Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar Saturday to seek a path back to...
- Turkey has deployed dozens of disaster relief specialists to help search for bodies under the mountains of rubble in Gaza,...
The Huthis have declared themselves part of the "axis of resistance" of Iran's allies and proxies and have launched a...On Sunday, Huthi rebels seized an Israel-linked cargo vessel and its 25 international crew at the entrance to the Red Sea
Israel's military said the seizure was a "very grave incident of global consequence", and US said it was "a flagrant violation of international law"
- The delay is a hammer blow to families desperate to see their loved ones return home, and to two million-plus...
Israeli national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi indicated the release of at least 50 Israeli and foreign hostages held by Hamas was on track
For every 10 additional hostages released, there would be an extra day's "pause" in fighting, an Israeli government document said
Two people have been killed as a result of a car explosion at the Rainbow Bridge at the US-Canada border...A car exploded at the major Rainbow Bridge crossing near Niagara Falls
The White House said that President Joe Biden had been briefed.
Experts say Saudi Arabia's successful bid to host 2034 World Cup might not have been possible if there had not...Tiny Qatar was transformed for the tournament, with a new metro, airport expansion, upgraded roads and new hotels, plus eight world-class stadiums, at a cost of $220 billion.
It was billed as the most expensive World Cup in history but organizers reject that tag, saying much of the infrastructure expedited for the tournament was already budgeted.
- Paris, France -- The emirate of Qatar has further boosted its status as a specialist power in resolving delicate hostage situations...
In its work Qatar has now largely overshadowed Egypt, which helped secure the 2011 release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years being held by Hamas.
The emirate had also invited the Taliban to open an office in Doha with the approval of the US, making it possible to negotiate the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.
Erdogan went on to reiterate his claim that Israel was a “terrorist state”: “We need to know this once and for all....Erdogan stressed that Turkey will not allow the issue of nuclear weapons and atomic bombs, whose existence is denied by Israeli ministers, to be forgotten
Israeli Minister of Heritage Amihai Eliyahu’s had remarked earlier this month about the option of launching a nuclear strike on the Gaza Strip
Some world leaders like Ramaphosa and Erdogan use the term genocide to describe Israeli actions in Gaza. Israel has also...South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who currently chairs the BRICS group, strongly calls for an immediate ceasefire, describing the situation in Gaza as 'a genocide.'
Pronouncements of several Israeli politicians, who openly called for extermination of Palestinians, have added to the fears of a genocide in Gaza.
- US President Joe Biden thanked the leaders of Qatar and Egypt for their "critical leadership" in reaching the deal. "I...
The Kremlin said "it is only on the basis of these kinds of pauses that some outlines of future attempts at a sustainable settlement can be built."
Beijing hoped "that it will help ease the plight of the humanitarian crisis, de-escalate the conflict and ease tensions", said foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning.
- Commercial traffic ground to a halt Tuesday when Pakistan began requiring the crew of commercial vehicles to have passports and...
The media office of the governor of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan confirmed that cross-border trade had resumed
Landlocked Afghanistan is heavily dependent on its neighbor for imports, both locally made goods and foreign items
When Khulud Jarboueh and her children fled their home in the northern Gaza Strip under Israeli bombardment in early October,...On a road lined with stalls, hundreds of Palestinians held up items to check sizes or compare fabrics
Adel Harzallah, who runs a clothes shop, said his stock of winter pyjamas sold out in two days
