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| Bab el-Mandeb May Prove To Be The Gate Of Tears | | |
Asad Mirza
The war against Iran has threatened global supplies of oil and natural gas, sparked fertiliser shortages and disrupted air travel. Iran’s grip on the strategic Strait of Hormuz has shaken markets and prices. The United States and Israel continue to strike Iran, whose retaliatory attacks have targeted Israel and neighboring Gulf Arab states. More than 3,000 people have been killed. In this backdrop, the entry of Iranian-backed Houthi rebels the war, has increased concern regarding shutting down of another passage for oil tankers, through Bab el-Mandeb.
After Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalated their involvement in the conflict, with two missiles fired toward Israel, inte... |
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| | ‘No Kings’ Protests Symbolises Global Frustration With Trump | | |
Asad Mirza
More than 3,000 ‘No Kings’ protests against the Trump administration were held across America and in more than a dozen countries on Saturday (March 27), according to a coalition of organisers that included “anti-authoritarian” groups - Indivisible and 50501, labour unions and other grassroots organisations.
Saturday, March 27 protests were the third ‘No Kings’ protest against US President Donald Trump; the last one in October 2025 drew seven million people nationwide. At the recent “flagship” event in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St Paul, organisers estimate around 200,000 people filled the streets around the state capital to commiserate, mourn, and sp... |
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| | Pakistan is behind Arab suffering and Middle East Wars | | 
By Fatima Baloch
Through its notorious “Buy America, Hire America” strategic Middle East policy, the United States has long engineered artificial security threats for Arab countries in the Middle East by pushing Arab nations to fight against one another, coercing them into seeking US military support, purchasing American weapons, and hiring US military services—often against their neighboring Arab states. By supporting Israel, the US intimidates Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Qatar, and the broader Arab world. By fomenting internal Arab conflicts, the US justifies the expansion of... |
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