Saudi-Turkish rivalry: International businesses in the eye of storm

From pickled vine leaves to coffee and cheese, Saudi supermarkets are taking Turkish products off the shelves after calls for a boycott, as rivalry...

Armenia fires ballistic missiles on Azerbaijani civilians

Armenian forces have fired multiple ballistic missiles at Azerbaijani civilians and the public infrastructure, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry on Thursday. “On Oct. 22 in the...

US says Iran, Russia obtained voter registration information

Russian and Iran have both obtained US voter information and taken actions to influence public opinion ahead of the November 3 election, Director of...

Israel, UAE agree to visa-free travel as ties deepen

Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to visa-free travel on Monday, an unprecedented arrangement between Israel and an Arab state, signed as the...

Pakistan 15th most powerful country in Asia owing to increased diplomatic clout: US Think Tank

Pakistan has maintained its ‘comprehensive power’ position in Lowy Institute’s Asia Power Index for 2020. The index is a comprehensive study of 128 indicators,...

UAE delegation heads to Israel on first official visit

A United Arab Emirates delegation left on the country's first official visit to Israel on Tuesday after the two countries agreed to normalise ties...

‘Trump Heights’ a symbol of US shift on Mideast policy

On a dusty plain in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a golden-lettered sign with Israeli and American flags stands before a rusty wire fence as...

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Ethnocentric attitudes encouraging negative stereotypes

  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Nagorno-Karabakh became an autonomous region that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but is de facto...

Ukrainian officials in Iran for compensation talks over downed plane

Iran hosted officials from Ukraine in a second round of talks on Monday over compensation for a Kiev-bound passenger plane mistakenly shot down in...

Op-ed: Mideast peace agreements with Israel are driven by political vested interests

News is circulating in political spheres about Oman and Sudan as the next countries in line to recognize Israel after UAE and Bahrain. These...

China rails at US for peddling arms, interfering in affairs of other countries

China on Monday accused the United States of "peddling arms" and "interfering" in other countries' affairs after Washington threatened sanctions against any nation taking...

‘Hello you’: Israeli-UAE joint song a YouTube hit

The scene cuts from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the lyrics switch from Arabic to Hebrew to English and the song is a slightly kitsch...