Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence has warned that Daesh remains the “most significant threat” to the United Kingdom. The fight against the terror group has not yet ended,...

Somali Foreign Minister, Ahmed Isse Awad, yesterday denied media reports claiming that his country will send troops to fight in Libya. “Our government has not and will not send...

Iran is likely to extend its “20-year cooperation agreement” with Russia, which is due to expire in March 2021, the Iranian foreign minister announced yesterday. Mohammad Javad Zarif’s remarks...

Egyptians yesterday launched the Arabic hashtag “I did not delegate” to express their rejection of Parliament’s decision to authorise President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to send forces outside the country...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected to urge Lebanon to enact badly-needed reforms to help get the country out of an acute financial crisis during a visit...

Turkey and Russia agreed on Wednesday to keep pushing for a ceasefire in Libya, but Ankara said the leader of the eastern forces was not legitimate and his forces...

Turkey has rejected Greek plans of expanding its continental shelf through islets in the Aegean Sea and confining Turkey to the Anatolian peninsula in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Anadolu...

The Saudi-led coalition has reportedly imposed restrictions on the movements of Yemeni officials in the internationally recognised government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, according to a report yesterday...

A Turkish woman was found dead 5 days after going missing. She was reportedly beaten and strangled to death by her ex-partner.

American Defence Department announced on Monday that it would buy the eight F-35A fighter jets which had been intended for Turkey as the US ousted Ankara from the joint strike...

Libyan writer and Islamic historian, Ali Al-Sallabi, who is a member of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS), warning against effort to arm Libyan tribes. Al-Sallabi stressed the...

Some 80 Tunisian migrants have arrived on Italy’s southern island of Lampedusa, Italian security sources reported yesterday. The sources told the local AKI newspaper that the first eight immigrants...

Greece said on Tuesday there should be no alternative but European Union sanctions against Turkey if Ankara does not back down on disputed attempts to explore for natural resources...

Egypt has been seeking support from a number of its Arab neighbours, including Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, in its dispute with Turkey. The Jordanian government has offered to...

Turkey launched a wide-scale surveillance operation today over the border with Syria using a balloon, opening up a new strategy in its involvement in the Syrian conflict. The balloon...

Turkey wants to take part in the “great vision” of Niger’s development plan, Turkey’s foreign minister said today. “We would like to make a contribution to Niger’s development in the...

Turkey’s Minister of Defence hosted a meeting in Ankara yesterday where he discussed regional issues with Libya’s Interior Minister and Malta’s Minister of National Security and the Interior. Details...

A Jerusalem-based rabbi, David Rosen, prayed for the full and healthy recovery of Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz who was admitted to a hospital in Riyadh

The English Premier League should consider Saudi Arabia’s human rights record while it is assessing the kingdom’s bid to acquire Newcastle United FC, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a...

Iraqi Kurdish authorities yesterday denied handing over Dalia Muslim, niece of a former senior Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader, to Turkey as claimed by her family, RT reported. The Interior Ministry...

German activist Hella Mewis was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Monday, police said, Anadolu Agency reports. Mewis, who is also the head of the culture...

Investigators examining the black boxes from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran have recovered its cockpit voice data, France’s BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday, reported...

Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered with curtains during Muslim prayers, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday, as work to prepare...

The French media have confirmed that a complaint has been filed against the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi accusing him of torture and enforced disappearances in the ongoing war...

The Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA) distributed the first three Russian trains to Cairo, Alexandria, Assiut and Luxor, to begin operations after Eid Al-Adha (Muslim Festival of the Sacrifice), Egypt Today reports....

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €1.9 billion ($2.2 billion) of new financing for business investments in Egypt, including transport projects as well as others related to COVID-19....

Turkish police arrested 27 persons who are suspected of having links to Daesh, Anadolu Agency reported. The suspects were allegedly preparing to carry out a terrorist operation in retaliation for social...

Pro-Israel news agencies have run “deepfake” op-eds, in what is said to be “a new disinformation frontier”. Details of the “hyper-realistic forgery” was uncovered by a Reuters report this week, which...

At least five civilians were killed and 85 injured in a bomb attack in northwestern Syria yesterday, Anadolu Agency reported. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Local sources said...

The internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has begun moving its forces and military reinforcements towards the cities of Sirte and Jufra in an effort to recapture...

US President Donald Trump has told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Washington backs the expansion of Turkey’s efforts in Libya, the New Khaleej reported yesterday. Citing the intelligence news website, Tactical...

Turkey will lead the Joint Task Force CTF-151 to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean, Anadolu reported. The Turkish Defence...