A wide gap between the United States and Iran is preventing the conflict from ending and opening up the Strait of Hormuz. Qatar asserts that its mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran are ongoing. Speaking to Al Jazeera TV, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said efforts are ongoing to ensure the situation does […]
Call it karma, as critics do, but Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched a war meant to bring down Iran’s government, and in the last two weeks voters in both countries have taken away the political room they had to keep fighting it. “The Iran war caused Republicans to lose Midterm after Democrats took both […]
Democrats took over both Houses of Congress on November 5 in the midterm elections, giving President Donald Trump’s Republicans reason to worry, as poll projections had indicated, for the first time in 20 years, opposition controls both Houses of Congress under a Republican president. In the House of Representatives, Democrats won more than 218 seats […]
Yemen’s humanitarian crisis deepens as over 300,000 people are displaced, fighting intensifies, and millions face hunger and Famine. Sana has been facing a humanitarian crisis since 2014, with a civil war, economic collapse, shortage of essential requirements and large-scale displacement. More than 300,000 people have fled their homes in western Yemen because of intensifying fighting […]
Attackers struck a Panama-flagged oil tanker carrying 27 Indian sailors with limpet mines in the Strait of Hormuz on October 29. The blasts started a fire in the engine room, and the crew put it out, briefly disabling the ship. The vessel is the MT Louise 1 and the Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said […]
Riyadh has reportedly offered Houthi rebels USD 1 billion through an Iran-mediated proposal to secure a ceasefire and halt attacks on its critical infrastructure, although the alleged offer remains unconfirmed. Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman travelled to Tehran to discuss the funds to negotiate the ceasefire settlement, a report published in Israel Hayom. […]
As the Houthi threat grows in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Iran came together on Monday for an agreement to prevent a regional crisis. This is the first high-level contact meeting between Iran and the parties to the Mecca Pact since the escalated Houthi attacks. “The countries have agreed to continue talks […]
AMMAN: A funeral is where people go to grieve, but on October 23, a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan turned into a shooting scene where nine people died, and dozens were hurt, in Hamoud’s Karak Governorate. Security forces captured three suspects on October 26 after a few hours of a shootout but the biggest questions […]
JERUSALEM: Hours before Israelis vote, Benjamin Netanyahu is making an argument that sits awkwardly beside his most valuable campaign prop. “The strongest reason to re-elect him is his ability to resist American pressure, whoever occupies the White House,” the Israeli prime minister told The Jerusalem Post. Netanyahu spoke to the Post’s Zvika Klein and Amichai […]
TEL AVIV: Tens of thousands of Israelis packed Hostages Square on Saturday night and put one demand to Benjamin Netanyahu, which he has refused for three years: to set up an independent inquiry into October 7. The rally came three days before a general election that many view as a referendum on the prime minister. […]
LONDON: The United Kingdom government launched its “Be Ready” campaign on 22 October 2026, asking every household to prepare for three days of disruption, but polling suggests many have not started. In a national campaign, the government is urging British citizens to keep enough supplies for three days in case normal services fail. The Be […]
Days before Israel votes on October 27, traders on Polymarket give Gadi Eisenkot a 50 per cent chance of becoming the next prime minister, while Benjamin Netanyahu is at 27 per cent and Naftali Bennett at 16 per cent. Indian users cannot follow those prices at the source as New Delhi blocked Polymarket in May, […]
Italy’s youth are angry about what they can afford today and what they expect tomorrow. Students marched in Rome, Milan, Bologna, Turin, Genoa, Pisa and Naples on 16 October under the banner “No Meloni Day.” Demonstrators cite rising living costs, low wages, high rents and failing public services. Many young Italians say they no longer […]
France’s education and cost-of-living protests have escalated into nationwide unrest, with curfews, more than 2,400 arrests, and violence now spilling beyond its borders. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu stated, “We have a mess on our hands, to put it bluntly.” French officials have imposed curfews after more than 2,400 people were arrested, along with other […]
When Israel is about to vote ahead of its parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his commitment to “bringing down the terrorist regime in Iran” in a statement released by the office. A regime change has been discussed with US President Donald Trump more than once, but his response to it has not […]
Hundreds gathered at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square on Saturday to protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of India’s electoral rolls. According to reports, a smaller group of government supporters held a counter-protest nearby. The protest was organised by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth wing […]
A bridge that sat unused for more than a decade is about to link China and North Korea, and it is drawing fresh attention to how tightly Pyongyang’s economy is tied to Beijing. China finished the dual-carriageway New Yalu River Bridge in 2014 to connect free trade zones in Dandong with the North Korean city […]
The military-backed government of Pakistan declared an emergency on Sunday in Imran Khan’s stronghold and suspended its government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This move comes amid rising support for the ex-jailed prime minister. The proclamation was issued under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution after President Asif Ali Zardari approved a recommendation from the federal […]
