- February 22nd, 2025
Few regions are as geopolitically explosive as the Middle East. Last week's agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, under which they agreed to re-establish embassies in each other's capitals and renew a security cooperation pact, marks a major victory for...
CAIRO U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Egypt on Sunday at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East as violence flares between Israelis and Palestinians, and with Iran and Ukraine high on the agenda. Blinken...
TEHRAN A man armed with a Kalashnikov- style rifle stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran’s capital Friday, killing the head of security at the political post and wounding two guards, authorities said. Tehran’s police chief, Gen. Hossein Rahimi, criticized the...
JERUSALEM Gaza fired rockets and Israel carried out airstrikes early Friday as pressures soared following an Israeli raid in the enthralled West Bank that killed nine Palestinians, including at least seven zealots and a 61- time-old woman. It was the...
The United States imposed sanctions against Iran for ten years, barring the country from complying with international rules on terrorism or nuclear energy. By early 2012, however, evidence was mounting that Iran was being hurt by the US and its...
The US and Palestine have a long history of rocky diplomatic relations. The head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, began appealing for the creation of a Palestinian state at the United Nations on September 19, 2011 - and...
RIYADH A large population of the Arab world, which looks luxurious from a distance, is struggling with poverty. The 'large population' here means about 130 million people. Although some rich countries are not included in this. A survey released by...