Europe & Russia

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...

The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said he was "surprised" by the reaction of the Israeli Financial Minister Naftali Bennett during his speech in the Knesset, German...

A leading Dutch association of investors has claimed that many of the country's pension funds, insurance companies and banks "fail to adequately apply guidelines on international law and human...

European countries should enact laws to prohibit future boycotts of Israel; Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to have said on Sunday. Israel's Maariv newspaper published on Wednesday...

Turkish-Israeli relations will not return to normal until Israel lifts its strict blockade on the Gaza Strip and signs a protocol agreement between both countries, Turkish Prime Minister Recep...

According to news reports, Israel has agreed to pay $20 million in compensation to the families of the nine Turkish citizens who were killed during the 2010 Israeli army...

The Egyptian army controls almost 45 per cent of the country's economy, German newspaper Die Welt claimed. In a report entitled "The Egyptian army is Egypt's real economic power"...

International relations based on a country's political interests serve as the underlying reason for the volatile nature of foreign policy. When considering regional and global developments, a country can...

France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday that Western countries will not intervene to combat terrorism in the south of Libya as demanded by Niger. Fabius told Radio...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has announced that Turkey and Israel are very close to resuming normal ties, Turkish and Israeli media reported on Sunday. According to the Turkish...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu convened senior ministers Sunday to discuss ways of fighting boycott and divestment initiatives proliferating in Europe and worldwide. Present at the meeting were Netanyahu, Foreign...

Israel's Jerusalem Post published a poll conducted by the Israeli Geocartography Institute, the results of which indicate that 70 per cent of Israeli Jews do not believe the Obama...

French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that the new constitution in Tunisia "proves" the harmony between Islam and democracy. Speaking at a ceremony for the adoption of the...

Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed his concerns on Friday about the detention of journalists and increasing restrictions on the mass media in Egypt. The British minister called upon the...

Representatives from Israel's Leviathan Gas Company met with members of the British Gas Group in Cyprus last week to discuss exporting gas to Egypt, Israel's Calcalist business newspaper said....

Tunisia's Ennahda Party Leader Rashid Ghannouchi met with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday. Following their meeting Ghannouchi told the Anadolu news agency the two leaders discussed...

Israeli policies have been severely criticised this week by human rights NGOs, with a particular focus on the exclusion of Palestinians from their land in both the West Bank...

Israel is angered that the head of the Danish parliament, Mogens Lykketoft, has scheduled a visit this weekend to Ramallah and the Gaza Strip, an itinerary that does not...

Washington has ruled out the collapse of the American-Russian deal on the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal despite the Syrian regime failing to meet its promises to deliver the...

Turkey and Israel are close to reaching a deal for compensation on the killing, in 2010, of Turks on-board of Mavi Marmara by Israeli commandoes, when the ship was...

The EU's ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, warned on Monday that Israel would find itself in complete isolation should the peace talks with the Palestinians collapse. In an interview...

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on Moscow to put more pressure on the Syrian regime in order to accelerate the destruction of its chemical weapons. The appeal...

A massive media campaign has started in Egypt against Britain's Guardian newspaper. Egyptian pro-coup media and even British-Egyptians have labelled the left-of-centre Guardian as "affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood",...

Below is the text from Dr Maha Azzam's Open letter to the Guardian. Sir, Mr Blair's recent comments in support of the military coup in Egypt are both misinformed...

EU officials have confirmed that further measures targeting Israeli settlements are prepared, with the timing of their implementation directly related to future settlement construction and the status of Kerry's...

An official at the Foreign Ministry has admitted Israel's failure to stop European campaigns calling for economic boycotts of the state. The official made his comments after remarks by...

Europe's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton has said that the EU and the Middle East Quartet will provide "unprecedented" support for the Palestinians and Israelis if they...

Turkey will sign a technical cooperation agreement with Jordan on Monday, the first such agreement between the two countries. Talks will also start on Monday to discuss means of...

The Egyptians for Democracy UK  condemns Tony Blair's misguided remarks on Egypt which he made in a televised interview with Sky News Arabia during his latest visit to Cairo....

The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that about 45,000 immigrants, most of them Syrians and some Palestinians, have risked their lives in the Mediterranean to escape...

Former Welsh Secretary and Middle East minister Peter Hain is tonight set to make a speech at Swansea University where he will claim that a one-state solution for Israel...

The European Union Ambassador to Jordan, Joanna Wronecka, said on Wednesday that the EU recognises the country's vital role in supporting Syrian refugees and is "committed to help" the...