Tag: Middle East

Pence delays Mideast visit amid anger over Jerusalem shift

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence has delayed a visit to the Middle East, the White House said on Monday, as a crunch tax...

Trump’s controversial move on Jerusalem denounced

-- Muslim, Christian leaders say American decision sabotages all efforts for peace in Middle East LAHORE: Muslim and Christian leaders expressed their solidarity with Palestinians and denounced...

Fifth day of protests in Middle East over Trump’s Jerusalem move

  JERUSALEM: The Middle East saw a fifth day of protests on Monday over US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, while...

Pakistanis outraged by Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital: CM...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “The religious sentiments of 1.5...

46th National Day of UAE observed with traditional fervor

ISLAMABAD: The 46th National Day of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was observed in Islamabad with traditional zeal and fervor at a reception hosted...

Jordan vital partner of Pakistan to achieve peace, security in Middle...

AMMAN: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Tuesday held talks with King Abdullah of Jordan on bilateral ties and the latest regional developments, reported The...

Shahrokh Hatami, famed Iranian photojournalist dies at 89

PARIS: Famed Iranian photo-journalist Shahrokh Hatami, who covered front-page events from the revolution in his homeland to the Beatles in their early days, has...

Oman: bastion of interfaith coexistence in Middle East

MUSCAT: On a November evening at Sayyida Mazoon mosque in Muscat, worshippers from different Muslim sects ascended the polished marble steps to pray together at...

France aims to boost France’s clout in Middle East

PARIS: From mediating in the crisis in Lebanon to defending Iran's nuclear deal, President Emmanuel Macron aims to fill the vacuum left by an...

Lebanon president asks Saudi Arabia why Hariri has not returned

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun called on Saudi Arabia on Saturday to clarify why Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri could not return home, a week after...

201 held for questioning in Saudi anti-graft crackdown

201 people are held in Saudi Arabia for questioning over an estimated $100 billion in embezzlement and corruption on Thursday, after the biggest purge...

Lebanon believes Hariri held by Riyadh, wants foreign support for his...

BEIRUT: Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as prime minister on Saturday while in Saudi Arabia, is being held by Riyadh, and Beirut plans...

Chaotic, leaderless Middle East favourable ground to spread ideology: OBL on...

A journal made public by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and apparently handwritten by one of Osama bin Laden's daughters offers a glimpse into how the...

Iran’s Guards flex muscle in Middle East despite Trump warning

  BEIRUT: A week after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a blistering speech about Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the most powerful military and economic force in...

Deal reached with Palestinian rival ‘Fatah’ says Hamas chief

CAIRO/GAZA: Palestinian rival factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal over political reconciliation, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on Thursday...

CPEC project is glad tiding for entire region: Aizaz

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, while rejecting negative propaganda against China Pakistan Economic Project (CPEC), has said that the...

Govts should address corruption to defeat IS: BBC report

MIDDLE EAST: Transparency International, an international organisation has recently released a report in which governments, including the UK and the US, have been majorly accused...