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The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Borge Brende, is insisting that his country will not change its policy of banning arms sales to Israel, despite calls to lift the ban from...

British newspaper the Financial Times has declared that the prosecution of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is illustrative of how Egypt is taking the wrong track. The newspaper noted...

French President Francois Hollande severely criticised on Monday Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and called for the "final and complete" ending of the settlements. After visiting the...

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday that the crisis between Israel and the European Union over the EU's imposition of economic sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West...

A senior official from the European Union has visited Israel to inform the government that it will find a solution to ensure Israel's participation in the scientific Horizon 2020...

The Middle East Monitor, in coordination with Spinwatch, have released a report into the work of the British Israel Communications and Research Centre. The report, Giving Peace a Chance...

French President Francois Hollande has suggested for the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to show more flexibility over the issue of refugees in order to pave the way...

In a rare incident, two Turkish F16 fighter jets have intercepted a Russian military spy plane above the international waters between the two countries in the Black Sea, the...

The trial of six former military officers charged with killing six Kurdish villagers in 1993 has begun in Hernak in south-eastern Turkey. The former military officers, who include generals,...

A sword believed to have been symbolic in the creation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 was sold in France for 955,400 euros (almost $1.3 million) at...

The Italian authorities announced on Friday that its coast guard and the Maltese have rescued about 700 "illegal" migrants, including Palestinian and Syrians who were onboard five boats in...

Russia's foreign minister has stressed the importance of Saudi and Iranian participation in the Geneva II Conference on the Syrian issue. Sergei Lavrov insisted that all countries with influence...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that his country is seeking to establish a naval base in Egypt. He stressed how important this is to Russia but denied...

Germany's Foreign Minister has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to attend a UN Human Rights Council hearing next Tuesday. Guido Westerwelle warned the Israeli prime minister that if Israel boycotts the...

A Syrian government delegation has arrived in Moscow to meet with Russian Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov and Mikhail Bogdanov. On the agenda will be the preparations...

A UN official has blamed Israel for the current impasse in the peace negotiations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israeli officials. It is urging Israel to halt its...

The French newspaper Le Monde has revealed that the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad was spying on former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. According to the documents leaked by US national...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iran next week to participate in an international meeting that would address the Syrian crisis; a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday....

The spokesperson of the Strong Egypt Party, Ahmed Imam, affirmed on Tuesday that the different revolutionary parties all participated in the demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the Mohamed...

It is that time of year now; the 2nd MEMO Palestine Book Awards evening will take place in mid-November, where the authors, publishers, academics and literary minds will gather...

A team of international lawyers in London has announced that they are in possession of evidence incriminating officials from the Egyptian coup regime in crimes against humanity. The lawyers...

The Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi, has warned that "the plight of Palestinians and Palestinian refugees under Israeli occupation...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the countries that support the Syrian opposition of undermining the Geneva II peace conference on the Syrian conflict. Russia Today Arabic reported...

At the 2013 MEMO Palestine Book Awards held at the London Hilton Paddington prizes were awarded to honour outstanding authors who have written on Palestine over the last year....

The latest Russian-Egyptian rapprochement and new signs of cooperation between the two countries has aroused worries in the US, Israel and other regional powers, Anba Moscow reported. The Russian...

A German court in Berlin is to try a German citizen of Lebanese origin on charges of espionage. The 60-year old man is accused of spying on behalf of...

Below is a statement from the legal team: Members of the press are invited to attend a press conference to be held at 12 noon on Saturday 16th November...

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel stated in Berlin on Wednesday that her country has ruled out destroying Syria's chemical weapons within its borders, saying: "I will not destroy chemical weapons...

The French President's cancellation of a speech to the Israeli Knesset has created a diplomatic crisis. In return, reported Yedioth Ahronoth, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has decided to boycott...

VIDEO Social media activists circulated pictures on Tuesday revealing the early moments of Egypt's former Minister of Supply Dr Bassam Odeh's arrest. Odeh was one of the most popular...

Egypt's former Chief of Staff General Sami Annan's sudden trip to France, while accompanied by members of his family, has stirred speculations about the trip's timing; especially following the...

A delegation including eleven academics from Oxford University is coming to the end of a visit to the Gaza Strip where they have attended a medical conference at the...