London: UK and Saudi Arabia signed special defence cooperation agreement worth $2 billion. With this agreement being claimed the biggest till date, Saudi Arabia will be purchasing 48 ‘Typhoon’ fighter jets from Britain. The agreement has created repercussions in Britain and the opposition has criticised the agreement of being an embarrassment for Britain. Saudi’s Crown […]
Tegucigalpa/Washington : Nikki Haley, the US envoy to United Nations issued a stern warning saying, “If Russia continues to consistently protect Iran, the United States and its allies will have to independently take a decision about Iran. If action cannot be initiated through the Security Council, the United States will be forced to take action.”The […]
London: Iran is trying to ignite a hidden war in the Gulf by arming its supporters in Syria and Yemen, alleged the United States and its allies. US, Britain and France have lodged this complaint against Iran with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani has criticised the allegations made by […]
Munich: ‘Iran is a threat to the world security. Iran will not be allowed to tighten the noose of terrorism around Israel’s neck. Israel will keep attacking Iran’s supporters in the gulf. If necessary Israel will directly attack Iran as well’, warned Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu objected to the Iranian […]
Washington : The United States has supported the Israeli air strikes on the Iranian bases in Syria. The US ‘White House’ supported the Israeli air attacks on Saturday saying that Israel has the right to take necessary steps to defend itself. At the same time the ‘White House’ warned Iran to stop its inciting activities, […]
Washington: The US President Donald Trump will announce the defence expenditure budget of USD 716 billion, an increase of 7% over the previous year. President Trump is likely to suggest this increase in the defence expenditure by underlining the increasing threat from Russia and China, claimed two senior US officials. The Trump administration has not […]
Dubai: The Houthi rebels of Yemen launched a missile on the nuclear power plant at Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE). The news agency associated with the Houthis has created a lot of uproar by publishing this news. However, the claim of such a missile attack within the boundaries of UAE is […]
New York/ Mogadishu: UN has warned in a report that the Islamic State (IS), which is withdrawing from Iraq and Syria is trying to set up its base in Somalia. The ISIS has been making efforts to increase its presence in the Puntland region of North Somalia, however, according to the reports; the number of terrorists […]
Riyadh: Last 24 hours has seen significant events in Saudi Arabia since King Salman established anti-corruption committee and announced the appointment of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to head the committee. Within few hours of the announcement, Prince ‘Alwaleed bin Talal’ along with other 11 princes have been arrested under charges of corruption. 4 other […]
Riyadh / BEIRUT : Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, saying he believed there was an assassination plot against him and accusing Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of planning a strife within the gulf region. Saad also mentioned that the current atmosphere in Lebanon is similar to the atmosphere that prevailed before […]