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Saudi Arabia in 2017 rounded up dozens of royal family members, current and former senior officials in a crackdown on corruption that has also strengthened the power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo: File)

Saudi Crown Prince hosts Iraq PM for talks on oil attacks

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also said there was no evidence the attacks were launched from Iraq.

26 Sept 2019 2:33 PM IST

After preliminary attempts to negotiate a unity coalition between Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz failed, Israels President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday tasked Netanyahu with forming a new government in the country. (Photo: ANI)

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu given first chance to form government

It is second time this year Netanyahu has been asked to form government after he failed in April to put together...

26 Sept 2019 12:53 PM IST

The Court of First Instance on Monday ordered the 27-year-old Indian workers deportation after paying a 5,000 dirham fine, for stealing the mangoes worth about 6 dirham on August 11, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Indian man caught stealing 2 mangoes at Dubai airport to quench...

He confessed that on August 11, 2017, he stole the mangoes from fruit box that was to be shipped to India.

24 Sept 2019 2:37 PM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

35 killed, 13 injured in attack by Afghan forces

A second provincial council member, Abdul Majid Akhundzadah said 40 people, all civilians, were killed in the attack.

23 Sept 2019 3:16 PM IST

The video ran a montage of the various meetings between Modi and Netanyahu over the past few years. (Photo: Screengrab)

Lieberman asks Netanyahu, Gantz to 'flip a coin' for who serves first...

Israel has in the past successfully experimented with a national unity government led by two bigger parties with their...

23 Sept 2019 2:59 PM IST

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed the uranium enrichment limit it agreed upon in a 2015 deal. (Photo: AFP)

Iran president Hassan Rouhani leaves for UN to win support against US

'It is essential for us to take part in the UN General Assembly and talk at various levels,' he said at Tehran's...

23 Sept 2019 2:53 PM IST

Israeli president Reuven Rivlin begins talks to form new government

Israel's largely ceremonial president is tasked with picking the politician with the best chance of forming a stable...

22 Sept 2019 4:43 PM IST

Saudi Arabia has temporarily halted production at two Aramco oil facilities that were attacked by Yemeni rebels, interrupting about half of the companys total output, the energy minister said on Saturday. (Photo: screengrab)

'If attack launched from Iran, will consider it act of war': Saudi...

Riyadh has rejected a claim by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement that it carried out the strikes.

22 Sept 2019 1:09 PM IST

Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the presence of foreign forces creates insecurityâ€ in the Gulf, after the US ordered the deployment of more troops to the region. (Photo: AP)

'Foreign forces raise Gulf insecurity': Hassan Rouhani

Rouhani said Iran would present a plan for peace to the United Nations in the coming days.

22 Sept 2019 12:31 PM IST

Another nation which has used the same principles in employing proxies to gain strategic advantage or neutralise its adversaries has been Iran; in fact in a far more refined way.

Any country that attacks us will turn into 'main battlefield': Iran

Salami was speaking at Tehran's Islamic Revolution and Holy Defence museum during the unveiling of an exhibition.

21 Sept 2019 4:44 PM IST

A minor explosion took place near Indian embassy camp office at Biratnagar in Kathmandu on Tuesday. (Representational Image)

Iraq: 12 civilians killed in minibus explosion outside Karbala

This was one of the biggest attacks targeting civilians since the extremist Islamic State group was declared defeated...

21 Sept 2019 11:28 AM IST

Security forces at the site of a suicide attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Iraq's stability on the line as US, Iran tensions soar

Nowhere is that being felt more than in Iraq, where Shia forces linked to Iran pose a growing challenge to government...

20 Sept 2019 7:12 PM IST