Pakistan’s parliament on Wednesday approved legislation that regulates the maximum age and tenure of the country’s army chief. The Senate passed three bills, including amendments to the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, one day after they were approved by lawmakers in the National Assembly. The process for approving legislation in Pakistan normally takes months or even […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said the assassinated Iran commander, General Soleimani fought heroically against ISIS, Al Nusrah, Al Qaeda, among other terrorist groups. Rouhani claimed if it wasn’t for Soleimani, most European capitals would be in great danger now. “General Soleimani fought heroically against […]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the deployment of two battalions to the Middle East to help repatriate thousands of Filipinos working there amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Wednesday. Lorenzana said Duterte’s idea is to send the soldiers in the Middle East not to fight […]

Kuwait’s defense minister said it has received a letter from the Commander in Chief of a U.S. military camp in Kuwait “declaring imminent withdrawal of all U.S. military forces in three days,” state news agency KUNA said on Wednesday. “Receiving such [a] letter from Camp Arifjan was unexpected and we are communicating with U.S. Department […]

  Iran is considering 13 scenarios to avenge the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by a U.S. drone attack, a senior Tehran official said on Tuesday as the general’s body was brought to his hometown for burial. In Washington, the U.S. defense secretary denied reports the U.S. military was preparing to […]