As Pompeo announced end to Iran sanctions’ waiver, Iran Guards Warn US
The latest confrontation between the arch-foes came after the United States accused the Guards of harassing its ships in the Gulf in mid-April.
Iran
US to remove Patriot missile batteries from Saudi Arabia: Report
Removing missiles, other measures mark end of recent military buildup to counter Iran, officials say
Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the USA: Slippery Oil Triangle
Following a deadlocked OPEC summit in February, Moscow and Riyadh announced they would ramp up production, sending already low prices tumbling, suggesting they have decided geopolitical interests trump purely economic ones.
The UAE and India: lessons to learn
As part of its efforts to diversify the economy beyond oil, the UAE is increasingly looking east – to India, China, Japan, South Korea.
Saudi coalition ceasefire declared in Yemen to contain coronavirus
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UNICEF has been promoting hand-washing in Yemen.
9 April 2020
Peace and Security
A ceasefire declaration by Saudi Arabia in war-shattered Yemen that was due to come into effect on Thursday has been welcomed by United Nations chief António Guterres as a way to promote peace and slow the advance of COVID-19.
Failing BRI to Health Silk Route: How COVID-19 is Changing Global Strategic Equations
Trends in January and February suggested a drop in Comprehensive National Power of China. The last week of March 2020 saw the epicenters of COVID-19 shifting westwards with US, Europe and UK emerging to be worst affected
255 Coronavirus-Infected Indians in Iran Alone, of Total 276
By PTI As many as 276 Indians have been infected with coronavirus abroad, including 255
Iran warns coronavirus could kill ‘millions’ in Islamic Republic
A state television report gave the warning hours after hard-line Shiite faithful pushed their way into the courtyards of two major shrines closed due to the coronavirus outbreak
COVID-19 declared ‘pandemic’ by WHO; India suspends all visas as confirmed cases climb to 60
More than 90 percent of cases are in just four countries, and two of those – China and the Republic of Korea – have significantly declining epidemics.
India rejects ‘irresponsible’ comments over Delhi violence by foreign leaders
Iran has kept up criticism of India