Israeli occupation authorities are planning to force Palestinians out of Jerusalem by threatening to close UNRWA schools, Insan Centre for Democracy and Rights said yesterday. Recent news reports revealed...

A controversial Israeli blogger posted pictures of what he says is a recent visit to the Qatari capital of Doha, sparking a wave of anger on social networking sites....

More than 250 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army fire and over 23,000 injured since the start of the “Great March of Return” protests in the besieged Gaza Strip on...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that migrants and asylum seekers end up in “nightmarish detention,” and accused the EU and Italy of contributing to the cycle of...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was seeking to “destabilise” Tunisia, the country’s former president, Moncef Marzouki, warned on Sunday. “We reaffirm that we sense the existence of a conspiracy against...

Armed Israeli police entered Ofer Prison on Monday morning and attacked Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club has reported. More than 100 prisoners were wounded in the assault, with...

Egypt has ordered private universities and higher education institutes to collect ten Egyptian pounds from all students, local media reported yesterday. According to a decree issued by the Egyptian...

The Bahraini Court of Cassation yesterday upheld a previous ruling to dissolve the opposition National Democratic Action Society (Waad) and confiscate its assets including the Al-Ayyam newspaper for “committing...

Hundreds of people protested in Sudan’s city of Omdurman on Monday, chanting “the people want the fall of the regime”, witnesses said, after the family of a man shot...

Western newspapers have talked about the fierce political and security rivalry between France and Italy over Libya, amid a hindered political process due to the contradicted US project, which...

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in an alleged stabbing attempt in the West Bank on Monday, according to local media, Anadolu reports. Palestine’s WAFA news agency said Israeli soldiers shot...

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will visit Qatar this week, Qatar’s state news agency QNA said on Monday, as widespread anti-government protests rage at home, Reuters reports. Sudan has seen near-daily...

The Supreme Court has overturned the sentence imposed on blogger Marzouk Touati by the Criminal Court in Bejaia last June. The blogger faced charges of engaging with Israel. He...

It is believed that this includes about 100 migrants, who were classified by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Sunday as being in a crisis off the coast...

Tens of thousands of Tunisian students staged protests on Monday to demand an end to an ongoing teachers’ strike, reports Anadolu Agency. On January 9, preparatory and secondary school...

Mohamed Choucair, head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture, discussed Monday the possibility of a visa-free policy between Lebanon and Algeria to boost tourism, local media reported....

Israel opened a new international airport outside its Red Sea resort of Eilat on Monday, hoping to boost winter tourism from Europeans and provide an alternative for times of...

Sudan has frozen the credentials of two journalists, including one working for Saudi-owned Al Arabiya who was briefly detained this month over his coverage of anti-government protests, the news...

A retired Algerian general on Saturday became the first candidate to announce a run for president in April elections, as ailing incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s intentions remain unknown, reports The...

British academic Matthew Hedges said he had “no other option but to confess” during nearly seven months of detention in the United Arab Emirates on espionage charges, reports Reuters....

A suicide bomber drove his car into a checkpoint in northeastern Syria on Monday, injuring several soldiers of Kurdish-led forces during a joint convoy with US allies, locals said,...

In a blow to Israel, a British high court has ordered World-Check, a subsidiary of Reuters, to pay compensation and offer an apology to a pro-Palestine organisation listed as...

Qatar will buy $500 million worth of Lebanese government bonds in a bid to support the country’s economy, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today. In a statement,...

Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said that his country has no intention to normalise relations with Israel. Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai quoted Al-Jarallah as saying that “there are no...

A UK-based Palestinian advocacy group is to hold a conference on Israel’s “Nation-State Law” at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, tomorrow. Parliamentarians, jurists and activists are expected to...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) had refused all future financial assistance from the US, in a move which has left Israel and America scrambling to preserve security coordination. PA Prime...

Demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan again with the intention of submitting a popular petition to parliament calling for President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. In the city...

Egypt is planning to relocate some 51,000 government employees to the New Administrative Capital (NAC) starting next year, according to draft plans seen by Al-Masy Al-Youm. State employees from...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR ) said the number of Saudi asylum seekers has increased by 318 per cent in 2017 compared with...

In an unprecedented move, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir allowed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fly over South Sudan. Sudan – whose aviation authorities control South Sudan’s airspace –...

Egyptian media reported that TV presenter Mohamed El Ghatit was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($167) after he hosted a gay man on...

Israel announced on Sunday that its Iron Dome defence system had intercepted missiles fired from Syria following an Israeli attack on Damascus Airport, Arab48.com has reported. A senior Israeli...