Tag: #MiddleEast
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Bad News for Dubai’s Economy
Dubai, 10th June: The expatriates living in Dubai are leaving the state, which is bad news for the economy of the country. According to a report by Baaghi TV, many ex-pats are reported to leave the United Arab Emirates after the fallout from the pandemic and a plunge in energy prices. The population could shrink…
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What impact is COVID-19 having on Middle East conflicts?
Beirut, April 5 (AFP/APP): The novel coronavirus has put global trade on hold, placed half of the world population in confinement and has the potential to topple governments and reshape diplomatic relations. The United Nations has appealed for ceasefires in all the major conflicts rocking the planet, with its chief Antonio Guterres on Friday warning…
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Saudi Revolt: Why Oil crash may be bad news for India?
New Delhi (10th Mar, 2020): Crash in Oil prices as Saudia Arabia initiates price war amid Royal family tensions, causes India to despair. According to reports of Baaghi TV, the economic boost associated with decline in crude oil prices globally, may not be a very appealing prospect for India amidst KSA’s war against Oil prices.…
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Indonesia says won’t repatriate hundreds of IS recruits
Bogor, Indonesia, Feb 12 (AFP/APP): Indonesia has said it will not bring home nearly 700 hundred nationals who joined the Islamic State group in the Middle East over security fears, but added it would still consider repatriating young children. The issue sharply divided the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation with its president saying this week…
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War rocks the Middle East, but love must go on
Nicosia, Feb 11 (AFP/APP): “Love, we have no aim but to be defeated in your wars,” wrote the Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish. Despite the armed conflicts devastating the Middle East, occasionally love comes out victorious. From the battlefields of Syria to the ruined cities of Yemen, journalists bear witness to violence and destruction every day…
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Pan-Islamic body OIC rejects Trump’s Mideast plan
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Feb 3 (AFP/APP): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Middle East, calling on its 57 member states not to help implement it. The pan-Islamic body, “rejects this US-Israeli plan as it does not meet the minimum aspirations and legitimate rights of the…
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Pakistan urges U.N. to play ‘central role’ in resolving Palestinian-Israeli conflict
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 23 (APP): Pakistan has called on the United Nations (UN)to respond to the challenges posed by the unilateral moves on the status of Jerusalem and the expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory that have undermined the prospect of peace in the Middle East. “The United Nations, including the Security Council,…
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FM Qureshi to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP): On the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday will leave for Iran and Saudi Arabia. During his visit to Tehran, the Foreign Minister will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and exchange views on the evolving situation in the Middle East/Gulf region. He will…
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Americans believe Trump-ordered Soleimani killing made US ‘less safe’: poll
NEW YORK, Jan 10 (APP): A majority of Americans in a new poll say the U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force, made the U.S. less safe. The USA Today–Ipsos online survey, which was conducted in the lead-up to and aftermath of a retaliatory Iranian missile attack…
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Pakistan torch-bearer of peace in region: Firdous
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9 (APP): Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Thursday that Pakistan was torchbearer of peace in the region and Prime Minister Imran Khan had made it clear that Pakistan would never become part of any new war. In a tweet, she said that war…