Europe & Russia

Western countries expressed their concern over Libya and called on authorities in Tripoli to make a greater effort to launch real national dialogue, stressing that the progress made after...

Pope Francis has had to cancel his visit to Israel in May because Israel's foreign ministry workers are currently on strike and thus unable to make the necessary security...

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the Fethullah Gulen movement of turning into a political organisation, saying that the group is "no longer religious". Speaking to a...

The Syrian conflict is now entering its third year, having claimed the lives of more than 140,000 and displacing millions. With diplomatic efforts consistently disappointing the Syrian people, a...

Two members of the US Congress have introduced a bill to deprive American educational institutions of federal funding if they implement an academic boycott of Israel. According to Israel's...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Fethullah Gulen, the US based leader of a Turkish socio-religious movement, of plotting the December 17 "conspiracy" and fabricating phone conversations aiming...

On Friday the Belgian foreign minister, Didier Reynders, warned Belgian citizens against travelling to the Egyptian resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula because of a "serious threat."...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his party will not allow conspirators and liars to reach their goals. In his speech before supporters in Balıkesir city Friday,...

The AK Party's Deputy Chairman for Economic Affairs Numan Kurtulmuş said that military coups in Turkey empowered the corrupt to infiltrate the Judiciary, police, and media. In a lengthy...

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party is expected to achieve similar results in the upcoming elections as it achieved in the previous elections, several Turkish studies has revealed. The...

Luxembourg's general pension fund (FDC) has decided to boycott five Israeli banks due to their illegal activities in West Bank settlements. The Israeli website Walla reported that the state-affiliated...

Egypt's armed forces must end the military trial of two journalists, release them immediately and unconditionally, and drop all charges against them, Amnesty International said as it named both...

Audio recordings of an alleged phone conversation between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his son Bilal are "fabricated" and "unethically montaged", a press release from Erdogan's office said...

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled her scheduled visit to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah which came as part of her visit to the region; Palestinian Al Quds...

The Turkish Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) led by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen will host senior Israeli politicians today as part of its Dialogue of Civilisations Forum in the...

Germany and Israel are today due to sign an agreement allowing Germany to represent Israel's diplomatic and consular relations in countries where Israel has no embassy especially in Muslim...

French diplomats are puzzled by Moroccan fierce reaction to French judiciary's decision to investigate the Moroccan Intelligence Chief Abdellatif Hammouchi on charges of torturing French citizens from Moroccan and...

Western countries are adopting double standards when dealing with the political crisis that has erupted in the Ukraine and the Egyptian crisis although both situations are similar in many...

Turkey will not give in to future coup attempts or pressure, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. "We will face any future coup attempts just as we...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov started Thursday a visit to Baghdad aiming at discussing regional issues with senior Iraqi officials, Iraqi foreign ministry said in a statement. The statement...

Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued a statement advising British nationals against travelling to the Sinai Peninsula and the provinces of Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, Sohag and the...

France has asked Russia to put pressure on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in order to reach a settlement of the crisis after the failure of the Geneva II conference....

International companies have dropped out of the Israeli government's tender to build private seaports in Haifa and Ashdod due to concerns over political repercussions, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that his country has implemented all its pledges regarding the Syrian government's participation in the Geneva II conference, stressing that Moscow...

Egyptians for Democracy UK today strongly condemned the 'heinous attack' on a tourist bus in Taba, Egypt, on Sunday. "We extend our condolences to the families of the victims...

Turkey's Prime Minister vowed on Saturday to fight all parallel entities in Turkey and to hold them accountable for their actions before the law and the Turkish people. "We...

Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has said that Syria's president has no plans to leave office because he believes he is strong and in control of the country. Speaking...

Russia may call an urgent UN Security Council meeting to "stop the slide towards escalation in Syria", Russian sources told Al-Mayadeen channel. The source revealed that Russia had information...

Brigadier-General Yosef Kuperwasser, director- general of Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs, declared this week, during a speech in London, that "all the Jewish people have to be mobilised" to...

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, met on Thursday with the commander of Egypt's military coup, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, at the Kremlin in Moscow. According to Egyptian media,...

The goal behind the Russian-Egyptian cooperation and arming Egypt is Russia's need for another base and focus point in the Mediterranean Sea, other than Syria, as it is unstable...

Turkey will not recognise Egypt's Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi who orchestrated the military coup or any other person if elected as president of Egypt, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...