Asia & Americas

The United Nations has warned that the social and economic conditions in the Gaza Strip "are deteriorating" as a result of the Israel blockade of the Gaza Strip. The...

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has said that only 11 per cent of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons has been taken out of the country...

Discussions of a draft resolution on the access of humanitarian aid to Syrian cities besieged for several months are underway by the United Nations Security Council. French UN Representative...

Australia's ABC station aired a televised report on Palestinian children detained by the Israeli army, angering Israel. The report said children are treated with brutality when they are arrested...

US President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that Russia will be blamed if a UN Security Council resolution demanding to lift the siege imposed on Homs and to facilitate...

The director of US National Intelligence, James Clapper, testified in Washington on Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee that there are at least 7,500 fighters from 50 different...

An Israeli journalist specialising in intelligence affairs has revealed that Tel Aviv has allowed the US National Security Agency (NSA) to establish a large intelligence facility in occupied Jerusalem,...

Fewer than 70 per cent of Jews in Israel are confident that US President Barack Obama is able to protect their national interests, US Time magazine revealed on Friday....

Iran's Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has strongly criticised US Secretary of State John Kerry for his remarks on Wednesday saying "the US is trying to impose a negative...

The US will send experts to Iraq to help it protect the infrastructure of its oil production facilities, officials said on Wednesday. Iraq's oil production facilities and pipelines have...

An independent inquiry must be launched in to allegations of torture in UAE prisons, a UN representative said. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and...

US National Intelligence Director James Clapper told Congress on Tuesday that the agreement concluded last year to dispose of Syria's chemical weapons has strengthened President Bashar Al-Assad. The chances...

The US administration has expressed "deep concern" about freedom of expression in Egypt and the interim government's detention of journalists and academics. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told...

The IHS Jane's Annual Defence Budgets Review has released a new report predicting that global defence spending will rise in 2014 to reach $1.547 trillion, compared to last year's...

Government estimates forecast Egypt's energy crisis will worsen in the next fiscal year with the failure of gas production to accommodate the growing domestic demand, Reuters news agency reported...

The International Quartet support the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, a Palestinian official has said. The official, who...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed to US Secretary of State John Kerry that a state of Palestine would be demilitarised, protected only by a police force. Speaking to...

Western countries are going to increase the pressure on the Syrian regime for guarantees about getting humanitarian aid into the country, especially to the besieged city of Homs. A...

The US denied claims by Syrian Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Moualem that America suggested conducting direct talks with the Syrian delegation in Geneva, Aljazeera.net reported on Sunday. US State Department...

The New York State Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill that targets the American Studies Association (ASA) for supporting an academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. The bill...

The Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said on Sunday that his meetings with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington last week did not achieve any tangible progress...

The US State Department has accused the Syrian regime of dragging its feet on destroying its chemical weapons stockpile and called upon President Bashar Al-Assad to hand over his...

The US State Department's lead envoy to the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, Martin Indyk, has revealed that the proposed US framework agreement will allow 70-80 per cent of the Israeli settlers...

US actress Scarlett Johansson announced that she has quit her role as an ambassador for Oxfam, an international organisation that fights against poverty, after insisting on promoting an Israeli...

Mohamed El-Erian, the former chief executive of US-based global investment management firm Pacific Investment Management Company, known as Pimco, is rumoured to become a key economic advisor to Egyptian...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that he will continue talking with the Palestinians based on the framework deal proposed by US Secretary of State John Kerry. At...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has announced its support for Malaysia's candidacy to occupy Asia's non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council for 2015 and 2016. Kuwait's diplomatic attaché...

Senior Muslim scholar Shaikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has called upon Saudi Arabia to stop subsidising the military coup in Egypt. He said that the government in Riyadh "committed a mistake"...

Israel Hayom newspaper reported on Monday that 134 out of 435 members of Congress have signed a letter criticising the American Studies Association's (ASA) decision last month to boycott...

Israel's chief negotiator has said that the aim of the peace talks is to serve Israel's interests, not the Palestinians' or America's. "The peace negotiations with the Palestinians do...

US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel phoned Egypt's Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Monday to discuss Egypt's political transition and to emphasise the strong relationship between the...

The Chairman of the Palestine Committee in the Jordanian Parliament, Yahya al-Saud MP has urged the Jordanian government to reveal the details of the peace plan proposed by U.S....