MIDDLE EAST

India, Iran should work to expedite Chabahar Port development, connectivity to Afghanistan: Zarif

Iran says foreign minister Zarif to visit Macron in France

7:04 pm August 20, 2019

Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to visit Paris and meet with his counterpart and the French president on Friday, state news agency IRNA reported. “We will visit Paris on Friday to meet Emmanuel Macron and France’s foreign minister” Jean-Yves Le Drian, IRNA quoted Zarif as saying during a gathering of Iranians […]

Afghanistan mourns, vows to crush militants after attack

11:42 pm August 19, 2019

Kabul: As Afghanistan mourned the 63 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding, a brother of the groom spoke through tears of his weariness at the bloodshed in the country and the crushing guilt he felt at having to face his neighbors, many of whom lost relatives in the weekend blast. “Around […]

Afghanistan's Ghani wins majority in presidential poll: preliminary results

Afghanistan vows to crush Islamic State havens after attack

2:58 pm August 19, 2019

Kabul: Afghanistan’s president is vowing to eliminate all safe havens of the Islamic State group as the country marks a subdued 100th Independence Day after a horrific wedding attack claimed by the local IS affiliate. President Ashraf Ghani’s comments Monday come as Afghanistan mourns at least 63 people killed in the Kabul bombing. Many outraged […]

Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians near Gaza fence

9:03 pm August 18, 2019

Gaza City (Gaza Strip): Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli troops have killed three Palestinians and severely wounded a fourth near the heavily guarded perimeter fence. The Israeli military said Sunday that a helicopter and a tank fired at armed suspects near the fence overnight. After weeks of calm, Palestinian militants have attempted a number of […]

Gibraltar rejects US demand to detain Iranian oil tanker

8:54 pm August 18, 2019

Gibraltar: Gibraltar on Sunday rejected a US demand to seize an Iranian oil tanker at the centre of a diplomatic dispute as it prepared to leave the British overseas territory after weeks of detention. Gilbraltar’s government said it could not seek a court order to detain the ship because US sanctions against Iran were not […]