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A group of 63, cross-party MEPs have urged EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The Agreement is the main treaty between the EU...

Libyan security forces on Tuesday rescued 12 foreign nationals from a prominent Tripoli hotel who, it was feared, had been taken hostage by militants earlier. "The 12 foreigners have...

Senior Hamas spokesman Salah Al-Bardaweel stressed the movement would not allow Fatah's internal conflict to affect the stability of the war-battered enclave. Speaking to Quds Press, Al-Bardaweel denied that...

Osama Hamdan, Hamas's foreign relations chief, said the movement's position on the Syrian issue has not changed and that relations with Hezbollah will continue as long as they serve...

Jordan could comply with a hostage swap to save the life of a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State (ISIS) militants – but only if ISIS also throws in...

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Khaled Toukan said yesterday that the country's research nuclear reactor will be completed by the end of the year. The reactor will run for...

Israeli authorities yesterday prevented the Palestinian Minister for Housing and Public Work Mofeed Al-Hasayna from leaving the Gaza Strip, the Anadolu Agency reported. Al-Hasayna was heading to the occupied...

Jordanian King Abdullah II said yesterday that the solution of the Palestinian cause would lead to the resolution of all problems and clashes in the Middle East, the Anadolu...

The Emirati website Erem News has questioned the appointment of Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef Bin Abdulaziz, the minister of interior, as deputy crown prince. This was the post created...

A FlyDubai plane carrying 154 passengers came under fire on Monday while approaching Baghdad International Airport. The incident prompted the United Arab Emirates aviation authority to issue a ban...

The Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, has called for an "immediate investigation" into the killing of 23 Egyptian protesters on the anniversary of the 2011 revolution which toppled...

An Israeli analyst has warned that the stability of Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi's regime is under threat following the death of Saudi's King Abdullah. In an article published...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has suspended cash assistance for tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for repairs to damaged or destroyed homes,...

Billionaire Saudi Prince Al-Walid bin-Talal announced allegiance to his uncles as king and crown princes, but did not announce allegiance to his cousin as interior minister and deputy crown...

Tunisia's Ennahda party announced on Sunday that it has decided not to give a vote of confidence to Habib Essid's current government. The chairman of Ennahda's Shura Council, Fathi...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has said that Iran and Hezbollah sought to start war with Israel in the Golan Heights through carrying out operations such as infiltrating Israeli...

The Israeli government has approved the expansion of Efrat settlement near Bethlehem, a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz today revealed. PM Netanyahu had previously shelved a plan to build...

Israel requested information regarding missing Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip to mark the beginning of a new prisoner swap deal with Hamas, one of the movement's senior leaders...

Three states neighbouring Libya have begun coordinated security operations to prevent the smuggling of oil and its derivatives through land and sea, which is considered one of the most...

The United States will not halt or suspend its drone war on Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen as a result of the continuous unrest and dominance of Houthi rebels of...

The Egyptian armed forces have expanded their control over the country's economy since the 2011 revolution having won bids of major projects worth billions of Egyptian pounds, Al-Araby Al-Jadid...

Saudi Arabia is reported to have opened lines of communication with Yemen's Shia Houthi group with Omani mediation. The talks are aimed at settling the conflict in Sanaa which...

The border crossings authority in Gaza said the Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing for 125 days during in 2014. In a statement the authority said that the Rafah...

In a desperate attempt to overcome his party's plight in opinion polls; Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman chose incitement against Arab citizens to boost his chances at the next...

Jihadist groups in the region and the global movement for the campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel are the main "strategic threats" facing Israel in 2015, a...

Turkey has outpaced many countries in terms of humanitarian aid distributed across the world. Turkey has embraced Syrian refugees fleeing civil war, Palestinians suffering Israeli offensives in Gaza, Yazidis...

A number of Iran's parliamentary members criticised Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for having a walk down Geneva's streets with US Secretary of State John Kerry and for visiting France,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday pledged to exert all efforts to undermine Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions, Falesteen newspaper reported. In a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said: "As prime minister...

The total external financial support received by the Palestinian government in 2014 declined by 9.9 per cent to reach $1.23 billion compared to $1.365 billion in 2013, the Anadolu...

Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende said yesterday that the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks could resume after the Israeli general election scheduled in March. In exclusive comments made to the Anadolu...

At least 11 people have been killed across Egypt on Sunday during protests marking the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 25 revolution, which ended the autocracy of longstanding President Hosni Mubarak....

History insists but to repeat itself with all the details. Four years ago, on very similar days to the ones we live now, Sayyid Bilal and Khalid Said were...