Some 1,100 Pakistani expats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have taken advantage of an amnesty visa scheme launched earlier this month, Khaleej Times reported yesterday. Pakistani expats who...

The father of 11-year-old, Abdul Rahman Nofal contacted me, asking for help. His son was shot in the leg during Gaza's 'Great March of Return' protests. The Strip's dilapidated health care...

Turkey and Pakistan today signed a deal for the sale of 30 T129 ATAK helicopters, according to the Turkish Defence Industries Undersecretariat (SSB). "Contract negotiations on T129 ATAK helicopters between Turkish Aerospace Industries...

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court yesterday sentenced 28 defendants to 284 years in jail after finding them guilty of fraud. A total of 33 people of US, Russian, Indian,...

Western security agencies believe that Israel is selling nuclear information to Saudi Arabia, Arabi21 has reported. According to Israeli writer Ami Dor-on, such information will give the government in...

There were strong rumours sweeping across Pakistan recently that Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a cause célèbre across the Muslim world, had died in the Texas jail where she is serving...

Ignore the theological failings of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi for a moment, and the enormous degree of violence and bigotry that his group practiced. It is time to give the...

An elderly Pakistani couple who previously begged to be rescued from the besieged Syrian province of Eastern Ghouta have just been evacuated by the Red Cresent, Syrian journalist Mohamed...

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and China this week formed a trio to block a US-led move to place Pakistan on an international terror-financing watch list, a report by the Wall...

Some "2.6 million" babies die each year within one month of being born, the United Nations Children's Fund warned today in a 44-page report. Each year, of the 2.6...

Pakistan on Monday revealed it is training some 10,000 Saudi soldiers, injecting credence to the reports about ever-increasing security cooperation between Riyadh and Islamabad in recent months. Defense Minister...

Pakistan's decision to send its troops to Saudi Arabia for "advisory and training" purposes has sparked controversy, with some fearing that the troops might be used in the Saudi-led...

Funerals have been held for seven members of two Iran-backed militia groups recently killed in Syria, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported Thursday. According to the news agency, funerals were...

Kashmir and Palestine are two nations with too long a history but too small a geography. A history of mass-historical blunders; of occupation and oppression; of resistance and rebellion;...

The US State Department said it had restored ten countries including three Arab countries on a list of "countries of particular concern" because they tolerate flagrant violations of religious...

Pakistani diplomats in the Syrian capital, Damascus, have contacted an elderly couple in a besieged suburb after their plight was highlighted by Anadolu Agency. Muhammad Fazal Akram and Sughra...

Living in the besieged Syrian province of Eastern Ghouta, a Pakistani couple hope to return home

US prosecutors said Thursday that they had charged a Long Island, New York woman with laundering more than $85,000 in fraudulently obtained money through Bitcoin to help Daesh. Zoobia...

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced that Pakistani General Raheel Sharif would command the Saudi-led Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Saudi Crown...

Saudi Arabia yesterday announced the start of preparations in the capital Riyadh to receive a package of services for the Pakistani army, in preparation for the implementation of the...

Pakistan's army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, arrived in Tehran yesterday on a three day tour in which the influential military chief will meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

Qatar's Prime Minister, Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, yesterday discussed boosting cooperation between Doha and Iran and Pakistan with the ambassadors of both countries, the Qatar News Agency (QNA)...

Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day

In this year of significant anniversaries — the Balfour Declaration; Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the Israeli-led siege of Gaza — another is creeping up...

Since becoming President of the United States, Donald Trump's days have not been happy ones. He has been accompanied by crises since the minute he stepped into the White...

Three Saudi nationals drowned in the Arabian Sea off southern port city of Karachi on Saturday, police and local media reported. Two diplomatic employees and son of an official...

Suicides, violent deaths and sexual assaults are on the increase in the Middle East and are leading to a "lost generation", a new study has warned. According to the...

Iranian drones have been venturing into Pakistan's airspace since March, but it took until June for the Pakistani Air Force to shoot one down as it ventured 4 kilometres...

When three Gulf States decided to withdraw their ambassadors from Doha in March 2014, I wrote that the problem for those countries was not Qatar but Egypt. Some countries, with...

Pakistan will remain neutral regarding the current political standoff between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the Pakistani Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, said yesterday. According to the Express...

King Salman of Saudi Arabia has given Pakistan's prime minister an ultimatum over Qatar. In an attempt to force Nawaz Sharif to take sides, the monarch jibed, "Are you...

24 August 2021: Egypt receives credentials of first Qatari envoy since 2017 21 March 2021: Qatar and Mauritania meet for the first time since 2017 to discuss re-establishing ties March...