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Israel urged world leaders to keep up pressure on Iran and not lift sanctions as part of nuclear negotiations that were set to resume in Vienna on Monday, saying...

Saudi Arabia, on Monday, called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, Anadolu News Agency reports. Saudi...

The European Union reaffirmed, on Monday, its willingness to continue talks with the Taliban to reassure delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghan people after a first round of negations...

Japan has provided a $10 million grant to support Palestinian efforts to reach independence. The funds will be spent on local government, agriculture, civil society and in other fields....

Syria's Sports Federation has lodged a complaint against basketball's world governing body, FIBA, after host nation, Kazakhstan, played the Iranian national anthem instead of the Syrian one, ahead of...

Ethical concerns have been raised following the revelation that Saudi Arabia could become a potential backer of a new investment firm set up by the son- in- law of...

A Palestinian community-based drama group in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern part of the West Bank continues to generate cultural resistance against the Israeli occupation, Anadolu News...

Hundreds of students recently gathered at a university in Lahore, Pakistan, to show solidarity with the people of Palestine, Anadolu News Agency reports. The Diaspora of Palestinian students from...

The US has appointed an ambassador to Sudan for the first time in 25 years, after Washington upgraded its diplomatic representation with Khartoum from Chargé d'Affairs to ambassador. According...

Russia, on Friday, chided the United States for threatening a diplomatic escalation with Iran at the UN nuclear watchdog next month unless it improves cooperation with the agency, saying...

Iran wants the lifting of all sanctions in a verifiable process, its foreign minister said today, three days before nuclear talks resume in Vienna, Reuters reports. Monday's indirect talks between...

Israel should work with the United States on the Iranian nuclear file, adding that there is a need for international mobilisation in this regard, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said yesterday....

Police in Uzbekistan have been forcing dozens of practising Muslim men to shave their beards according to a report today by RFE/RL. Over the past recent weeks, there have...

Japan, on Thursday, said it will continue to have "working-level discussions with the Taliban", who are leading an interim government in Afghanistan, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Japan will continue...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, yesterday praised the Malaysian authorities for the ban on Israeli squash players entering the country to take part in a major tournament next...

The United Arab Emirates has offered to operate Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Reuters reported yesterday. This, the news agency said, was a means through which the UAE was trying to outdo...

Iran has the ability to build a nuclear weapon in a very short time, Commander of US Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie has said, adding that his forces are ready...

The United States called on the UN Security Council on Tuesday to "impose sanctions" on any "Libyan or non-Libyan person" who undermines the elections scheduled for 24 December, Anadolu...

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday that the agency was unable to reach an agreement with Iran in recent talks on its role monitoring the...

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister (FM) Wang Yi affirmed his support and role working towards a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reported Wafa news agency. During a phone...

Israeli military spyware firm NSO Group is currently struggling to repay debt totalling $500 million as it faces cash flow issues following a US decision to blacklist the company,...

Malaysia has refused to grant Israeli players entry to next month's squash championships. The Men's World Team Squash Championship is due to be held in Malaysia on 7 December....

Seventy prominent writers, poets, and playwrights from several continents have signed a letter endorsing Sally Rooney's boycott of Israel describing it as "an exemplary response to the mounting injustices inflicted...

The British Army is leaving Canada after 50 years and moving its training camp to Oman. The base in Alberta opened in 1972 and has trained thousands of soldiers...

Kuwait has launched an investigation into the theft of a US army watchtower, Al Rai newspaper reported. According to the report, the culprits took advantage of the fact there were no...

US forces will remain in Iraq after the scheduled end of combat operations on 31 December, Newsweek has reported. A spokesperson for the US Department of Defence, Navy Commander...

The US Ambassador to the UN said yesterday that the new Iraqi government should be formed "without fear, intimidation or threat of violence." Linda Thomas-Greenfield made her comments during...

Tel Aviv should refrain from attacking Iran's nuclear facilities unless it has the capacity to completely destroy them, the former head of Israel's Military Intelligence, Tamir Pardo, said yesterday....

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday reiterated Washington's support for Morocco's "credible and serious autonomy plan" as a "durable and realistic political solution" to solve the Western...

Apple yesterday said it had filed a lawsuit against Israel's NSO and its parent company OSY Technologies, in an effort to stop the spyware company from using any of its devices. This comes after the...

Iran is five years away from developing a nuclear weapon, and international talks due to restart next week will do nothing to slow it down, Israel said on Tuesday,...

The European Court of Human Rights, on Tuesday, ruled that Turkey had acted unlawfully by arresting over 400 judges and prosecutors after a failed 2016 coup against President Recep...