Asia & Americas

Harvard University's student-run daily newspaper has announced its support for and endorsement of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Israeli occupation, making it one of the...

A stampede broke out at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv when American tourists tried to take an unexploded shell through security as a 'souvenir', local media reports. According...

Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, is visiting Saudi Arabia this week in a bid to strengthen ties with the Kingdom and possibly gain more financial support, in what...

Two non-governmental organisations said they have recorded an "alarming" increase in the application of the death penalty in Iran with a rise of 25 per cent in 2021 compared...

The state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy yesterday awarded a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the North Field East LNG expansion to a consortium of Spain's...

The United States called on Libyan leaders, on Wednesday, to work "immediately" to end the closure of oil installations. It considered the suspension of production as a hasty measure...

China and Iran have agreed to expand their military cooperation following the visit by Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe to Tehran yesterday, where he held talks with senior Iranian...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) report shows that there has been a 9 per cent increase in discrimination against Muslims in the US During a press conference of a...

The US yesterday thanked Turkiye for its role in the release of a former Marine who had been held in Russia for three years. Trevor Reed, an American citizen,...

German-Turkish footballer Mesut Ozil has taken to twitter to spread awareness of the plight of India's Muslims who face persecution in the Hindu-majority country. Yesterday, on one of the...

The Biden administration's choice for its new ambassador to Saudi Arabia is set to offend and anger the Kingdom, a former US official has revealed. US President Joe Biden,...

Pilots of the EgyptAir plane which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea killing all 66 people on board in 2016 were reportedly smoking in the cabin, sparking a fire in...

US Vice President Kamala Harris has wine produced in illegal Israeli settlements in her office, it has been revealed by Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. The director of the...

Israeli officials said on Tuesday that the US is closer than ever to admitting defeat on President Joe Biden's stated goal of a return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive...

Turkish authorities have prevented the entry of around 600,000 illegal migrants since 2021, as it continues to step up the defence of its eastern and southern borders. According to...

A former detainee of Guantanamo Bay is taking legal action against the Canadian government for its alleged role in the series of events that led up to his 14...

Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan who sought sanctuary in Germany have been evicted following the arrival of a large number of Ukrainians fleeing the on-going conflict in their country....

Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque are a red line for the whole Islamic nation, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced yesterday. "There is no security or stability...

Jordan's King Abdullah agreed with US President Joe Biden on the need to prevent a repeat of recent confrontations in Jerusalem's Muslim holy sites that sparked concerns of wider...

Turkish security forces have "neutralised" 56 terrorists in the recently launched Operation Claw-Lock in northern Iraq, the country's National Defence Ministry said, and Anadolu News Agency reports. "Our operation...

A Kuwaiti diplomat in Washington has survived a gun attack in the US capital, Al-Rai newspaper has reported. Mohammad Al-Omairi's vehicle was hit by 14 bullets. Kuwaiti diplomat Mohammad...

United States President Joe Biden has accepted an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to visit Israel in the coming months. Both governments confirmed the upcoming visit yesterday,...

The Omani Foreign Ministry yesterday said it had facilitated the release of 14 foreigners who were held by the Houthi group in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa, and...

The United States has officially invited Israel to attend an emergency summit intended to boost security support for Ukraine, Haaretz reported on Sunday. As many as 40 countries have...

The Palestinian Union in Latin America condemned on Sunday Israeli restrictions on Christians' access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in occupied Jerusalem, Quds Press has reported. The...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday rejected US President Joe Biden's commemoration of the 107th anniversary of the Armenian genocide when 1.5 million Armenians were killed in World War I...

The main border crossing between Iran and Afghanistan was closed on Saturday following skirmishes between Iranian border guards and the Taliban forces, Anadolu Agency reported. According to official sources,...

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine has announced that Palestinians and their political forces do not need "poisonous American advice". It added that, instead, it requires the...

A former US military commander has admitted his country's mistake in supporting the Kurds in Syria against Turkey. Former commander of the US forces Ben Hodges announced in statements...

A campaign is underway to end Canada's arms sales to Israel. Headed by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), the campaign also seeks to push...

Bennett claimed the Israeli forces raided the mosque after rocks were hurled at the occupation forces

Students at Princeton University voted on a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)  referendum last week against Caterpillar for its complicity in Israeli occupation and the mass demolition of Palestinian...