The Israeli Attorney General is expected to recommend indicting Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of receiving bribes, Israel Channel 10 reported. According to the channel, Nir Hefetz, the...

A member in the Israeli Knesset, Eyal Ben Reuven has said that it is in Israel’s interest that the rule of the Syrian regime president, Bashar al-Assad continues. “This...

The Gaza Strip will set off a flotilla of ships on Tuesday in a bid to break the 12-year-long Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory. “This trip will carry...

A total of $1 million cash will be donated to Yemen for humanitarian aid as part of a protocol signed between the Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) and the Qatar...

Iranian security forces will “resolutely confront” unrest that could be exploited by the United States and other enemies, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday, after a wave of protests...

Egyptian authorities have detained prominent opposition leader, three security sources told Reuters on Sunday, the latest development in what rights groups say is a campaign to silence government critics....

Qatar said it was banning products originating from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, almost a year after those states imposed an embargo on Doha, accusing...

Reuters reports Libyan rivals are to meet on Tuesday in Paris to agree on a political roadmap that aims to resolve disputed issues to pave the way for UN-backed...

Saudi Arabia and Russia are discussing raising OPEC and non-OPEC oil production by some 1 million barrels a day, sources said, weeks after US President Donald Trump complained about...

Reuters reports Russian state gas giant Gazprom said on Saturday it had signed a protocol with the Turkish government on a planned gas pipeline and agreed with Turkish firm...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned as a “double standard” a decision by Germany to allow a rally by the pro-Kurdish opposition HDP party in Cologne, having previously...

The start-up of the Arab world’s first nuclear reactor – in the United Arab Emirates – has been delayed and should start operations between the end of 2019 and...

A detained British-Iranian aid worker sentenced to five years in jail in Iran is to face a second trial on new security charges, the semi-official Tasnim news agency on...

Egypt’s top administrative court ruled on Saturday that regulators must block the video file-sharing site YouTube for one month over a video that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad, a lawyer...

Two people, including a child, were killed and three others went missing in the Omani province of Dhofar after Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern region of the Gulf Arab...

Lebanon expressed concern to Syria on Saturday over a new law aimed at redeveloping areas devastated by seven years of war, saying the initiative could hinder the return of...

The United States warned Syria on Friday it would take “firm and appropriate measures” in response to ceasefire violations, saying it was concerned about reports of an impending military...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will remain in hospital, the Palestinian Presidency said on Sunday. “Abbas’ discharge from hospital has been postponed,” the presidency said in a statement, without giving...

Two Russian military advisers have been killed and five Russian soldiers injured during a clash with militants in Deir ez-Zor, according to the Russian Defence Ministry on Sunday. Two...

Israeli warplanes bombed two Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip late on Saturday, causing no casualties, according to local sources. One of the targeted sites affiliated with the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed...

Bahrain sees no resolution in sight to a diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbours, which cut diplomatic and trade ties with the tiny Gulf Arab state nearly a...

A leading opposition MP in Tunisia has said that democratic forces in the country remain committed to passing a law which criminalises “normalisation” with Israel, Quds Press has reported....

A court in the Algerian city of Béjaïa court sentenced a blogger to ten years in prison on Thursday for communicating with Israel and inciting civil disobedience. Marzouk Touati...

This is the second Friday after the massacre of protesters at the Gaza border on 14 May

Cars are queueing for fuel in Iran in scenes that are reminiscent of the 1980-88 war with Iraq, as a delivery drivers’ strike begins to have an effect on...

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett has insisted that the government “will not allow Hamas to strengthen its military capabilities during the current truce in order to get ready for...

Algeria has added 26 items to the list of goods temporarily banned from being imported into the country, Anadolu has reported. There are now 877 items on the list,...

The Saudi Traffic Department has denied media reports that women visiting the Kingdom who hold an international driving licence are being allowed to drive vehicles for one year starting...

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah urged supporters on Friday to stand firm in the face of US sanctions targeting the Iran-backed Shi’ite movement and brace for more pressure. Sayyed...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ordered that no more government contracts be awarded to German companies, in a sign of continued irritation over Berlin’s foreign policy in...

About 140 East African migrants escaped from smugglers holding them captive near the Libyan town of Bani Walid earlier this week, according to a local source and a UN report....

Hundreds of Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip have converged on the Gaza-Israel security fence — for the ninth consecutive Friday — to take part in ongoing rallies against...