Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) has called on the European Parliamentary Union (EPU) to withdraw a motion banning its members from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, the Anadolu Agency reported...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will not allow the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), to establish a corridor...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir yesterday accused Russia and the Syrian Air Force of violating the ceasefire in Syria, noting that Riyadh is discussing the matter with world powers....

Italian investigations into the death of 28-year-old PhD student Giulio Regeni are likely to reveal that he was killed by the Egyptian authorities because he was conduction research in...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the ceasefire agreement in Syria on Sunday, but stressed that any resolution to the civil war must address Israel’s interests and red lines....

At least 15 people were killed in Syria on the first day of a cessation-of-hostilities agreement between the Assad regime and opposition forces, a UK-based monitoring group has said....

Russian warplanes struck targets in five towns in northern and central Syria on Sunday – the second day of a cessation-of-hostilities agreement between Syria’s Assad regime and opposition forces....

Ibrahim Kalın, a senior aide and spokesman of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticised on Friday the American bill that calls for the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood a...

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) has condemned the assassination of Palestinian national Omar Hassan Zayed (Al-Naif), 52, at the Palestinian embassy in the...

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on Friday that the EU is ready to provide clarification and assurances to Morocco...

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has blocked access to its webpages designating PYD as the “Syrian affiliate” of the terrorist PKK group. Visitors to the site on Thursday were...

There is a question that must be posed in all seriousness: Why did the Russian-American agreement on a ceasefire in Syria coincide with Saudi Arabia and Turkey’s decision to...

Palestinian fugitive Omar Al-Naif has been assassinated in the Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria, Quds Press reported. Al-Naif had taken refuge in the embassy two months ago after Israel requested...

The European parliament has called on the EU to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Members of the parliament (MEPs) said that Britain, France and other EU governments should...

Italy’s defence minister denied claims on Thursday that her country is sending ground troops to Libya. “A large-scale deployment of Western troops in Libya is unthinkable and absurd,” insisted...

Just hours before a perilous deal goes into effect in Syria, President Barack Obama acknowledged Thursday that there are ‘plenty of reasons for scepticism.” “We’re all aware of the...

Around 300 human sculptures have been deployed 14 metres beneath the Atlantic Ocean to form a new underwater museum, called Museo Atlantico. Situated in the clear blue waters off...

The German parliament approved on Thursday legislative changes that will restrict right to asylum and enable authorities to swiftly deport illegal migrants. The controversial “Asylum Package II” was approved...

The latest attacks on the Turkish capital Ankara were carried out by the PKK and PYD, noting that the world “has to give up its double standards in order...

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that a recent deal to halt hostilities in Syria does not bind Turkey. “All must know that this ceasefire is only valid for...

Dozens of Russian generals were killed on Sunday in a car bomb attack at their base near the Syrian city of Latakia, the Ahrar al-Sham opposition movement claimed on...

France must respect international law and make it a reference for the prospective international peace conference, the Anadolu Agency reported a senior PLO official saying yesterday. Member of PLO...

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz to discuss the ceasefire agreement brokered between Russia and the US in...

Germany believes the security situation in Egypt is unstable, Ambassador Julius Georg Luy said yesterday. Also read: Abu Marzouk: Sabotaging Sinai’s security and siege on Gaza are in Israel’s...

A Palestinian dentist living in Holland with his wife and four children have gone missing and no news has been received about his whereabouts, his brother told PalSawa yesterday....

David Cameron has branded Israel’s construction of illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land as “genuinely shocking”. The Prime Minister said that though he was a strong supporter of Israel,...

Sweden has announced an increase in its annual contribution to UNRWA’s budget to $40.6 million. UNRWA said in a statement that “this 15 per cent increase follows the past...

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann rejected an offer from the Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa for the country to accept 5,800 more refugees than its quota of 4,500, Anadolu reported...

Italy opposes unilateral military intervention in the fight against terrorists in Libya, unless the national unity government being formed has officially demanded it, the special representative of the Italian...

The Israeli Knesset said yesterday that it will encourage hundreds of Jews living in Brazil to immigrate to Israel this year. Of the world’s 13.746 million Jews: 5.9 million...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Italy for what it says was the “abduction” of an Egyptian Imam by the CIA from a Milan street in...

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Tuesday that his country has seen “disturbing evidence” that Kurdish forces are coordinating with the Syrian regime and the Russian air force,...