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April 12, 2014

Cyprus investigates Israelis involved in buying stolen Libyan oil

Two Israelis and one Senegalese national are being questioned by police who claim they negotiated the illegal purchase of oil smuggled from a Libyan port by rebels; Cyprus News...

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April 12, 2014

Turkey budget surplus

Turkey’s Finance Minister, Mehmet Şimşek, said on Monday that his country has achieved a budget surplus in January and February. In a press statement following his ministry’s announcement of...

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April 12, 2014

Israeli official: Israel may release Palestinian prisoners to help peace talks

Israel would consider releasing a fourth group of Palestinian prisoners to press the Palestinian Authority if the settlement negotiations come to a standstill; Israel’s public radio Kol Israel Reshet...

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April 12, 2014

Undercover Israeli agents dress and speak like Arabs

Israeli occupation forces use undercover agents to collect intelligence about Palestinians ahead of carrying out arrest campaigns and military operations or to secretly hunt Palestinian citizens throughout their places...

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April 12, 2014

US names new Special Envoy for Syria

Secretary of State John Kerry has announced a new special US envoy for Syria. He replaces a veteran diplomat who retired earlier this year amid a breakdown in talks...

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April 12, 2014

A call to end trafficking in Egypt and Sudan

Egypt and Sudan must investigate and prosecute traffickers for kidnapping, torturing and killing refugees in the Sinai Peninsula, Human Rights Watch (HRW) quoted members of the UN Human Rights...

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April 12, 2014

Egypt tops Arab states in trade with Russia last year

Trade between Arab states and Russia was worth $14 billion in 2013, Kuwait’s KUNA news agency has reported. Egypt topped Russia’s Arab trade partners, with business valued at $2.9...

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April 12, 2014

Palestinians refuse Israeli ‘Jewishness’

Some 68 per cent of Palestinians refuse the establishment of a Palestinian state conditional on the acceptance of Israel as a Jewish nation. The poll, conducted by the Centre...

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April 12, 2014

Jailed Egyptian children moved to ‘torture camp’

Egyptian security forces transferred 44 jailed children, out of 165, from Alexandria to a punitive detention centre in Cairo known by inmates as “the torture camp” in Tora. The...

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April 12, 2014

Israeli arrests of Palestinian children increase by 80%

Israeli arrests of Palestinian children have increased by 80 per cent over the past two months compared with the average monthly number detained by the occupation authorities over the...

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