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At least one child was killed in northern Syria, this week, when a storm blanketed tented camps in snow and brought freezing temperatures, Reuters reported. The United Nations Office...

The chances of reaching a plea bargain between Israel's former Prime Minister and head of the opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the prosecution have declined in recent days amid strong...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, and the Office of the United Nations High...

Iran has to cut the natural gas flow to Turkey for up to 10 days due to a technical failure, prompting Turkish authorities to order gas-fuelled power plants to...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, met with Russian Special Envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev today, giving the two an opportunity to discuss steps to be taken for...

Diplomatic relations between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been at their lowest point since 2018, when Somalia accused the small Gulf country of interfering in its...

A state-of-the-art Turkish hospital, Medipol, has launched health services for foreigners living in Turkey under its social responsibility program, Anadolu News Agency reports. Medipol currently provides services to more...

The European Union has urged Israel to halt demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem, calling the displacement of Palestinians illegal under international law, Anadolu News Agency reports. The EU urged...

Britain's leading Charity aimed at tackling food poverty and waste, FareShare has struck an agreement with the Moroccan government to redistribute surplus food from Moroccan businesses trading in the...

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has condemned the Greek Cypriot government for allowing a Kurdish militant group to open a representative office in the Nicosia, the capital...

Israeli Minister of Public Security, Omer Barlev, defended the State's police following allegations it used NSO Group's Pegasus hacking technology against citizens and protesters in Israel. Israeli business news...

Flightradar yesterday reported that a US Lockheed C-130H (No. N3867X) aircraft had landed in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi and left an hour later. The website added that the...

Egypt has entered a new wave of the coronavirus after the number of infections had decreased in the previous wave, the Egyptian Health Ministry's spokesperson announced yesterday. Hossam Abdel...

Israeli national radio said yesterday that a "crisis" was threatening Israel's government coalition. The Hebrew channel quoted sources as saying that the government coalition was "facing a new crisis...

Tunisian President, Kais Saied, issued a decree on Wednesday, to "limit the awards and privileges" granted to members of the Superior Council of the Judiciary. This came in a...

Tunisia's Ennahda Movement condemned, on Wednesday, what it described as a "heinous murder" against a Tunisian citizen who participated in Friday's protests, according to a statement issued by the...

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, warns Russia against invading Ukraine, calling the former Soviet republic a "powerful" country with international friends, AFP reports. According to the report, speaking to...

Russia is consolidating its presence in Syria following two rounds of Israeli airstrikes last month on the Port of Latakia, which was targeting alleged Iranian arms shipments. According to...

Israel closed a deal yesterday to buy three submarines from German industrial giant thyssenkrupp for €3 billion ($3.4bn), the Times of Israel has reported. "I would like to...

Critics of Israel have long maintained that the occupation state's claim to being "the only democracy in the Middle East" is a deceitful fabrication, peddled to score political points...

The candidate for the Presidency of Germany's Greens Party, Omid Nouripour, has called on the new government in Berlin to stop arms exports to Egypt and Saudi Arabia over...

Morocco's former Prime Minister, Abdelilah Benkirane, was transferred, on Wednesday, to a military hospital in the capital, Rabat, after contracting the Coronavirus, local media reported. "Benkirane is in good...

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, spoke on the phone with US Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin, and discussed the recent Houthi attacks on the UAE and boosting...

The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United States, Yousef Al-Otaiba, on Wednesday, called on the US administration and Congress to re-designate Yemen's Houthi rebels as...

A Hamas delegation concluded, on Wednesday, a visit to Algeria where they presented the group's vision to achieve Palestinian reconciliation, the former Hamas Representative in Lebanon, Ali Baraka, said...

Britain's highly controversial Nationality and Borders Bill has been slammed as "unconstitutional" by expert immigration lawyers. The bill has been approved by the House of Commons and is currently...

The Grand Imam of Al Azhar in Cairo, Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb, has joined with Jordan's King Abdullah to call for an end to Israeli violations against the Palestinians in...

Dozens of Syrians protested on Wednesday in Shammas Square in Raqqa city center against the regime's reported plans to settle the status of wanted residents. The protesters held banners...

Ramy Shaath, an activist who spent two and a half years imprisoned, has described Egypt under President Abdel Fattah el Sisi as a "banana republic," Monte Carlo International reported...

Jordanian human rights lawyer Hala Ahed Deeb said on Wednesday she would start legal procedures against the controversial Israeli firm NSO after finding out that her mobile phone was...

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command– and the Vanguard of Popular Liberation War – Lightening Forces– announced on Wednesday they would boycott the Palestinian...

Dozens of Israeli settlers, on Tuesday evening, organised marches across the West Bank, attacking Palestinian vehicles and threatened to attack nearby homes. Dozens of extremist settlers gathered near the...