VIDEO Social media activists circulated pictures on Tuesday revealing the early moments of Egypt’s former Minister of Supply Dr Bassam Odeh’s arrest. Odeh was one of the most popular...

The United States and Russia failed to agree a date for the Syria peace conference. They disagreed over the role that Iran might play in talks to end the...

The Geneva II conference on Syria is impossible to convene, according to the opposition’s representative in Paris, Monther Makhous. Makhous noted that while international parties are seeking to hold...

A spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry announced: “Germany has reiterated its demands to the Egyptian authorities to release President Mohammed Morsi and to stop all forms of violence....

A recent study by al Sharq revealed that Qatar’s investments in the UK, France and Germany have amounted to 65 billion USD. The investments are concentrated largely in Western...

Syrian opposition groups refused a Russian invitation to meet officials from the Syrian regime in Moscow, Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Ukashević has said. According to Ukashević, the meeting...

British police held Israel’s former intelligence chief Amos Yadlin for 45 minutes at London’s Heathrow airport in response to a Turkish arrest warrant against him over his responsibility in...

French President Francois Hollande severely criticised on Monday Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and called for the “final and complete” ending of the settlements. After visiting the...

French President Francois Hollande has suggested for the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to show more flexibility over the issue of refugees in order to pave the way...

A sword believed to have been symbolic in the creation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 was sold in France for 955,400 euros (almost $1.3 million) at...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that his country is seeking to establish a naval base in Egypt. He stressed how important this is to Russia but denied...

A UN official has blamed Israel for the current impasse in the peace negotiations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israeli officials. It is urging Israel to halt its...

The spokesperson of the Strong Egypt Party, Ahmed Imam, affirmed on Tuesday that the different revolutionary parties all participated in the demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the Mohamed...

The Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi, has warned that “the plight of Palestinians and Palestinian refugees under Israeli occupation...

The latest Russian-Egyptian rapprochement and new signs of cooperation between the two countries has aroused worries in the US, Israel and other regional powers, Anba Moscow reported. The Russian...

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel stated in Berlin on Wednesday that her country has ruled out destroying Syria’s chemical weapons within its borders, saying: “I will not destroy chemical weapons...

Egypt’s former Chief of Staff General Sami Annan’s sudden trip to France, while accompanied by members of his family, has stirred speculations about the trip’s timing; especially following the...

In 1955, young Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser took a bold step by making an arms deal with Czechoslovakia. At that time, the world was going through the Cold...

Albania has refused financial and technical support from the US to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons on its territory. Albania recently destroyed its stockpile of chemical weapons due to an...

Iran and the world powers have reached a deal in Geneva on Tehran’s nuclear program; Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed. A senior US official said according to...

Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to Egypt’s decision to expel his country’s ambassador from Cairo by raising the Rabia Al Adawiya four fingers symbol in front of...

The residents of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem said on Monday that the Israeli occupation authorities have decided to confiscate another 20 acres of land to accommodate...

Since 1925, when Egypt and Turkey exchanged diplomatic representatives, relations between the two countries have gone back and forth between apathy and warmth. The relationship, which began at the...

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday that the crisis between Israel and the European Union over the EU’s imposition of economic sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West...

This year’s Palestine lobby of parliament ended with an evening rally which saw an “unprecedented number of MPs” attending. According to Baroness Jenny Tonge, MPs finally want to be...

Israel has asked the British government to “lean on universities to prevent their participation in academic boycotts of the country”, according to a report in The Times. In a...

A United Nations official said on Thursday that Turkey has agreed to fund fuel purchases that will be used to provide power for emergency services in the Gaza Strip,...

Spokesperson of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Levent Gümrükçü indicated that his country has reached a complete agreement with Iran to develop bilateral relations, according to the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq...

Assistant Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Mouldi Jendoubi has announced that national dialogue will resume before next Thursday. Jendoubi explained that the differences which caused...

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has affirmed his country’s respect for and friendship with the people of Egypt despite the current diplomatic crisis. Commenting on the quarrel between Ankara...

A European diplomatic convoy arrived in Cairo on Monday morning to get the latest updates on Egypt’s transitional roadmap, which was initially proposed five months ago in the wake...

Switzerland’s Deputy Director of the Federal Office of Justice, Susanne Kuster, has said that the Swiss authorities are following the developments in Egypt closely with regards to overturning an...