Tensions in West Asia may be inching toward a diplomatic turning point—but the road ahead remains anything but certain. Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced […]
Trump-Xi Summit: A Truce at the Top, But the US-China Rivalry Is Far From Over
The White House meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping produced warm handshakes, carefully chosen words and plenty of diplomatic ceremony. But beneath the smiles was a much harder reality. The United States and China remain locked in a competition over trade, Taiwan, artificial intelligence and technology. Their latest summit may have reduced the immediate risk of another economic confrontation, but it did not resolve the fundamental disagreements between the world's two largest economies. The clearest sign came from the trade agreement itself. Washington and Beijing extended their existing trade truce by only two months, pushing difficult questions about tariffs,…
They Came Home for a Visit — Now Thousands of Bangladeshis Cannot Return to Their Lives in the UAE
For thousands of Bangladeshis, a temporary trip home has unexpectedly become an indefinite stay. Workers and business owners who left the United Arab Emirates for short visits to Bangladesh have discovered that their residence visas were cancelled while they were away, preventing them from returning to jobs, businesses and, in some cases, family members still living in the Gulf state. Bangladeshi officials and expatriate groups say the number of reported cases has risen sharply, with ministry sources putting the latest figure at around 4,800 people. What remains unclear is why so many visas have been cancelled. The UAE has not…
When the Grand Mosque Became a Battlefield: The 1979 Mecca Siege That Changed Saudi Arabia
For a brief period this week, an emergency warning in Mecca brought an uncomfortable question back into focus: what happens when violence approaches a place regarded by more than a billion Muslims as sacred? Saudi Arabia said its air defenses intercepted a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered restricted airspace. The Houthis denied targeting the holy city. The circumstances are completely different from what happened nearly 47 years ago. Yet the latest security scare has revived memories of one of the most extraordinary episodes in modern Middle Eastern history — the day hundreds of armed men seized the…
Trump-Xi Summit: A Truce at the Top, But the US-China Rivalry Is Far From Over
The White House meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping produced warm handshakes, carefully chosen…
They Came Home for a Visit — Now Thousands of Bangladeshis Cannot Return to Their Lives in the UAE
For thousands of Bangladeshis, a temporary trip home has unexpectedly become an indefinite stay. Workers…
When the Grand Mosque Became a Battlefield: The 1979 Mecca Siege That Changed Saudi Arabia
For a brief period this week, an emergency warning in Mecca brought an uncomfortable question…
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