The vice president of the Iranian chief of staff, Brigadier General Massoud Gazaery, has warned the US and Saudi Arabia against stopping an Iranian ship carrying aid to Yemen....

Israeli media sources have reported that the Canadian authorities are preparing to take legal action against civil organisations which promote a boycott of Israel, as well as those who...

Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, yesterday warned of the repercussions of a ground operation to resolve the crisis in Yemen. In an interview with...

US President Barack Obama has praised his country’s relationship with Saudi Arabia, saying that the two countries have always enjoyed an “extraordinary” friendship going back many years. “The United...

Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said yesterday that the UN is in contact with Iran over the Iranian aid ship heading to Yemen, the Anadolu Agency reported....

The German government has pledged an additional $41 million to support an UNRWA shelter assistance programme in the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Wednesday, the UN agency said...

The United States yesterday called on Iran to direct an aid cargo ship bound for Yemen to the United Nations aid distribution centre in Djibouti, the Anadolu Agency reported....

This week, talks will take place between Arab and American leaders, at the presidential retreat of Camp David, near Washington. The summit is designed to strengthen the security relationship...

Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said yesterday that Palestinians would never accept any solutions that diminishes the Palestinian rights recognised by the UN, including a Palestinian state on 1967...

The prime minister of Qatar criticised the UN Security Council on Monday for failing to provide “just solutions” for the crises in the Middle East, Anadolu has reported. Sheikh...

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said that his country refuses any reduction in UN services for Palestinian refugees in the kingdom, Anadolu reported yesterday. Judeh made his remarks during...

The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdulaziz, will not attend the proposed summit at Camp David between the United States and allied Gulf leaders, a senior official has...

The European Union has joined the United States in condemning the Israeli government’s decision to construct 900 housing units in the Ramat Shlomo neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel...

Malaysian troops have arrived Sunday in Saudi Arabia to join the Saudi-led coalition against Shia Houthi group in Yemen, the Saudi state news agency reported. According to the agency,...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Washington and the Gulf states are hammering out a new set of security initiatives in the Middle East to...

US State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said that the Jerusalem District Planning Committee’s approval of the construction of 900 settlement units in East Jerusalem is “a disappointing development”. Speaking...

The US Department of Defence announced the start of a training programme for Syrian opposition fighters in the context of the “training and arming” agreement signed between Turkey and...

Human Rights Watch yesterday accused the Palestinian Authority of launching a political campaign of arrests against university students because of their affiliation with Hamas or political criticism, some of...

“A large majority of UN Security Council members support a US effort to create a way to attribute blame for chlorine attacks in Syria and are ready to move...

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday criticised the Israeli government’s plans to build 900 housing units in an East Jerusalem settlement, describing the move as illegal. “The secretary-general...

Forces loyal to the Houthis attacked a number of civilians and detained them, in a move that could be a “war crime”, Human Rights Watch revealed yesterday. In a...

Iraq’s unity is voluntary not compulsory, Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said yesterday, stressing that Kurds have no immediate plans to break away from the central government in Baghdad. Barzani...

The Syrian regime is on the defensive in a way it has not been for years, former US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford said on Monday. During an interview...

UNICEF has distributed aid to families that it has been unable to reach for two years, the organisation revealed yesterday. According to a statement issued by the organisation, the...

The smuggling of migrants from Africa to Europe generates $150 million annually to its perpetrators, a senior UN official revealed yesterday. In a press conference held at the United...

African-American singer Lauryn Hill has cancelled her concert in Israel after coming under pressure from activists on social media. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of...

The Department of Defence in Washington has revealed that a US warship has escorted a British merchant ship during its passage through the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported on...

The UN Senate approved the Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 on Wednesday in a move which is clearly designed to protect illegal Israeli settlements built across the...

A group of Canadian doctors hope to make blackouts a thing of the past for Gaza’s hospitals by installing solar panels to provide energy 24/7 for emergency rooms and...

The price of oil increased yesterday, marking the largest monthly rise in six years, while crude oil prices reached a record high in April, as it rose by 20-25...

Malaysia has denied Shin Bet’s claims that Hamas has been providing military training for Palestinian students studying at Malaysian universities. Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told the...

A well informed Palestinian source said yesterday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had sought the cancelation of the former US President Jimmy Carter’s visit to the Gaza Strip, Quds...