Category: International

Russia Signals It May Allow Türkiye to Pass S-400 Systems to a Trusted Ally NEW YORK: Russia has cracked open the door to a long simmering question in global defense circles: could Türkiye one day hand off its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to another country? According to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the answer is […]

Deadly Checkpoint Bombing Deepens Pakistan’s Security Crisis At least 12 people were killed and 35 others injured on Saturday when an explosives laden vehicle struck a joint security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast took place at a checkpoint used by security and customs […]

ISTANBUL: Standing before business leaders at the Istanbul Expo Center, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a blistering message on September 26: those accused of war crimes belong in a courtroom, not on the world’s grandest diplomatic stage. Speaking at the close of the MÜSİAD EXPO trade fair, Erdoğan declared that Israeli officials sought by the […]

NEW YORK: Israel’s diplomatic isolation was laid bare at the United Nations on Thursday as dozens of delegates rose and walked out the moment Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approached the rostrum. Cheers and jeers rippled through the chamber while General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman called repeatedly for order. Social media quickly amplified the scene. Users […]

Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump to Use Disputed Voter Database Washington: The US Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a significant, if narrow, victory in its push to police the citizenship of American voters, lifting a lower court’s block on a controversial federal database just weeks before the midterm elections. The court’s conservative […]

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA): The full story of America’s war against Iran has not yet been told. What the public knows comes mostly from official statements, media summaries and scattered documents, a partial picture in which important details still lie in the shadows. It is too early to measure the true cost of a conflict […]

Kandahar, Afghanistan: Tensions between Kabul and Islamabad sharpened this week after a senior Afghan spokesperson accused Pakistan of destabilizing the region through cross-border strikes, while religious scholars and analysts weighed in on an increasingly bitter dispute. Speaking at the Hamadia religious school in Aino Mina, Kandahar, government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Pakistan’s recent attacks on […]

Rangers Deployed as Pakistan Braces for Showdown Over PTI March ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has moved thousands of paramilitary Rangers into Islamabad and key districts of Punjab, setting the stage for a tense confrontation as the opposition PTI prepares a nationwide march on the federal capital on Sept. 27. The federal interior ministry authorised the deployment from […]

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump called his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping a “great meeting” on Thursday, as the two leaders sought to steady a relationship strained by disputes over trade, technology and security. Speaking briefly to reporters before showing Xi around a helicopter on the White House grounds, Trump said the United States and […]

EU Turns to Gulf as Hormuz Crisis Redraws Energy Map NEW YORK: As attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and on Saudi Arabia unsettle global trade, Europe is racing to redraw its energy and transport map, leaning harder on the Gulf and seeking new alliances to keep its economies running. Dubravka Suica, the European Union’s […]