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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicMiddle East

Topic: Middle East

ISIS influence growing in South India, particularly Kerala: Social media monitoring firms

Two private firms say that over the past four years, social media traffic shows growing radicalisation in Southern India through ISIS propaganda. 

ISIS announces new province in India after 2 days of clashes in Kashmir

The terror outfit ISIS made the announcement through its Amaq News Agency.

US to deploy warship, air defence missile system amid rising tensions with Iran

The Pentagon said US did not seek conflict with Iran, but was ready to defend its forces and interests in the region.

US deploys bombers to Middle East in response to Iran’s ‘troubling warnings’

 Turkey’s electoral body announces re-poll in Istanbul after ruling party loss.

As we brace for Terrorism 3.0, the West needs more eyes on the world

Global intelligence is the first and best tripwire for emerging threats by both hostile nations and non-state actors.

For little fault of its own, Dubai is losing its shine

Dubai prospered as a kind of Switzerland in the Gulf, a place to do business walled off from the often violent rivalries of the Middle East.

Reliance said to expand world’s largest oil-refining complex

The proposed plant will be able to process as much as 30 million tons of crude a year.

Jamal Khashoggi’s murder an opportunity for Turkey to be Sunni powerhouse of Middle East

Not since the days following 9/11 has the Saudi image taken such a severe beating.

For new Study in India campaign, govt’s mantra is ‘Focus West Asia’

In keeping with India’s diplomatic focus under Modi, 13 of the 35 target countries are from West Asia, with Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and UAE in the list.

Naguib Mahfouz’s essays not only capture the past and present of Middle-East, but future too

The essays offer us both the portrait of a decade, and the self-portrait of one of its more important participants.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.