The People's Republic of China did not participate in any discussion on the international trade in weapons until the beginning of the twenty-first century. However, today a number of Chinese arms companies, such as the Aviation Industry Cor...
The COP27 marks the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 30 years ago at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, and the Paris Agreement that was agreed upon seven years ago at COP21. The 'Conference of the Parties...
Earlier this week, Iran's court said it would undertake public hearings for up to 1,000 persons imprisoned during the anti-hijab rallies in Tehran and over a thousand more outside the city. The decision comes as international worry grows ab...
Recently, Saudi Arabia and its OPEC Plus allies, including Russia, agreed to an unexpected drop in the oil supplies, which will result in the soaring up of oil prices worldwide. The move is seen as a rebuke to the statement made by United S...
In 2005, Ayman al-Zawahiri as the second in command of al-Qaeda wrote a letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi stating that “We are in a battle, and more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media” [1]. Earlier, terror...
After two decades of research and experimentation, the Israeli Defence Ministry has finally unlocked the potential of a functional prototype, a potent laser gun that can intercept rockets, mortar shells, and drones in flight. Israel has tes...
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are dominating the battlefields in combat in the twenty-first century. The current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, which involved the deployment of drones, has caused both nations to recon...
After the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), fresh indirect negotiations are taking place between the US and Iran with the mediation of the European Union. President...
During a speech at the US-Arab summit in Jeddah, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stated that Saudi Arabia will not have any more ability to boost its oil output beyond 13 million barrels per day. Saudi Arabia now has an oil production capa...
The suspicions of Hambantota port as a site of a potential threat from China were tested when a Chinese survey vessel was supposed to dock at the port. Yuan Wang 5, a research vessel with missile and satellite tracking capabilities, was due...
On the 15th of July, the first meeting was held among the heads of government of India, Israel, the United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), later known as as the 'West Asian Quad'. During US President Joe Biden's trip to West Asia...
The war in Ukraine has raised concerns about the outlook for global financial conditions. The tightening has been most apparent in the Middle East and eastern Europe, where countries with close ties to Russia have seen their equity valuatio...
