An Israeli newspaper close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday accused Switzerland of spending $2 million on legal activities which it says harm Israel. Israel Hayom claimed that the...

The UAE Ambassador to Berlin, Ali Abdulla Al-Ahmed, has demanded Germany honour arms export agreements signed with the Emirates, which Berlin has halted due to Abu Dhabi’s involvement in...

Middle East Monitor (MEMO) is to host a conference focused on Palestinian citizens of Israel, their history and the challenges they face in the wake of Israel’s controversial Nation-State...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that his country would only negotiate with the United States if Washington lifted sanctions imposed on Tehran and apologised. “We have always been...

The United Nations refugee agency evacuated 325 African refugees on Wednesday from Qasr Ben Gashir detention centre in southern Tripoli because of deteriorating security and escalating violence, Reuters reports....

Russia is currently working in coordination with the European Union (EU) “to crystallize a new vision for the Palestinian-Israeli peace process based on international legitimacy,” the Palestinian ambassador to...

France yesterday denied its interference in Algeria’s internal affairs, stressing that it was respecting the African country’s “sovereignty and friendly people,” DPA has reported. “France has not interfered in...

Turkey Wednesday slammed the US President Donald Trump over his statement on the 1915 events between Turkey and Armenia, Anadolu reports. “We reject US President Donald Trump’s statement dated...

Libya’s Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha has called on Cyprus to refuse the passport applications of General Khalifa Haftar’s four sons, after it emerged that they were applying for citizenship...

The Russian authorities have returned the archive of Israel’s communist party, which was taken from Tel Aviv to Moscow in 1977, Arabs48.com reported on Tuesday. The move has only...

Turkish Supreme Election Council (YSK) will investigate over 41,000 ineligible voters following a contest by the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party to the Istanbul poll results of last month’s...

China and Turkey have both said that they will continue to import oil from Iran in defiance of the Trump administration, which has threatened to impose sanctions on any...

The outgoing French ambassador to the US has said that Israel is an “apartheid state” and that the status quo provides no incentive for its government to make concessions...

The British government has cancelled cash transfers to humanitarian organisations in the northeast of Syria, for fear that money meant to help refugees could end up in the hands...

Palestinian Authority (PA) Ambassador to France Salman Al-Harfi yesterday reported that Israel has rejected a France request that it repay money deducted from Palestinian tax revenues, Al-Wattan Voice reported....

A “catastrophic situation” has erupted in Al-Hawl and Al-Rukban camps for Syrian refugees, Russia warned yesterday. “Despite the general positive dynamics in some directions, the situation is still catastrophic,”...

The United States demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions

The Syrian regime and rebels exchanged prisoners on Monday where nine people from each side were released, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported. The exchange comes in implementation of the...

At least 372 irregular migrants were held across Turkey on Monday, according to security sources. Some 261 irregular migrants who had entered Turkey illegally were held by gendarmerie forces in the...

Turkish foreign minister on Monday said the US move to end sanctions waivers on Iran oil imports would not contribute to the regional peace and stability, says Anadolu Agency....

During an Easter ritual residents of one town, among them children, beat and burned the effigy. World Jewish Congress expressed ‘disgust and outrage’. Robert Singer, CEO of the New...

The United States is expected to announce on Monday that all buyers of Iranian oil will have to end their imports shortly or face sanctions, a source familiar with...

Two Turkish citizens were among the more than 200 killed in bomb blasts at three churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday, says Anadolu Agency on Sunday....

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked by several shouting men on Sunday before security guards led him safely away from a crowd in Ankara on Sunday,...

A terror group’s attack on Turkey’s military base at Muslim holy night of Barat shows its treachery, the country’s defense minister said on Saturday. Four Turkish soldiers were martyred and six...

The Syrian Turkmen Assembly (STA) on Saturday denounced the meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and a delegation of the so-called SDF, led by the Syrian branch of the PKK terror group. “Macron’s receiving...

Turkey’s ruling AK Party submitted a second petition to cancel and re-run Istanbul elections it lost three weeks ago, citing thousands of ballots cast by people it said were...

Iraq is committed to maintaining balanced bilateral relations with Turkey and other neighbouring countries in the region, the Iraqi parliament speaker said Saturday. “We have very good relations and...

Several Russian envoys met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and discussed a constitutional committee, trade, as well as the ways to improve Syria’s relations with neighbouring Arab countries, Russia’s Foreign...

Morocco is to contribute to rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral, which caught fire in the French capital Paris earlier this week. The Moroccan embassy in France has commissioned its ambassador,...

The United States and Russia both said on Friday they could not support a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Libya at this time, diplomats...

Two Saudi sisters who fled their country and appealed for international protection earlier this week saying their lives would be at risk if they were to return to the...