Middle East tensions and power politics can trigger wider conflict: Lodhi warns UN
- 26-Jun-2018
NEW YORK: At the United Nations, Pakistan warned the international community that divergences between major regional powers and big power rivalries could push the Middle East into a wider conflict. Speaking in the Security Council debate on the Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi said that the geo-strategic […]
Saudi arrests could be more about power politics: HRW
- 08-Nov-2017
NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia‘s arrest of prominent royals and businessmen under the banner of battling corruption could in fact be more a case of internal power politics, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Late Saturday, authorities in the Gulf powerhouse launched what they said was an anti-graft drive which netted dozens of high-profile businessmen and […]