1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (685+ words) BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi leaves Baghdad on Sunday for an official visit to France and Germany, seeking to strengthen bilateral ties with two major European powers and broaden Iraq’s international partnerships around economic development, investment, technology and industry....

3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (214+ words) NEW DELHI – The BRICS group of nations unanimously adopted a joint declaration on Saturday, expressing “deep concern” over the war in the Middle East and urged maximum restraint, advocating for a “multilateral approach” that respects national viewpoints. The declaration, adopted…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (266+ words) DUBAI - Iranian strikes damaged multiple American military aircraft this week on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, a US official told Reuters. The US military, the highest-funded in the world, suffered material damage even before Iran's strikes on Tuesday....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (399+ words) Two women at forefront of organised opposition challenging Iran's clerical rule middle-east-online.com Two women at forefront of organised opposition challenging Iran's clerical rule LONDON - The most structured opposition challenging the clerical establishment in Tehran is increasingly defined by female…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (767+ words) FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank looks set to raise interest rates on Thursday for the second time this year, seeking to head off an energy-driven surge in inflation triggered by the Iran war. Attacks by both sides since the end…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (515+ words) DUBAI/BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi could face a credibility crisis if Iran-backed Shi’ite militias fail to heed his call to hand over their weapons to the state. After a July meeting with US President Donald Trump at the…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (775+ words) ANKARA – Pakistan has delivered a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after they stepped up attacks on the kingdom, in a coordinated effort to prevent the crisis from spiralling, Saudi, Pakistani and Iranian sources said....

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1086+ words) WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump campaigned for a second term in the White House, he promised to be a “president of peace,‌” who would stop foreign wars, not start them. Now, a quarter-century after the September 11, 2001, attacks that triggered America’s global “war…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (917+ words) LONDON - How much oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz? Traders, energy executives and government officials are all trying to figure it out - but are reaching wildly different conclusions. It is, however, increasingly clear that this mystery has introduced…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (178+ words) DUBAI - Sunni Kurdish cleric Mamosta Mohammad Nezhati was killed in northwestern Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement reported on Wednesday by the semi-official Mehr news agency. The statement accused what it called “Zionist-American Kurdish separatist groups” of carrying…...