Iran has reportedly received an official invitation to join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, a pact previously established by Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. Tehran reportedly received an invitation to join the Mecca defence pact. (File Photo/Reuters) Mehdi Rahimi, head of the Iranian Parliament news agency, informed about the invitation, Al Mayadeen reported on Saturday….
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Iran’s president says the world has accepted that it’s won the war with the United States and remarks by the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria appear to contradict official U.S. position over the Golan Heights. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East…
FRANKFURT, Aug 20 (Reuters) – People exiled in Germany under threat or attack from agents of their repressive home countries now have a support line to call, courtesy of the country’s domestic intelligence service. Germany’s BfV, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, on Thursday published a brochure advertising a helpline for people who…
Qatar Airways has set up its new regional cargo office in Hong Kong, with the city’s transport minister using the occasion to reveal a local airline would soon announce the launch of direct flights to Central Asia. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan dropped the hint, but did not name the airline, while attending…
A power failure aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer operating in the South China Sea last month left the ship’s crew without potable water, hot food, working toilets or air conditioning for four days. The outage stemmed from an engineering failure aboard the USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Cmdr. Matthew Comer, a 7th Fleet…
More than 80 per cent of surveyed mainland Chinese companies plan to grow their overseas presence, with Hong Kong listed as their top choice for a professional services platform to support expansion, the Trade Development Council (TDC) has found. The council’s survey, published on Tuesday, also showed that about 94 per cent of respondents were…
MANILA, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Philippines does not expect a reduction in military activities with its treaty ally the United States amid redeployment of some U.S. defence assets to the Middle East, an official said on Monday. The movement of assets including the USS George Washington aircraft carrier from the Pacific to the Middle…
Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Pact on August 7. The trilateral agreement established a coordinated security framework. The promise of the Mecca pact has sparked comparison buzz with NATO, whose members make a similar commitment under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. (File Photo/AFP) The arrangement links the Middle…
China’s exports of electric trucks to other Asian countries have spiked, adding to a surge in domestic sales as higher fuel costs as a result of the Iran war accelerate regional electrification. China’s rapid adoption of e-trucks – from lighter vehicles to tractor-trailers – has partially shielded the world’s biggest auto market from the impact…