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An Israeli court yesterday extended the detention of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh for one week under the pretext that he has a mobile phone. Muhjat Al-Quds Association said in a statement that the Israeli occupation authorities extended Awawdeh's detention over claims of having a mobile phone he used when he was moved from Assaf...

More than half of American university students support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, an official survey conducted by Israeli Foreign Ministry released on Monday has found. The survey, Israel's Ynet News said, found that 48 per cent of US students support Israel and believe it is an asset while 56 per...

Since former President Donald Trump launched his Abraham Accords initiative to help Israel normalise ties with its Arab neighbours, the Apartheid State of Israel has been making gains and exploiting that initiative as much as it can. Lately, Israel is projecting itself as a military regional superpower, offering its...

Indonesia's Al-Aqsa Working Group yesterday condemned the recent celebration of the Jewish New Year in Al-Aqsa and Ibrahimi Mosques. The activities conducted between 25-27 September triggered widespread unrest in the occupied West Bank. The statement said the celebrations and rituals constituted deliberate harassment, blasphemy and terrorism against the sanctity of the mosques. The group warned that if left unchecked, these "provocative actions" can trigger a religious conflict....

Sudan's Public Prosecution has launched legal proceedings against a prominent newspaper and the Bar Association, triggering complaints that authorities are trying to restrict basic freedoms nearly a year after a coup, Reuters reports. On Monday, the Public Prosecution's cyber crimes unit issued an order to block the website of...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman have signed a $3 billion deal to link each other's borders through a cross-border rail project, in a major expansion of rail infrastructure in the Gulf. During a two-day state visit by the UAE's president, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Oman,...

Local leaders in Amsterdam have taken an important step to encourage scrapping the burqa (face-covering clothing) ban in the Netherlands, which came into force in 2019, Anadolu News Agency reports. On 14 September, the City Council in the Netherlands' capital and largest city passed a proposal to repeal the...

The leaders of Ethiopia and Somalia, on Wednesday, signalled the neighbours will lay greater focus on economic ties in the coming future, Anadolu News Agency reports. Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, welcomed Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, on a two-day working visit to the capital, Addis Ababa, his first trip...

Hard-line President, Ebrahim Raisi, planned a television address to the nation on Wednesday, amid a tide of anti-government unrest in Iran, with protesters chanting "death to the dictator", after the death of a young woman in police custody, Reuters reports. Despite a growing death toll and a fierce crackdown by security...

He will visit Israel if he is invited and the means are available to go. It was with this clear audacity that the chairman of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, spoke to the media on the sidelines of the meetings of the 77th session of...

Turkiye's Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank said on Tuesday that his country is ready to be a wind energy hub for Europe and Central Asia. Varank's remarks were made in a speech at the opening of the WindEnergy conference and exhibition in Hamburg, Germany, in which more than...

Seven Iraqi soldiers were injured in a rocket attack in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, according to local authorities, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the Cabinet's Security Media Cell said three Katyusha rockets landed in the Green Zone as a Parliament session was being convened. The...

Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman's new role as Prime Minister is in line with the King's previous delegation of duties to him, including representing the Kingdom in foreign visits and chairing summits hosted by the Kingdom, a Saudi official said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. King Salman bin Abdulaziz...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the UAE, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed, has praised his country's "fruitful" relations with Israel and regards them as an example of the benefits of peace, the official UAE news agency WAM has reported. Bin Zayed made his comment yesterday during...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday pledged to solve the problem of the shortage of production requirements resulting from the restrictions on imports within two months, adding that he gave directions to the governor of the Central Bank in this regard. Al-Sisi's pledge came during the inauguration of a...

Israeli occupation forces this morning stormed the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank and surrounded a house. Palestinian sources reported that an explosion occurred in the house of the brother of the martyr Raad Hazem, which was surrounded by Israeli forces. Israel has since sent reinforcements to...

Iranian security forces have arrested Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, on charges of "inciting riots." Iran's Tasnim news agency said Faezeh "has a previous record of arrests due to her direct presence in some past protests." Last July, Iranian authorities charged Faezeh, a...

Lebanon's Central Bank will use an official exchange rate of 15,000 pounds to the dollar instead of 1,507, Finance Minister, Youssef Khalil told Reuters on Wednesday, calling it a step towards unifying the country's numerous exchange rates. The step will come into effect from the end of October, Khalil...

The European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR)) has revealed that a court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced activist Nasser Al-Mubarak to 16 years in prison for sharing a post on Twitter. The ESOHR did not explain the content of the tweet in question, and the Saudi authorities have not...

Turkish banks have completely ceased the facilitation of transactions through the Russian payment system MIR, following significant pressure and the threat of sanctions from the United States. According to the Turkish channel, NTV, no banks in Turkiye now accept MIR cards, after Turkiye Halk Bankası, TC Ziraat Bankası and...

Pope Francis will visit predominantly Muslim Bahrain from 3 – 6 November to attend an international conference, the Vatican announced on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The Vatican said the Pope would visit the Gulf island country off the Arabian Peninsula to take part in the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East...

The European Union (EU) and Spain have donated €28.5 million ($28.5 million) towards the payment of social allowances for Palestinian families, based in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip. The fund will be provided through the National Cash Transfer Programme, in collaboration with the Palestinian Ministry...

The UK's Shadow Foreign Secretary has proposed that British citizens abroad receive a statutory right to Foreign Office consular assistance, reports The Guardian. The UK government is currently not legally obliged to provide consular assistance to a UK citizen, leaving consular protection entirely at the discretion of the UK...

Join us for a live conversation with British Palestinian academic and political activist Dr Azzam Tamimi as we discuss the life and legacy of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi who died at the age of 96 on 26 September 2022.Tamimi is currently the Chairman of Alhiwar TV and is its Editor-in-Chief. He is...

