The Dubai Chief of Police, Dhahi Khalfan, has accused the Gulf States, and especially Kuwait, of destroying Iraq, saying Kuwait’s unprecedented retaliation against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s invasion...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said recordings of a secret security meeting are “immoral, villainous and show a lack of honour”. He continued by asking: “For whose benefit...

A leaked document signed by Major General Mahmoud Hijazi, director of Department of Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance until earlier this week, does not include any charge claiming the Muslim...

The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported that a landmark deal to sell huge amounts of Israeli gas worth $2.7 billion to Australia has collapsed at the last minute. Australia’s...

An internal report by European Union diplomats stationed in Jerusalem and Ramallah warned of the changing status quo in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and violations of the Palestinians’ rights in...

Filippo Grandi ends his four-year term as UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General on 29 March, and is handing over to the Swiss national, Pierre Krähenbühl. Mr. Grandi,...

Prince Muqrin Bin Abdul Aziz has been named deputy Crown Prince making him officially second inline to succeed King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, the Saudi...

Hundreds of students demonstrated around the main building of Cairo University demanding the downfall of the coup regime and a halt of the academic year until the return of...

Senior aide of the Palestinian Authority President (PA) Mahmoud Abbas revealed on Thursday that During his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmous Abbas yesterday, US Secretary of State John Kerry...

The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has strongly criticised the final statement of the Arab League’s summit in Kuwait, which called for a political solution to...

Israel will pay $21 million in compensation and lift the Gaza siege to restore relations with Turkey after the Mavi Marmara raid that left nine Turkish nationals dead, Turkish...

Moroccan police have arrested 13 people following clashes between police forces and demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Tiflet, 54 Kilometres east of the capital Rabat; human rights activists...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed that his country will continue “working for a fair and stable resolution of the Palestinian problem by means of creating an independent, viable,...

The Israeli army is to blame for the death of 14-year-old Palestinian boy Yousef Al-Shawamreh last week, Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem said yesterday. In a statement published on...

The London-based Arab Organization for Human rights (AOHR) issued a report Thursday titled: “Children without Rights” in which it documented the systematic torture and arbitrary arrests of children in...

The Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas has expressed deep concern about the Arab League’s final statement as it “ignores the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip”. The Arab League’s two-day...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas could face the same fate of the late President Yasser Arafat over his position on the peace talks with Israel, Palestinian Legislative Council second deputy...

The Lebanese army said it exercised “self-defence measures” on Wednesday morning after Israeli soldiers crossed into Lebanese territory near the Rosh Hanikra crossing. According to a statement issued by...

Former Egyptian judge and the current regional director of Human Rights Monitor Walid Sharabi said in a Facebook post that Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has committed a number of deadly...

The US administration has not offered to release the Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard as part of a deal to extend the stalled peace talks, US State Department spokeswoman Marie...

Turkish medical supplies and construction material have been allowed in to the Gaza Strip to build the Turkish Friendship Hospital, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper said today. The newspaper said Defence...

Palestinian Secular movement Fatah hailed the decision of the Egyptian military-coup leader Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi to run for presidential elections, a statement issued today said. Deputy Secretary of Fatah’s...

Muslim Brotherhood leader Ibrahim Mounir said in press statements that Al-Sisi presidency “will neither bring about security nor stability for Egypt.” On Wednesday, Egyptian media broadcast a televised speech...

Egyptian Ministry of Defence and July 3 military coup leader Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced on Wednesday his presidency bid, saying that his “campaign will not be traditional”. In a...

The Arab Summit’s final statement has refused to recognise Israel as a Jewish state and condemned the Israeli illegal settlements established on the Palestinian territories. The Arab delegations attending...

The US administration has called upon the Egyptian authorities not to carry out the death penalty against 529 anti-coup Egyptians who were sentenced to death in a two-day mass...

General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouti announced that the Arab Social Democratic Forum, which was held this week in the Jordanian capital of Amman, has adopted...

Italian Foreign Ministry called upon the Egyptian authorities to review the court’s decision to sentence 529 anti-coup Egyptians to death on Monday. In a statement issued yesterday the ministry...

Spokesperson of the US State Department Jen Psaki revealed on Friday that Israel would not be included among the list of countries that participate in the Visa Waiver Programme...

Fourteen members of Hamas inside Palestinian Authority (PA) jails in the occupied West Bank have been on hunger strike for a week, The Islamic resistence movement announced today. Prominent...

The United Nations human rights office issued a statement on Tuesday saying that sentencing to death 529 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters in Egypt “after a trial that was...

Lebanon based Ahrar 25 TV channel, founded in the wake of Egypt’s military coup, was taken off-air on Sunday, a statement said. The channel, which affiliates with the Muslim...