MIDDLE EAST

Modi reaffirms India’s support to dialogue for maintaining peace in Persian Gulf

2:51 pm September 27, 2019

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reaffirmed India’s support for giving priority to diplomacy, dialogue and confidence- building for maintaining peace and security in the Persian Gulf amidst tensions in the region, as he held in-depth talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Modi met Rouhani on the sidelines of the high-level 74th Session of […]

Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' to solve crisis with US

Rouhani says Iran will ‘of course’ talk to US if sanctions are lifted

11:54 pm September 26, 2019

New York: President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday Iran would “of course” hold talks with the United States if President Donald Trump lifted sanctions and ended his policy of maximum pressure on Tehran. “If we reach a time when these preconditions are taken off the table, of course the possibility exists to talk with America,” Rouhani […]

Rouhani says show ‘evidence’ Iran attacked Saudi oil facility

11:47 pm September 26, 2019

New York: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani challenged countries who accused Iran of carrying out this month’s attack on a Saudi Arabian oil facility to provide evidence. “Those who make the allegations must provide the needed proof. What is your evidence?” he told reporters in New York, a day after addressing the UN General Assembly. The […]

Israel braces for bitter fight after Netanyahu indictment

Israeli politics remain in chaos after deadlocked election

9:22 pm September 26, 2019

JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu has been tasked by Israel’s president to form a new government for the sixth time in his lengthy political career. This time it’s no mere formality, but rather a daunting endeavor that looks like mission impossible. After an inconclusive national election last week, Netanyahu has no obvious path to the 61-seat parliamentary […]

Iran says it begins 20% uranium enrichment amid US tensions

Iran president warns of a region ‘on the edge of collapse’

9:54 am September 26, 2019

United Nations: Iran president Hassan Rouhani used the world’s stage to warn that security in the Persian Gulf could unravel with a “single blunder” and its fragile peace be guaranteed only by the region’s countries, not through U.S. intervention or Washington’s “merciless economic terrorism.” President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday accused the United States of engaging […]