Columnist

As Trump and his White House aides, the Iranian clergy in Tehran, and mediators from Pakistan added final touches to the agreement to end the war, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made a last-ditch effort to derail the process.

The United States and Iran- two nations that have labelled each other “evil” and the “great satan“- have not shared diplomatic ties since 1979. For 47 years, their conflicts have defined global tensions.

On my television screen, I watched a plume of smoke rise over Tehran as thousands of mourners beat their chests following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US–Israel strikes. The air was thick with vows of revenge.

Recent deadly clashes between Pakistani forces and the Afghan Taliban mark a perilous new chapter in the fraught relationship between the two countries, transforming a long simmering dispute into a direct military confrontation.

The images defied belief— thick, dark smoke climbing into the desert sky over Doha’s glittering towers. The sound of blasts echoed through West Bay Lagoon, an opulent district that is home to foreign embassies, schools, and residential compounds.