Middle East | The Business Standard

New uncertainty for 21,000 Middle East-bound migrants amid lockdown

The civil aviation authority says it is considering easing travel restrictions for migrants

International Monetary Fund. File Photo: Reuters

IMF warns on rising debt risks in virus-hit Middle East, Central Asia

Photo: Bloomberg

Biden isn’t ignoring the Middle East, and that’s good

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd receives fuel from the Military Sealift Command replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe in the Pacific Ocean March 27, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandie Nuzzi/Handout via REUTERS

Coronavirus chronicle

US Navy warship in the Middle East has Covid-19 cases, another ship to run tests

FILE PHOTO: A syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre in Naples, Italy, January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

Coronavirus chronicle

Cooperation critical to reducing divergent paths to recovery in Middle East and Central Asia

An anti-government protester is carried by fellow protesters as he shouts slogans during a rally to demand for the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 7, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Timeline: Ten years from uprising, Yemen lies fractured and hungry

A Syrian child carries food through a muddy camp hosting families who have been displaced by attacks carried out by Assad regime and Russia as they try to survive amid harsh winter conditions in Idlib on Jan. 9, 2020. MEHMET KEMAL FIRIK/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES

No Bread, No Peace

FILE PHOTO: Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani is seen during talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar, September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari/File Photo

Qatar's foreign minister wants Gulf Arab nations to talk with Iran: Bloomberg

Hundreds of National Guard troops hold inside the Capitol Visitor's Center to reinforce security at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The House of Representatives is pursuing an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Capitol last week. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite via Yahoo News.

Number of US troops in Middle East vs USA

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the United Nations headquarters in Vienna June 17, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo

Iran launches missile drill amid rising tensions with US

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani upon his arrival to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia January 5, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS

Qatar’s back, but the gulf Arab dispute is unresolved

Saudi Arabia and allies to restore full ties with Qatar, says foreign minister

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani upon his arrival to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia January 5, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS

Saudi and Qatari leaders hug before summit focused on Gulf detente