Japan's Prime Minister, on Wednesday, urged against any move that would harm the Palestinian peace process, including settlements, Anadolu News Agency reports. Fumio Kishida reaffirmed Japan's support for a two-state solution and "expressed his concern about violence and clashes in various parts of Palestine and Israel" in a meeting...

Palestinians staged a rally in Gaza City on Wednesday to protest Israeli settler intrusions into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We reject all Israeli raids and measures in Al-Aqsa Mosque," Ahmad Hamad, a spokesman of Hamas' student wing, which organised the...

Detainees that have been transferred to the new Badr prison complex in Egypt have complained about the conditions there, reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Egyptian authorities tried to sell the prison in an effort to improve the conditions of prisons and detainees following severe international condemnation. One of the detainees being...

The prestigious Al-Azhar Foundation in Cairo and its head, Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb, have ignored the opportunity to express condolences on the death of the former head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Dr Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Arabi21 has reported. Neither Al-Azhar nor El-Tayeb have commented on Al-Qaradawi's...

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Bipartisan support for Israel in Washington has waned following the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May. Leading members of Congress have threatened to cut US military aid to the apartheid state in a letter challenging Israel and the US government over their position on the...

A semi-orchestrated campaign has been seen in Lebanon over the past week calling for the terms of the 1989 Taif Agreement to be implemented. It has involved government heads, ministers, MPs, religious authorities, leaders of political parties, journalists, social media, and women and men from various organisations, circles, regions...

A former head of Israel's military intelligence has warned that the collapse of the Palestinian Authority (PA) could be a strategic threat to the occupation state. Amos Yadlin said on Monday that recent weeks had seen a decline in the performance of the PA security services, creating a vacuum...

US Ambassador to Khartoum, John Godfrey, yesterday warned the Sudanese government of the repercussions of allowing Russia to build a military base in the Red Sea, the Anadolu news agency reported. In an interview with the Tayyar newspaper, Godfrey said: "There are some reports that Russia is trying to...

Like millions of other Muslims, I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. He truly was one of the greatest of contemporary Islamic scholars whose life and work had a huge impact on us all in both the 20th and 21st centuries. As...

Egypt has topped the list of arms importers from France in 2021 thanks to an order of 30 Rafale fighter jets, making the Middle East the largest arms buyer from France last year, according to an annual parliamentary report published yesterday. In 2021, Egypt requested the purchase of French...

Scores of Palestinians performed the absentee funeral prayer for Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi in Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday. Al-Qaradawi died at the age of 96 in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Monday and was buried in the country yesterday.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas offered his condolences following the death of Sheikh Al-Qaradawi to the Emir of...

Israel has agreed to sell an advanced air defence system to the United Arab Emirates, two sources familiar with the matter said, in the first such known deal between the two since they forged ties in 2020, Reuters reported. Sources told the new agency that Israel approved the UAE's request...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has received an invitation from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to attend the upcoming Arab League Summit being held in Algeria in early November, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that Minister Nasser Bourita...

The Iranian parliament is divided over the judicial and security forces' crackdown on anti-government protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in prison last week. The Iranian news agency IRNA said conservative lawmaker, Zohreh Lajevardi, said the recent protests had been organised by Iran's enemies and demanded severe punishments for participants....

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as the Kingdom's Prime Minister and his second son, Prince Khalid as Defence Minister, a Royal Decree said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The reshuffle kept another son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, as Energy Minister,...

READ: Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Muslim scholar and spiritual leader of Muslim Brotherhood, dies aged 96...

One Turkish police officer was killed, late on Monday, and another was injured after a bomb exploded near a residence that houses police in the Mezitli district of Mersin province, Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu confirmed, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the Turkish Minister, the two females that carried...

The agriculture ministers of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria have agreed to support an initiative to boost food security in the region. According to the Jordan News Agency (Petra), Jordanian Agriculture Minister, Khalid Hneifat, yesterday held a meeting with his Syrian counterpart, Muhammad Qatna, Iraqi Minister, Muhammad Khafaji and...

If Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was serious about holding the international community and Israel accountable for the ongoing colonisation of Palestine, his UN General Assembly speech would have been more definite. "Today, on behalf of the Palestinian people, to whom I am proud to belong, I tell you...

Turkiye's Foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador to Ankara, on Tuesday, to protest over comments made by a senior German politician who likened President Tayyip Erdogan to a "little sewer rat", Reuters reports. "We condemn in the strongest terms the insulting statements made by Wolfgang Kubicki, the Vice-Speaker of...

Russia is likely to propose that OPEC+ reduces oil output by around 1 million barrels per day at its next meeting in October, a source familiar with the Russian viewpoint said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The meeting will take place on 5 October, against the backdrop of falling oil...

The US branch of the Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems has confirmed that it was hacked in early June, according to America's TechCrunch newspaper. The Texas-based company said the breach occurred on 8 June and that 369 people were affected. An alert sent out to impacted customers by a...

The global food crisis is a result of the West's "predatory policies," Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The West is provoking a global food crisis … The cost of food on the world market has returned to the levels of the beginning of...

The British envoy to the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, Sarah Montgomery, and her envoy colleague to Sudan and South Sudan, Robert Fairweather, have expressed their "support" for any "solution" that satisfies the Sudanese people, Anadolu has reported, citing a statement issued by the country's Transitional Sovereignty...

The Syrian opposition has allowed the Kurdish language to be taught at a university in northern Syria, in a move both criticised and hailed as a step towards greater rapprochement between Kurds and Arabs in the liberated areas. The Free Aleppo University in the northern Syrian city of Azaz...