Asia & Americas

A local NGO has launched a massive project to promote awareness about several social problems plaguing Jordanian society, including domestic violence, child labour and human trafficking. The project, which...

A report prepared by UN investigators said on Wednesday that the chemical weapons used in the Damascus suburbs of Khan Al-Assal and Al-Ghota last year were taken from warehouses...

The United States has restricted the movement of the Syrian envoy to the United Nations, Bashar Ja'afari, allowing him to move only within 40 kilometres from the UN headquarters...

A senior US official said that US President Barack Obama promised Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would put pressure on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas "to make...

Israel's Maariv newspaper claimed on Wednesday that tensions surfaced between the US State Department and the White House after an interview given by President Barack Obama last week in...

The US State Department announced on Tuesday that it has requested $7 billion to promote stability, security and economic partnerships with countries in the Middle East in 2015. If...

The US refused to grant entrance visas to senior Israeli security officials, including Mossad and Shabak officers, Israeli newspaper Maariv revealed on Tuesday. The paper reported a senior security...

During a meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday, Obama told the Israeli leader to take difficult...

Using strong language, US Secretary of State John Kerry told the attendees of AIPAC's annual conference on Monday night that he has stood against boycotts of Israel for more...

The US administration is placing "severe pressure on Israel to stop the assassination operations that it carries out in Iran, targeting individuals who have a connection to Iran's nuclear...

Two members of the US Congress have introduced a bill to deprive American educational institutions of federal funding if they implement an academic boycott of Israel. According to Israel's...

US Secretary of State John Kerry is proposing for the Palestinians to establish the capital of a future Palestinian state in Beit Hanina instead of all of occupied East...

The executive secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Rima Khalaf, is urging both Egypt and Jordan to boycott Israeli settlement products. "Boycotting...

Egyptian authorities should ensure a full, speedy and effective investigation into the February 16, 2014 bombing of a tourist bus in the Sinai Peninsula that killed four civilians, Human...

Israel adopts policies in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip which amount to racial discrimination and apartheid by systematically repressing the Palestinian people and confiscating their land, the...

The US State Department requested clarification from the Iraqi government over media reports claiming that Iraq has signed an arms deal to purchase weapons and ammunition from Iran worth...

The U.S. Department of State renewed its Egypt travel alert "due to continuing political and social unrest". The alert stated that political unrest that followed the July 3 military...

Israel's Intelligence Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said in statements to Israeli Channel 2 Saturday that the US Congress will soon approve a bill conditioning US aid to the Palestinian...

IMF Representative in Palestine, Dr Udo Kock, expressed his pessimism regarding prospects of the Palestinian economy, which he believes will be determined by progress in the political arena. Kock...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Wednesday for the Obama Administration to probe an American drone attack on a Yemeni wedding last December, killing 12 and wounded 15 others....

US officials said they were disappointed with comments made by the Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat who threatened to encourage an economic boycott against Israel if the peace talks...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has hinted that Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements might not be evacuated under a future peace deal; however,...

According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the deal, which would involve the supply of eight billion cubic metres of gas per year, comes following the announcement of...

The US administration is discussing new options in Syria, including a range of military, diplomatic and intelligence activities, after talks between the rival sides have stalled and Russia has...

A US brokered framework peace agreement will be ready before the nine month period ends although there are points in the settlement that both parties will not accept, US...

The United States is planning to use the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a base for a potential military intervention in Syria to topple Syrian President Bashar Al Assad...

US Secretary of State John Kerry criticised Russia on Monday for enabling Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to stay in power after the failure of the latest round of negotiations,...

Elliot Abrams, analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations, said that the arms deal between Egypt and Russia is a "symbolic message". In an interview with the London-based Al-Sharq...

The UN Security Council must take immediate action to stop the flagrant human rights violations in Syria, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos urged. Amos...

On Thursday, the United States warned that choosing the next Egyptian president is not Russian President Vladimir Putin's call after Putin backed Egyptian Defence Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah...

The United States has thwarted an arms deal between Israel and India in the final moments before its completion, Israel's Maariv newspaper reported on Friday. India was scheduled to...

The rapidly deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Fallujah is worrying and raises several concerns, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Iraq Nickolay Mladenov said on...