WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has begun to mobilize a broad coalition of allies behind potential American military action in Syria and is moving toward expanded airstrikes in northern Iraq, administration officials said on August […]
By S Nihal Singh America’s Receding Ability to Bring Peace “The major power in the region, the United States, is increasingly compromised by its total support of Israel, largely due to domestic factors, and its […]
“At the heart of the dilemmas presented by the evolving situation is the kind of Middle East major regional and world powers want to see. More importantly, where will the present series of conflicts take […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): One person was killed and two others injured when shots were fired at a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane landing at the Peshawar airport on June 22 night. The shots were fired at […]
JEDDAH (TIP): Saudi Arabia is considering ending its controversial ban on sports in girls’ state schools, after its consultative council recommended the ban be lifted over vociferous opposition from traditionalists. Following a heated debate on […]
DUBAI (TIP): An Indian was stranded for five days at Abu Dhabi airport as he forgot his passport in the plane while transiting for another flight to Saudi Arabia, according to a media report on […]
DUBAI (TIP): Expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia have demanded that the Indian authorities facilitate online voting for them through biometric system in the general elections due next month. Although non-resident Indians (NRIs) have been permitted […]
LONDON (TIP): Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is planning to invest 100 million pounds into a new factory in Saudi Arabia to make 100,000 cars a year to meet the booming demand in the […]
SANAA, YEMEN (TIP): Missiles fired by a US drone slammed into a convoy of vehicles travelling to a wedding party in central Yemen on December 12, killing at least 13 people, Yemeni security officials said. […]
KENDRAPARA, ODISHA (TIP): An NRI couple has been arrested in Saudi Arabia on charges of practising black magic, official sources said here on October 22. Seikh Nizam and Noor Jehan, originally from Odisha’s Kendrapara township, […]
“The author foresees tremendous tectonic changes in the wake of Arab Spring et al. He says, “There will be following major discernible evolutionary geo-political trends underlying the so-called Arab spring. The despotic regimes headed by […]
NEW YORK (TIP): As a security alert kept millions on edge throughout the Muslim world, suspected U.S. drone attacks in Yemen killed 12 alleged militants Thursday, August 8, and Saudi security forces arrested two foreign […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US embassies that would normally be open this Sunday – including those in Abu Dhabi, Baghdad and Cairo – will be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns, the US State Department […]
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