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An envoy for Qatar's foreign affairs minister visited the Afghan capital on Sunday and met with the Taliban administration's acting foreign minister, according to an Afghan foreign ministry statement,...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned that Israel's decision to expand the licensing of firearms for Israelis would lead to further violence with...

Cuba's President, Miguel Diaz-Canel has praised Iran for its advancements in science and technology under the pressure of US-led sanctions during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir...

Israel is exploring the possibility of supplying Ukraine with its state-of-the-art Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. "The issue of arms...

Iraq said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to arrive in the capital Baghdad on Sunday for talks with Iraqi officials, Anadolu reports. Lavrov will hold talks with...

One of Iraq's most prominent environmental activists and a leading expert on its marsh lands, Dr Jassim Al-Asadi, has been kidnapped near the capital by an unknown group, his...

Turkish police said they had not found evidence of any concrete threat to foreigners after detaining 15 Islamic State suspects accused of targeting consulates and non-Muslim houses of worship,...

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to resign in protest of the policies of the Benjamin Netanyahu government, according to local media, Anadolu reports. The private Channel...

Thousands of people took to the streets in Israeli cities Saturday for a fifth straight week to protest the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning proposed judicial reforms,...

Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners, including many arrested in recent anti-government protests over security-related charges, state media reported on Sunday, Reuters reports....

A snow spell is worsening the already tragic living conditions for thousands of Syrian refugees in northern Lebanon, Anadolu reports. There are around 80,000 Syrians living in refugee camps...

Turkish security forces "neutralized" three PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports. The terrorists were targeted in the Operation Claw-Lock zone, the...

Thirteen Palestinians were injured in an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jericho on Saturday, according to a local medical source, Anadolu reports. Israeli forces raided...

Pakistan's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf passed away after a protracted illness in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, family and local media reported. He...

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman warned on Saturday Western sanctions against Russia could result in a shortage of energy supplies in future, Reuters reports. In answer to...

The US shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon on Saturday which had been spotted above US airspace off the coast of South Carolina, Anadolu reports. An operation is...

The Palestinian Health Ministry on Saturday accused Israel of denying cancer patients the right to medical treatment abroad, Anadolu reports. "Israel deprives 40 percent of cancer patients in Gaza...

Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Abdoulaye Bathily on Friday called on neighbouring countries to raise their support for the mission and the 5+5 Joint...

Israeli occupation forces on Friday executed a 26-year-old Palestinian man at Huwwara military checkpoint, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent...

Many Sudanese parties have rejected the normalisation of ties between their country and Israel, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. This came following an announcement made by the Sudanese Foreign...

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, on Friday condemned the "dangerous hate crimes and sabotage" against Christian sites in occupied East Jerusalem, a statement announced. Pizzaballa shared...

Israeli occupation settlers and forces have committed 3,532 violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in January, the Palestine National Information Centre revealed. The Information Centre...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Friday "strongly" condemned the Sudanese announcement on the normalisation of ties with the Israeli occupation state. "In the strongest possible terms, we...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's words relating to the planned judicial overhaul as: "Flagrant, clear, stupid and unnecessary interference." This came...

Buying and selling in the Egyptian market have halted with the depreciation of the Egyptian pound against the US dollar. On Friday, the exchange rate against the dollar reached...

The editor-in-chief of the state-run Al-Gomhuria newspaper in Egypt, Abdul Raziq Tawfiq, indirectly directed offensive messages at Saudi Arabia, accusing it of being hateful of Egypt's success and jealous...

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu issued an angry statement on Friday to US Ambassador to Ankara Jeffry Flake, demanding: "Take your dirty hands of Turkiye." According to Haberturk newspaper,...

The Egyptian Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Friday denied reaching an agreement with an Israeli company to manage its services and decided to take legal action against those spreading...

The US House of Representatives has removed Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday evening under the pretext of "anti-Semitism" after she criticised...

Kuwaiti activists, NGOs and political factions organised, on Friday, a massive rally in solidarity with Palestinian people, Quds Press reported. The participants expressed their support for the Palestinians and...

An Iranian government-backed hacking team allegedly stole and leaked private customer data belonging to French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, security researchers at Microsoft said on Friday, Reuters reports. The...

The West has been unsuccessful in dealing with the migration wave, Turkish Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu said Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The West has been a disgrace to...