15+ hour, 28+ min ago   (143+ words) TEHRAN (AFP): Iran and the United Arab Emirates, whose relations have deteriorated since the start of the Middle East war, want to “turn the page”, the Iranian president said on Sunday. “For the first time since the war and the…...

15+ hour, 41+ min ago   (751+ words) This year’s BRICS summit has wrapped up in New Delhi with the usual promises of deepened cooperation and expanding economic ties. But there was an important absence. Although the US-Israel war on Iran has affected most of BRICS’ 11 members and…...

23+ hour, 43+ min ago   (531+ words) NEW DELHI (AFP): BRICS leaders including China, Russia and India entered a second day of talks in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing “inclusive global growth”, after reaching rare agreement calling for calm in the Middle East. Indian Prime Minister Narendra…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (859+ words) ADEN/DUBAI (Reuters): Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher. The world’s largest crude oil exporter said…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (446+ words) DUBAI: Bahrain said on Saturday that it would not take part in a proposed meeting between Gulf states and Iran in Oman to discuss the Strait of Hormuz until diplomatic relations between Manama and Tehran had been restored. Citing Iranian…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (206+ words) WASHINGTON (AFP): Chinese entities supplied Iran with satellite images of a base in Jordan before and after an attack that killed three US soldiers, The Wall Street Journal reported — an incident that could deepen tensions between Washington and Beijing. On…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (147+ words) WASHINGTON: The US military said Saturday that it has pushed back 100 commercial vessels in the past 60 days under its blockade of Iranian ports. “ZERO ships have passed through the blockade without US forces allowing. American service members remain laser focused…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (123+ words) BEIJING (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday, Beijing’s state media reported, as the city hosts a summit of the BRICS group of nations. “On the afternoon of September 12, local time,…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (235+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters): President Donald Trump on Wednesday predicted that the war with Iran ​will end “immediately after” the US midterm elections in November because Tehran was trying to influence the vote but would not be able to hold out more…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (210+ words) ISLAMABAD: Asim Iftikhar has been appointed as Pakistan’s new Foreign Secretary, replacing Amina Baloch, whose tenure is set to conclude later this month. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the appointment of Asim Iftikhar as Foreign Secretary, according to official…...