A 60-day clock starts ticking on the US-Iran peace agreementA peace agreement between the United States and Iran has been announced. This marks the end of a period of intense fighting. The core of th...
17 Jun, 2026, 10.20 AM IST
From bombs to billions: The strange economics of US-Iran peace dealIran and United States are set to sign a peace deal involving significant financial concessions and sanctions relief for Iran. The deal see...
16 Jun, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
Israel is tightening its grip on east Jerusalem with evictions and demolitionsPalestinian homes face demolition in East Jerusalem as Israel expands Jewish settlements. Families are displaced, losing their properties a...
10 Jun, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
Palestinians call on Trump to stop Israeli annexationThe Palestinian ambassador to the UN, surrounded by his counterparts from Arab and Muslim countries, called on the United States on Thursda...
05 Jun, 2026, 07.34 AM IST
'Sit back and relax': Can Trump afford to go back to war with Iran?US President Trump's cautious optimism regarding Iran negotiations has been shattered as Tehran suspends talks, citing Israeli actions in L...
01 Jun, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Abraham Accords explained: What it means and why Pakistan is rattled by Trump’s pushAbraham accords means: The Abraham Accords, a 2020 normalization agreement between Israel and several Arab nations, are being revived by Do...
26 May, 2026, 09.38 AM IST
Trump’s trap: The price Asim Munir must pay for American flatteryTrump’s push to expand the Abraham Accords has placed Pakistan in a sharp diplomatic bind, according to the report. After recent US engagem...
25 May, 2026, 11.39 PM IST
Trump skips Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, invites Army chief Asim Munir to join Abraham Accords, raises questions over who runs the countryFormer US President Donald Trump urged Pakistan and other Muslim-majority nations to join the Abraham Accords for regional peace, mistakenl...
25 May, 2026, 10.14 PM IST
Netanyahu's rivals are joining forces. Would they shift Israel's security policy?Two key rivals of Benjamin Netanyahu — Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid — have formed a joint party, “BeYachad,” to challenge his government ...
27 Apr, 2026, 06.10 PM IST
Top UN court says Israel's presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and must endThe ICJ criticized Israel’s settlement policies and illegal occupation under the Geneva Convention. Israel captured the West Bank, east Jer...
19 Jul, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
Israeli strikes kill 100 Palestinians in 24 hours as officials hold cease-fire talksDuring Hamas' Oct 7 attack on southern Israel, militants killed about 1,200 people and took some 250 hostages. Roughly half of the hostages...
24 Feb, 2024, 12.32 AM IST
Israel advances plans in sensitive east Jerusalem settlementThe group, Peace Now, said the Israel Land Authority announced on its website Sunday that it had opened up tenders for more than 1,200 new ...
15 Nov, 2020, 09.32 PM IST
'Trump Heights' in Israel's Golan Heights a symbol of US shift on Mideast policyTrump's recognition of Golan was the latest in a string of steps away from global consensus, including recognising Jerusalem as Israel's ca...
21 Oct, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
US no longer believes Israeli settlements are illegal: Mike PompeoExplaining the reasons behind the decision, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US recognises - as have Israeli courts - the legal conc...
19 Nov, 2019, 10.00 AM IST
Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-electedAn Israeli annexation of large parts of the West Bank is bound to snuff out any last flicker of hope for an Israeli-Palestinian deal on the...
08 Apr, 2019, 10.04 AM IST
- Orwellian doublespeak
I deal with corrupted terms like “peace process”, “Palestinian autonomy”, “Israeli security” and “terrorism”, all of which in this parlance...
06 Sep, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Settle with Palestine: Not occupied land
The latest round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) runs the risk of unraveling, as have all previous rounds.
04 Oct, 2010, 08.32 AM IST