adrian Campbell| The ceasefire in Syria brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran has opened the way to peace...
Islamic State violence fuels culture wars and widens generation gaps in Turkey
James M. Dorsey | The Islamic State’s New Year’s Eve bombing of an upscale nightclub in Istanbul has fuelled culture wars in Turkey and Israel and...
Airstrikes by Russia Buttress Turkey in Battle vs. ISIS
MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — Russian warplanes have carried out airstrikes to support Turkey’s offensive in northern Syria against the Islamic State,...
Moderate Iran gets a hit as former President Rafsanjani dies from heart attack
Iranian state run media has announced that the former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. He had...
Is Erdoğan losing his grip on a dangerously divided Turkey
Alpaslan Ozerdem, and Bahar Baser| Turkey’s New Year was marred by a terrorist attack, claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS), that killed 39 people...