Asia & Americas

Despite the fact that American president Barack Obama has said the US did not take sides during the recent coup against the elected president in Egypt, US federal government...

American officials have said that Israel has asked the US administration not to halt the $1.3 billion annual aid to the Egyptian army because it might affect Israel's national...

A delegation of Israeli settlers has left for a visit to the United States in a bid to raise awareness of their situation and reinforce their position in the...

Egypt's interim Prime Minister, Hazem Beblawi, has said that Washington's decision to review its military aid to his country is not the end of the world and that Egypt...

Israel is to step up diplomatic efforts urging the US and Western countries to support the military-backed government in Egypt, despite a deadly crackdown on peaceful protesters, an Israeli...

The United States announced yesterday that it will be providing $148 million in aid to support the Palestinian Authority's budget, which is experiencing a fiscal deficit worth $3.1 billion...

U.S. Senator John McCain said that President Obama failure to handle the issue of violence in Egypt has lost the United States its credibility in the Middle East. McCain...

John Esposito speaks about the events that occurred in Egypt The slaughter of pro-Morsi demonstrators should be seen for what it is, a barbaric bloodbath. Gen. Al-Sisi and the...

Dr Ahmad Aref, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, has sent an open message to US President Barack Obama in which he insists that the people of Egyptian alone...

US Secretary of State, John Kerry, said that the Israeli announcement of new bids to build 1000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem was "to...

The United Jewish Appeal-Federation has announced in New York that it will allocate $145 million to support its own and other projects intended to Judaise the city of Jerusalem....

The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Israel on Monday where he will be a guest of his Israeli counterpart, Israel Defence Forces Chief of...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has called for the free world to support Egyptian Defence Minister General Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi and liberal leaders such as Mohamed ElBaradie, he told...

The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, expressed its full support for U.S. President Barack Obama's decisions on Syria. The committee demanded in a statement, that members of the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has revealed that three countries in the Middle East have already offered the use of their military bases for military action against Syria....

The much anticipated US military strike against Syria is overwhelming American political and media rhetoric in an unprecedented way, perhaps even surpassing the frenzied atmosphere during the lead up...

President Barack Obama's decision to delay the US offensive against Syria opened the window for negotiating a non-military solution to the issue of chemical weapons, a step that worried...

Britain's Stop the War Coalition held a demonstration in Central London on Saturday attended by thousands of people from across the country. A spokesperson said that the effectiveness of...

Israeli newspaper Maariv has revealed that US intelligence services set up a wide spying and data collection network in Israel in the wake of the 11/9 attacks as a...

A series of world-wide demonstrations will be held today, Friday August 30th, in solidarity with the Egyptian people. Activists and campaigners will converge on major cities in the Americas,...

Since publishing this interview, it was brought to our attention that the text published by Yeni Şafak was incorrect. As such, subsequent translations of the article by As Sabeel...

Texas-based Apache Corporation has announced that it is assessing its Egyptian interests as it considers pulling out of the country. The US company has large oil and gas operations...

Israeli security services are suggesting that Barack Obama could initiate a strike against Syria to punish the regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in Ghoutah last...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has hinted that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad may be tried for crimes against humanity. "The priority at the moment, though, is to bring an end...

Former US envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross wrote in an opinion article published by the Washington Post on 9 September that the price of cancelling the military...

A senior official in the US Department of Defence has predicted that a strong response to Syria's use of chemical weapons will help to deter North Korea from using...

American Congress members have described the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation and even accused them of being behind the 11/9 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the European Union to postpone a planned ban on financial support for Israeli institutions operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. Kerry...

According to US President Barack Obama, the US is training Syrian opposition fighters in Jordan. In the past, the Jordanian government has refuted several media reports which suggested the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that at least ten countries had approved their participation in the proposed American military strike on the Syrian regime. At...

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has agreed a draft resolution which authorises President Barack Obama to use military force in Syria. The resolution bars the involvement of ground...

Israeli officials are expecting that US President Barack Obama will get Congressional approval for a military strike on Syria next week when the Congress reconvenes. Israeli media reports said...