The Philippines and India have refused to receive 340 of their nationals who were convicted of violations and were instructed to be expelled from Kuwait. The two countries insist on obtaining...

The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security, and...

It was only a matter of time before the anti-Muslim sentiment in India turned violent. A country that has historically prided itself on  its diversity and tolerance, and for...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has accepted a proposal by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold the G20 Summit online next week, eight months before it...

An Indian migrant who was mistaken for a Chinese man was brutally assaulted by two Israelis in an apparent racist attack related to the coronavirus outbreak. The attack, reportedly...

Saudi Arabia suspended on Thursday the travel of citizens and residents outside the country temporarily to several states that have been witnessing the spread of the coronavirus. The Saudi...

The reconfiguration of Eurasia is currently reflected in projects such as the Eurasian Economic Union, led by Russia, or the Chinese megaproject the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The UN decision to seek India’s assistance in resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict is not only inexplicable, but also shows an incredible lack of judgement. Injecting some new blood into...

Condemning the recent communal violence in Delhi, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday urged India to “stop the massacre of Muslims”, Anadolu Agency reports. Riots in northeast Delhi after clashes...

Iran yesterday cancelled Friday prayers across all the country’s cities this week amid the country’s growing coronavirus outbreak. The move came after the Iranian National Committee on Combatting Coronavirus recently announced...

Concerns have raised in Kuwait about due to a number of people arriving from Egypt, which prompted members in the Kuwaiti parliament to demand “an immediate halt to flights...

The United Nations is seeking to inject some new blood into the peace process between Israel and Palestine, which many say has been dealt a fatal blow by US...

Saudi Arabia yesterday announced launching a new electronic system to enable Umrah pilgrims, which have been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus, to get refunds . In an...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday hit out against “massacres” committed against Muslims in India after riots in New Delhi left at least 33 dead. “India right now has...

Homosexuality is illegal in the Emirates which is home to around 10 million people including nearly 4 million South Asian migrants

Qatar is not willing to renegotiate prices under its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts with India, Qatari energy minister, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, announced yesterday. Reuters quoted Al-Kabbi at...

We are approaching that time of year when people of many faiths and none come together in unity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which serves as a stark reminder...

Exploitative employers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly using tourist visas to hire Indians in a scam that leaves migrants open to labour abuse, police and activists...

According to Amit Shah, the national President of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), “Infiltrators are like termites in the soil of Bengal. The BJP Government will...

Saudi Arabia has agreed to lend its weight on the issue of Kashmir by holding a special meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss concerns related...

Kuwaiti lawmakers have called on their government to intervene to stop persecution of Muslims in East Turkistan and India, Anadolu reports. A group of 27 MPs signed a statement...

In their quest to refashion India as a Hindu state, Hindutva extremists have placed themselves on a collision course with the country’s secular constitution. Their goal is no less...

In a rare display of public opinion in Dubai, a small demonstration has been held to protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial citizenship law passed earlier this...

Mobile phones belonging to at least two dozen Pakistani officials were compromised earlier this year by the Israeli spyware company NSO Group, according to a report by the Guardian....

Oil market analysts must make sense of a bewildering array of statistics about production, consumption and inventories, compiled and published with varying definitions and degrees of accuracy and timeliness....

Saudi Arabia’s ties with India, which relies heavily on the kingdom’s oil, is set to become even stronger after a new Strategic Partnership Council was established yesterday during Prime...

Just one year after Saudi journalists Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder in his country’s Consulate in Istanbul, world leaders are flocking to Riyadh to attend a flagship investor meeting known...

Two Iranian chess champions have refused to play against Israelis on the 2019 World Youth and Junior Chess Championships. Hundreds of athletes from all over the world are participating...

Bollywood celebrities are being called out by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to cancel their attendance and performance at a festival taking place in Israel. The Indo...

Palestine and Turkey released special stamps to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. In a move to honour the anti-colonial, nonviolent activist’s “legacy and values”,...

Internment is a well-tried and deeply mistrusted tool of reactionary governments. It involves large groups of people – often entire communities including women and children – being locked up without...

Pakistan’s Air Force is close to closing a deal with Egypt to buy Dassault Mirage-V aircraft after long negotiations head towards a close. The Egyptian Air Force has retired...