Aden: 14 people were killed in the double suicide attack on the counter-terrorism unit, at the southern port city of Aden in Yemen and this includes six security personnel. The IS group who is trying to establish itself in Yemen, has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Two terrorists attacked in the Tawahi district of Aden, […]
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 […]
Cairo : Qatar has given stern warning to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allied nations after receiving support from US and European nations. Qatar has threatened to step out of the “Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)” if its demands are not accepted by Saudi and other Arab allied nations within next three days. This warning can increase the tensions for Arab nations. Saudi Arabia […]
Turkey has rejected the demand of Saudi and its allied Arabic countries to close down its military base in Qatar. Even after the demand by Arab countries, this decision, to close the military base, is not in the agenda, affirmed the defense minister of Turkey. The defense minister also claimed that the military base will […]
Berlin/Istanbul: German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel warned that the tensions amongst the major Arab countries which are seemingly dramatic may spark conflict and lead to war. Also, Iran who currently supports Qatar, need not add to the tensions in the region, rebuked the German foreign minister. In an interview to a leading German newspaper, Foreign […]
Ankara: After Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain and Libya isolated Qatar, the tensions that it gave rise to have not yet deflated but are in a state where they may escalate further. Turkey, who backed Qatar and criticized Saudi Arabia and its allied nations, is in the process of deploying troops in Qatar. […]
Washington : US President Donald Trump has given indications that the emergency oil stockpile, kept for a propective disaster should be put up for sale. This proposal has been worked out to reduce the burden of indebtedness on the US economy. As per a statement from the White House on Monday, reserves till 2018 could […]
Washington: Against the backdrop of the growing threat from Iran, Saudi Arabia has increased its efforts for acquiring nuclear weapons. It has come to light that Saudi Arabia has formed a division of experts to obtain the technology to develop nuclear bombs and to perform research on it. The US think tank has said that […]
Dubai : Oman has declared its participation into Saudi’s ‘anti-terrorism war’ and ‘Gulf Army’. Oman’s Defense Minister ‘Badr Bin Saud Al-Busaidi’ declared their decision in a letter to Saudi Arabia. Surprise is being expressed at this ally of Iran joining Saudi-led group. Meanwhile, Pakistani media has been claiming that Pakistan’s ex-army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif […]
Tehran: ‘Britain has accused Iran to be a threat to the gulf. As a reply to this, ‘ Ayatollah Khamenei’, the supreme religious leader of Iran has held Britain responsible for the present misery in the gulf countries. A few days back ‘Theresa May’ Britain’s Prime Minister had criticized Iran to be a threat in […]