#MiddleEast

News DeskRIYADH: At least 17 Pakistani nationals, including five women, were injured in recent attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, diplomatic sources have confirmed. Fifteen of the injured have been…

News DeskRIYADH: Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels have escalated after the group claimed to have shot down a Saudi military Apache helicopter near Najran in southern Saudi Arabia.At the same time, the…

News Desk DHAHRAN: A reported Houthi attack on the headquarters of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco has caused significant damage to the building, triggering a fire that reportedly spread across several floors. According to a…

News DeskGAZA: Israel is reportedly preventing the construction of a proposed military base in Gaza that is intended to accommodate international troops under a US-backed plan led by President Donald Trump, according to a report by…

News DeskTEHRAN: Iran has offered to facilitate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, calling for a political solution to regional tensions and warning that continued military action would further aggravate conflicts.Iranian…

News DeskISLAMABAD: Escalating fighting between Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen has once again heightened tensions across the region. Saudi Arabia has activated its air defence systems in Riyadh and other cities following a…

News DeskWASHINGTON: The ongoing conflict with Iran is taking a growing toll on US military air power, with 81 American military aircraft reportedly destroyed or severely damaged, according to a US Congressional research report.The…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Ed Miliband’s address to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Monday was significant not simply because the Foreign Secretary used unusually strong language on Palestine, but because the speech presented…

Saleem RazaBradford: There is a question becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: are today’s wars really being fought only over territory, security and political power, or are they also reshaping the architecture of the global energy…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Dozens of delegations walked out of the United Nations General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu began his address to the 81st session. It was an important political gesture: a visible expression of opposition to…