Germany is sticking to its weapons exports freeze to Saudi Arabia, the government said Wednesday, resisting pressure to soften its stance after criticism from Britain and defense firms, including Airbus, who argue it is hurting commerce. Germany said in November that it would reject future arms export licenses to Riyadh over the killing of Saudi […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forged an election alliance with a far-right party that could give followers of the late anti-Arab rabbi, Meir Kahane. The deal, announced by Netanyahu’s Likud and the ultranationalist Jewish Home party, was aimed at solidifying a potential right-wing coalition after the April 9 parliamentary election, Reuters reported. Opinion polls predict […]

Scores of Saudi-backed mercenaries were killed and injured after Yemeni troops and fighters from popular committees repelled their infiltration attack in the southwestern Taiz province. The army troops foiled the infiltration attempt on Wednesday in Makbana district, Taiz, killing and injuring scores of them, a military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Saba news […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called upon lawmakers to back a resolution to halt the national emergency declared by US President Donald Trump to fund a wall on the southern border with Mexico. Trump announced the emergency in order to bypass Congress, which approved only a quarter of the US$5.6 billion (RM22.8 billion) he […]

A devastating fire raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old shopping district in Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least 70 people, officials and witnesses said Thursday. The fire in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area was mostly under control after more than 10 hours of frantic firefighting efforts. Some of the about 50 people injured were critically burned. […]

India has renewed its appeal in the International Court of Justice (IJC) to take an alleged spy off death row in Pakistan, as political and diplomatic tensions soar between the neighbors. Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, a former Indian navy officer, was arrested in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan in March 2016 on charges of […]

In a controversial statement that has raised many eyebrows in Pakistan and the region, Pakistan’s foreign minister has expressed desire to normalize relations with Israel. Shah Mehmood Qureshi made the controversial remarks in an interview with an Israeli news portal on the sidelines of recently concluded Munich Security Conference. According to a report published by […]

China, a regional giant, has urged two estranged neighbors Pakistan and India to exercise restraint and conduct dialogue to achieve resolution of outstanding issues. The statement comes in the wake of deadly terror attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir that has again derailed relations between the two countries, bringing them on the brink of war. “Pakistan and […]

The dastardly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir last week and its shocks are being felt far and wide. It might have a bearing on the progress of Afghan peace talks as well. Pakistan’s envoy to Kabul said on Tuesday that peace talks between the United States and the Afghan Taliban would be affected if India showed […]

Almost a week after a deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 44 members of India’s central reserve police force, Pakistan’s premier finally broke his silence on Tuesday. The deadliest attack in the disputed Himalayan region since the insurgency broke out in late 1980s sparked widespread outrage and protests in India, with some politicians […]