Turkish security forces on Saturday arrested at least 72 suspected human traffickers in operations based in the country's commercial hub Istanbul, Anadolu Agency reports. Police arrested 72 suspects after...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country's vaccination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic is likely to roll out in February with imported vaccines, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking at...

At least five people including soldiers were killed and four others wounded on Saturday when a bomb blast hit a vehicle carrying a former Somali lawmaker in the capital...

Three rockets struck the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport, according to the Iraqi Defence Ministry on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. A ministry statement said two rockets landed outside the...

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Saturday it shot down an air target fired towards the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Anadolu Agency reports. The coalition did not give further details,...

Turkey's defence chief expressed hope that lawful solutions to bilateral issues will be found during talks with Greece starting in Istanbul next week, Anadolu Agency reports. "In talks with...

Portuguese and Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo has turned down a multi-million advertising offer from the Saudi Arabia tourism authority. According to The Telegraph Sport, the football star was offered...

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah divulged on Thursday that the kingdom and Washington have "common interests" in Yemen, news agencies reported. The foreign minister made...

Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov has confirmed that Russia and Israel are discussing the joint production of a coronavirus vaccine, RT reported on Friday. Speaking to Novosti, Viktorov...

Doha denied on Thursday holding meetings with Qatar, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, stressing that diplomatic relations were resumed solely through "written correspondences", Reuters reported. Reuters reported an...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas is planning to hold its internal elections at the same time as preparing for national elections, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. Reporting informed...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has announced the firing of five senior security officials, stressing that he would personally oversee reforms to address "challenges" facing intelligence services in the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday threatened that his country might launch a joint operation with Iraq to clear PKK terrorists out of the Sinjar region, Anadolu Agency...

Lieutenant General Abdel Moneim El-Terras has announced that Egypt is seeking cooperation from a Russian firm to produce seawater desalination equipment, RT and Egyptian mass media reported on Friday....

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced the commencement of the submission of candidacies for membership of the executive authority. The preparatory phase will occur between...

The Saudi authorities have released human rights activist Essam Koshak after four years of detention, according to the social media accounts of Saudi activists. Koshak was arrested in January...

Speaker of Tunisian Parliament Rached Ghannouchi has announced the passing of representative Meherzia Labidi who died Friday at dawn, aged 57. This came in a post published by leader...

Secretary-General of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Ali Al-Qaradaghi on Friday praised President Joe Biden's speech, which featured the rejection of racism and racial discrimination. This came...

Israeli media reports have quoted high-level Sudanese sources stating that Khartoum is set to abolish the Israel Boycott Act that the country passed in 1958. At the end of...

Libyan rivals agreed Friday on most criteria to select heads of sovereign positions, according to an official, Anadolu Agency reported. Earlier Friday, the fifth round of the Libyan political dialogue between the...

The fifth round of the Libyan political dialogue between the delegations of the Supreme Council of State and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives began in Morocco on Friday to...

The UN Special Envoy on Syria said Friday that issues to be discussed in a new round of political talks could not be sorted out by Syrians alone and...

The Provincial Court in Valencia, Spain, has definitively dismissed a criminal complaint against eight Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists who had questioned the invitation for Jewish American singer Matisyahu...

The UN said on Friday that 12 people were killed in the first half of January at the Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria, Anadolu Agency reports. Jens Laerke, a spokesman...

The Egyptian parliament approved yesterday a presidential decree to renew the countrywide state of emergency for another three months, the state-run Middle East News Agency has reported. This is...

Israeli settlers have called for the murder of Palestinian bus drivers in the occupied West Bank, the Times of Israel has reported. Racist graffiti reading "Kill Arab drivers" was...

The UAE-supported separatists of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen have established a new military force in the southern port city and interim capital, Aden. News of the...

Israeli settlers threw petrol bombs at two Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, on Thursday evening, Wafa has reported. When local residents rushed...

Saudi Arabia has delayed the publication of highly sensitive unemployment data for the fourth time, raising questions about Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's modernisation plan which pledged to create...

The United Nations has reported the murder of 12 inhabitants of a displacement camp for Daesh family members, highlighting the "deteriorating security conditions" in the camps of northeast Syria....

Bahrain's Foreign Minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani, criticised yesterday the state of Qatar, accusing it of not taking any initiative to resolve its issues with Manama, despite the outcome of...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded France open an investigation into a Mali air strike that locals say targeted a civilian wedding reception. A report published by the rights...