Gold rises 1% as hopes for US-Iran diplomacy pause oil rallyGold prices gained over 1% as investors tracked diplomatic efforts to ease the US-Iran conflict and assessed the impact on inflation and th...
21 Jul, 2026, 02.04 PM IST
Trump threatens new Iran escalation and risks repeating old mistakesPresident Trump has increased U.S. air strikes on Iran, but strategy shows little success. An interim ceasefire deal has collapsed, leaving...
17 Jul, 2026, 06.09 AM IST
Pakistan worries about being drawn into US-Iran conflict after Houthis attack Saudi ArabiaRecent Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have frustrated Pakistan significantly. These actions threaten to draw Islamabad into the conflict, c...
16 Jul, 2026, 08.26 PM IST
A history of Iran's nuclear programme and tensions with the US as an interim deal is reachedA landmark interim deal between the United States and Iran aims to end a protracted war and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. This agreeme...
15 Jun, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
Saudi Arabia lifts 5-year ban on Lebanese imports, marking a thaw in Gulf-Lebanon tiesAfter a five-year hiatus, Saudi Arabia is reopening its market to Lebanese imports, a decision that stemmed from previous drug smuggling ap...
11 Jun, 2026, 09.05 AM IST
The phone call that exposed cracks in the Trump-Netanyahu bondA recent heated phone call between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has exposed public strains. Trum...
05 Jun, 2026, 02.46 PM IST
How the Mideast war brought UAE, Israel closer togetherAfter facing barrages of Iranian missiles that threatened its economic future, the UAE has moved closer to Israel, widening a split with al...
15 May, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
Why have Houthis and Hamas not joined Mideast war on Iran side to target US and Israel yet? Strategic calculations shape Middle East conflict responseWhy have Houthis and Hamas not joined Mideast war on Iran side to target US and Israel yet? The question is central to the Middle East war....
16 Mar, 2026, 09.08 PM IST
As other Iran‑allied groups are engaging in the Middle East war, Yemen's Houthis hold backYemen's Houthi rebels are currently observing the escalating Middle East conflict. Analysts believe their entry into the fight depends on I...
15 Mar, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Explainer: Who are Yemen's Houthis and why are they under attack by the US?US President Trump has started a significant military operation against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis due to resumed Red Sea shipping attack...
16 Mar, 2025, 09.26 AM IST
China presses Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea, sources sayThe attacks, which the Houthis say are in support of Palestinians in Gaza, have raised the cost of shipping and insurance by disrupting a k...
26 Jan, 2024, 07.50 AM IST
Hamas attack: Iran’s expanding footprints across Arab worldThe world's biggest non-Sunni country has become a key factor in the West Asian fault lines creating its proxy groups in Lebanon and Yemen ...
11 Oct, 2023, 08.42 PM IST
Saudi Arabia wants to see "verifiable deeds" from talks with Iran, says officialThe comments by Ambassador Rayed Krimly, head of policy planning at the ministry, were the first public confirmation from Riyadh that the r...
07 May, 2021, 05.56 PM IST
Iran always welcomes dialogue with Riyadh, foreign ministry saysA senior Iranian official and two regional sources had told Reuters that Saudi and Iranian officials held discussions in Iraq in a bid to e...
19 Apr, 2021, 02.47 PM IST
Houthis says Antony Blinken statement "positive", call for end to US military involvement in YemenWashington plans to reinvigorate diplomatic efforts, alongside the United Nations and others, to end the war in Yemen, Blinken told U. N. S...
15 Mar, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
Yemen in imminent danger of famine, warns UN chief Antonio GuterresGuterres warning comes as the United States threatens to blacklist Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi group as part of its "maximum pressure" campa...
20 Nov, 2020, 10.05 PM IST
Saudi-led military coalition not against any country: PakistanThe Islamic (military) alliance is against terrorism, not any (specific) country, Pak Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua today said at a meet...
04 Apr, 2017, 07.45 PM IST