- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityShia
Blasts on vans carrying Shi’ite Muslims in northern Afghanistan kill nine
KABUL (Reuters) -Bombs exploded aboard two passenger vans carrying Shi'ite Muslims in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday, killing at least nine people, an official said. The blasts…
Blast tears through Sunni mosque in northern Afghan city Kunduz
KABUL (Reuters) -A blast tore through a Sunni mosque during Friday prayers in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, causing at least 20 casualties, the commander of Kunduz province said.…
Peshawar mosque attack ‘main handler’ among three killed in Pakistan
Peshawar, Mar 10 (PTI) Pakistani security forces have shot dead the "main handler" of the deadly suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Peshawar and his two accomplices, who were…
Islamic State claims responsibility for Shia mosque attack in Pakistan; death toll rises to 62
Peshawar, Mar 5 (PTI) Pakistan's Interior Minister on Saturday vowed to arrest the masterminds behind a deadly suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State terror group on a crowded Shia…
Saudi Arabia plans for fresh round of talks with Iran, says foreign minister
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday the kingdom was looking to schedule a fifth round of direct talks with rival Iran despite a "lack of substantive progress"…
Explainer-Why Yemen is at war
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched two missile attacks at the United Arab Emirates in the last week, raising the stakes in a ruinous and complex conflict. Monday's…
Hezbollah, Amal end boycott of Lebanon’s cabinet amid economic crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Powerful Lebanese groups Hezbollah and Amal said on Saturday they would end a boycott of cabinet sessions, opening the way for ministers to meet after a three-month…
Iran Seeks to Cool Tensions in Iraq
Iran is intervening in Iraq to quell destabilising internal unrest stirred up by Iranian-backed militias. The actions come as Tehran seeks to preserve its deep influence in the country while…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Saudi UN envoy: Iran playing “games” in talks with kingdom
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's envoy to the United Nations said the kingdom wanted more substantive talks with Iran but that Tehran was so far biding its time and playing…
Iraqi cleric Sadr says he is dissolving armed faction loyal to him
CAIRO (Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Friday he was dissolving the Promised Day Brigade, an armed faction loyal to him, and closing its headquarters, according to…
Kuwait detains 18 suspected of financing Lebanon’s Hezbollah – media
Cairo (Reuters) -Prosecutors in Kuwait have detained 18 people suspected of financing Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, the newspapers Al-Qabas and Al-Rai reported on Thursday. Al Qabas said the…
Blast hits Shi’ite area of Afghan capital Kabul
(Representative Image) KABUL (Reuters) -A magnetic bomb attached to a passenger minivan exploded in a heavily Shi'ite area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, causing an unknown number of…
