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Palestinians in Gaza staged a rally on Saturday in solidarity with Yemen against the ongoing war in the country conducted by the Saudi-led coalition. The coalition has stepped up...

Syria prison attack kills more than 100

Sudanese human rights lawyers from the Ministry of Justice organised a sit-in on Sunday outside the ministry building in Khartoum to protest against the killing of protesters by the...

Egyptians are crowding into banks after rumours spread that the central bank will float the Egyptian pound again. In 2016 Egypt floated its currency in a move the central...

Egypt's foreign minister said yesterday that his country is always ready to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, if the government in Addis Ababa has the political...

The Arab High Follow-Up Committee representing Palestinian citizens of Israel, has called for a protest in front of the Cabinet Office in West Jerusalem against the seizure of Arab-owned...

Pakistani police have asked Iranian authorities to help arrest three Pakistani citizens suspected of killing a Saudi diplomat in Karachi in 2011. The suspects are thought to be hiding...

Iran's special representative in Kabul, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, announced on Sunday that Tehran has given permission for fuel trucks to go to neighbouring Afghanistan. "In order to meet the...

An Egyptian MP has filed a complaint about Netflix's first Arabic-language feature film on the grounds that it "offends the mores of Egyptian society." Mostafa Bakry has called for...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a formal inquiry into Conservative lawmaker and former minister Nusrat Ghani's allegations that she was dismissed as minister because of her Islamic...

Middle East Monitor's (MEMO) Palestine Book Awards are back for the 11th year and we invite you to submit your best entries. Winning books will be chosen from a...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has between 70 and 80 per cent support in the West Bank, a former Israeli chief of the general staff has warned. Retired...

Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva has called for supporting Palestinians' right to establish a state, Quds Press reported yesterday. Da Silva reiterated his view that the UN should be restructured...

A former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defence Forces, Gadi Eisenkot, has warned that the country's internal divisions pose a greater threat than its foreign foes,...

Israel's Central Court refused to rule on Sunday on the return of the Salehiyah family to their home in occupied Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, Sama news agency has reported....

Hamas has distanced itself from chants by Palestinians against Arab states, including Gulf nations, a statement issued yesterday said. "Hamas affirms that these chants do not reflect the movement's...

Israeli occupation authorities have prevented medical equipment and spare parts from entering the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said yesterday. Speaking at a press conference held near to Erez crossing, north...

Algeria said Saturday that rumours are misleading that the 31st Arab League Summit has been postponed, Anadolu Agency reported. Foreign Minister Ramtan Lamamra held a meeting with the ambassadors of...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Sunday ordered the creation of a new post for assistant foreign minister for regional affairs. A decree was issued by the...

The Arab League on Sunday called for classifying Yemen's Houthi rebel group as a terrorist organization. Last week, three people were killed in a Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi,...

The UN mission in Sudan on Sunday decried the arrest of a Sudanese female activist, saying the detention was a reduction of women political participation in the country. "Outraged...

Lebanon must not be a platform for hostile acts or words, Kuwait's foreign minister said on Sunday while visiting Beirut, an indirect call for curbs on the Iran-backed group...

17 children have been killed in Yemen this month as a result of ongoing fighting in the war-torn country

Iran is expected to regain its vote in the UN General Assembly after South Korea paid Tehran's delinquent dues to the world body with frozen Iranian funds in the...

The Israeli government is expected to vote Sunday on forming an inquiry commission to look into corruption suspicions in a submarine deal five years ago that came to be...

Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Barlev on Sunday described settler attacks against Palestinians as "actions of a terror organisation", Anadolu Agency reported. Barlev was referring to settler assaults on Friday against...

The total number of Palestinian refugees tortured to death by the regime of Bashar al-Assad since the beginning of the Syrian revolution has risen to 653, a rights group...

The US and Qatar have been discussing natural gas supplies to the EU Amid concerns over the possibility of a new Russian military assault against Ukraine which could disrupt gas supplies to Europe

Both Russia and Ukraine are opening up to the possibility of Turkish mediation in their dispute and military confrontation, Turkish diplomatic sources have reportedly confirmed. According to the Reuters...

Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in front of the Israeli embassy in London yesterday calling for an end to the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem

Tunisian President Kais Saied asserted on Thursday: "Tunisia's judiciary is free, and it must apply the law. The media is run by the hidden system that still rules Tunisia."...

The German Embassy in Tunisia announced on Friday that Ambassador Peter Prügel confirmed during a conversation with Tunisian Minister of Finance Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia the payment of a €100...