Europe & Russia

The International Quartet envoy to the peace process, Tony Blair, has arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for a short visit that will last only a few hours. Egyptian sources...

An Israeli ministerial council will convene on Wednesday to discuss Israel's growing fears of future European boycotts over the settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. According to the Israeli...

Egyptians for Democracy UK (EDUK) are shocked by the Egyptian Military Council's statement on Monday January 27, which promoted General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to field marshal and mandated his...

Over 2000 BBC viewers and listeners have contacted the BBC to urge it not to award G4S with a security contract worth £80 million. G4S services Israeli prisons to...

British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will both visit the Middle East region in February to pressure Israel and the Palestinians to move forward with...

Britain's Minister for the Middle East, Hugh Robertson, condemned the violence that took place in Egypt on the third anniversary of the 25 January revolution. In a statement published...

The following is a statement by Egyptians for Democracy UK: Today, on the eve of the January 25th revolution three police stations were bombed in Cairo. Egyptians for Democracy...

The German government has said that future agreements with Israel on scientific cooperation or grants to Israel's high-tech companies should include a clause stating that entities operating in East...

The EU Ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg Andersen, revealed on Wednesday that the EU does not understand what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu means when he asks the Palestinians...

The German government has continued to give grants to Israeli high-tech and scientific companies, yet stated that those located in settlements in the West Bank or East Jerusalem would...

Qatar's Al-Jazeera Media Network has confirmed that it has launched a new channel specialising in Turkish affairs. Called Al-Jazeera Turkey, it will follow the successful model of the station's...

Turkey's foreign minister has said that it is now "inevitable" that Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad will face trial at the International Criminal Court for war crimes. Ahmet Davutoglu pointed...

Israel hopes to exploit the World Economic Forum in Davos to boost its public relations and economy amidst fears of increasing international boycotts in protest of its illegal settlements....

The European Union High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton has said that the EU is pleased with the results of last week's constitutional referendum in Egypt. In an...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has been accused of committing "genocide" against the Sunni Muslim population under the pretext of his "war on terror". Struan Stevenson MEP, who made...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to rescind Iran's invitation to attend the Geneva II peace conference on Syria is...

According to a report in The Financial Times today, three major European pension funds with a combined total of almost €500 billion of assets are "reviewing their holdings in...

IMAGES More than 500 activists gathered in London on the 5th anniversary of the end of Israel's massive military assault on Gaza to protest against the on-going blockade and...

Russia has stepped up its military assistance to Syria, including armored vehicles and drones and precision-guided bombs, informed sources told Reuters news agency. A number of sources told Reuters...

The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO has decided to postpone opening a Jewish exhibition at its headquarters in Paris after Arab states protested. UNESCO's director general Irina...

The French daily Le Monde said in its Friday edition that Saudi Arabia is trying to undermine the gains of the Arab Spring and block the democratisation of Arab...

Shimon Peres, Israel's president, has said there has been "progress" in efforts to free Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Hamas three years ago. The disclosure by Peres,...

The Israeli navy has fired several shells at a number of Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza. The Israeli navy opened fire on the fishermen near the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESLast night the Children of the beleaguered Gaza strip held a candlelit protest on the streets of a Gaza City plunged into darkness as a result of the...

The Prisoners Studies Centre has expressed concerns that the administration of Israeli prisoners commits "unprecedented" abuses against Palestinian prisoners and their possessions, and that such abuses are often conducted...

The French daily Le Monde said in its Friday edition that Saudi Arabia is trying to undermine the gains of the Arab Spring and block the democratisation of Arab...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian MPs from the Change and Reform bloc met on Sunday with the head of the Catholic Church in the West Bank, Father Joseph Sa'adeh, to convey...

Hebrew media sources have revealed that the Israeli authorities have contacted Pope Benedict XVI to ask for his assistance in preventing the departure of the Lebanese ship, Mary, bound...

A high-ranking Palestinian delegation is heading to the Vatican to hold talks with the Holy See on the legal status of property owned by the Catholic Church in the...

The Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed its concerns over the proposed deal between the Vatican State and Israel, which implies the acknowledgement of Israeli sovereignty over Christian churches and...

Dr. Mohamed Badie, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, has visited Pope Shenouda III, the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Macarius, at the cathedral in east...

Jordan's Minister of Endowment and Islamic Sanctuaries and Affairs, Dr. Abdul Salam Al-Abbadi, has condemned reports by Israeli newspapers which assert that a historic deal between Israel's Undersecretary of...