Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh yesterday called on Norway to pressure Israel to release withheld Palestinian tax revenues. This came during a videoconference with Norway's Foreign Minister, Ine Marie...

Tunisia's Ennahda movement said on Thursday that there is no solution to the country's crisis except through a comprehensive national dialogue. It called for the "exceptional measures" taken by...

The Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak yesterday called on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states to hold an emergency conference to provide economic support to Yemen,...

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Fatah, yesterday said that the Sabra and Shatila massacre is a "war crime" for which Israel bears full responsibility as the occupying power controlling...

Hamas is holding internal consultations regarding possible municipal elections announced by Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, the movement's spokesperson said. "We are holding consultations within the movement's framework...

Iranian fuel and petrochemical exports have boomed in recent years despite stringent US sanctions, leaving Iran well placed to expand sales swiftly in Asia and Europe if Washington lifts...

Algeria is preparing a new investment law to improve its business climate and attract foreign investors with the aim of boosting the non-energy sector, Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane said...

Lebanon's cabinet yesterday approved a policy programme that aims to tackle one of the worst financial meltdowns in history, Reuters reports. With Lebanon in the throes of economic collapse, three quarters...

Egypt and Libya's unity government signed a series of cooperation agreements and several infrastructure contracts yesterday, Reuters reports. Though Libya's political prospects remain uncertain, the deals are the latest sign of...

The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on five Al-Qaeda supporters working out of Turkey to provide financial services and travel help to the militant group, Reuters reported the Treasury Department announcing....

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) called on President Kais Saied to expedite forming a mini-government to confront economic, social and health issues, and ensure the continuity of the...

Iran yesterday dismissed the UN nuclear watchdog's work as "unprofessional" and "unfair" shortly before the two sides are due to hold talks aimed at resolving a standoff over the origin...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi today expressed his country's willingness and readiness to provide support for holding Libyan general elections on its scheduled time, on December 24. In his...

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed today suspended the prime minister's power to hire and fire officials, accusing him of taking "rush and hasty decisions", Anadolu Agency reports. This came...

The Tunisian presidency on Thursday announced the reopening of border crossings with Libya as of Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. President Kais Saied stressed the necessity of "total compliance with...

A group of international lawyers, researchers and activists today filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and People's Rights seeking the revocation of Israel's observer status at...

The UAE-backed separatists in Yemen have declared a state of emergency across the southern provinces including the disputed port city of Aden. The city is supposed to be the...

The judicial authorities in Egypt yesterday lifted conditional release measures in place against Professor Hazem Hosny since February. The Cairo prosecutor reduced the measures imposed on the professor of...

The next political role of Morocco's Justice and Development Party (PJD) will be in opposition to the incoming government, a senior party official said yesterday. Suleiman Al-Amrani told Alhurra...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has caused outrage with another one of his many gaffs which make light of serious issues. Speaking behind closed doors at a Conservative Party...

Five military groups in northern Syria operating under the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) united under the umbrella the Syrian Liberation Front, Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak reports. The groups Hamza Division, Mutasim Division...

Hezbollah began bringing Iranian fuel into Lebanon via Syria today, a move the group says should ease a crippling energy crisis but which opponents say risks provoking US sanctions, Reuters reports....

The judge investigating last year's Beirut port blast today issued an arrest warrant for former public works minister Youssef Finianos after he failed to show up for questioning, the...

A new report has found that conditions in hotels housing asylum seekers are sub-standard and sometimes unsafe. For the report, over 50 asylum seekers in Glasgow provided information to...

Ancient life-size relief carvings depicting camels in Saudi Arabia are believed to be the oldest large-scale animal reliefs in the world. Discovered in 2018 in the northern Al-Jawf province...

Turkey and Qatar are working to resume normal flights to Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport, the United States State Department spokesperson said yesterday. Ned Price said that the Taliban...

Bahrain has released 30 prisoners conditionally, including 27 political prisoners, under legislation allowing electronic monitoring and house arrest instead. Under the 2017 "alternative sentence" law, prisoners who have served...

Morocco's ambassador to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, announced on Wednesday that the Kingdom has agreed to the appointment of Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura as the Secretary-General's envoy...

Lebanon's former Foreign Minister and head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, said by virtue of nature and geography, the relationship between his country and Syria will resume....

The UAE Ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al-Otaiba, said the normalisation agreement signed between his country and Israel has saved the two-state solution. Speaking at an event organised by the...

Algeria's special envoy to the countries of the Maghreb and Western Sahara, Ammar Belani, yesterday denied reports claiming the Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan had discussed the dispute...

Time magazine has named Palestinian twins and activists, Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem in its annual list of the 100 most influential...