The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Sunday that Iraq will no longer be included on the British list of high-risk countries for money laundering and the financing of...

Israel has lifted a public mask mandate and fully reopened its education system in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions following its mass vaccination drive

Iraqi security forces yesterday arrested Jamal Al-Karbouli, leader of the National Movement for Reform and Development (Al-Hal), Anadolu Agency reported. The agency quoted Baghdad Police Captain Hatem Al-Jabri as saying that...

A senior Saudi official has denied holding secret talks between the kingdom and Iran. The Saudi official's remarks came hours after the Financial Times reported that Riyadh and Tehran held direct talks...

Iran has asked Interpol to arrest a man suspected of carrying out the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility in the name of Israel earlier this month, according to reports. Iranian...

Israeli occupation yesterday summoned Jerusalemite activist Mohamed Arnaout for questioning at the Qishla detention centre and handed him an order banning his entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months,...

Mahmoud Abbas has warned that Israel is on the path to becoming an apartheid state in a speech to the annual J Street Conference in America. The President of...

Yossi Langotsky, retired colonel of the Israeli occupation army, has warned that the Iron Dome defence system is not reliable, pointing to previous wars on Gaza which have proven...

April 17 marks Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, an international day of action for Palestinian political prisoners

The head of Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement warned on Sunday that the country's corrupt system is preparing to overthrow state institutions and seize national assets. "Usually in failed states,...

The Iranian army yesterday unveiled a new Damavand long-range air defence system. The army displayed dozens of reconnaissance and attack drones and electronic warfare systems, during a military parade...

Pakistan has summoned a number of its diplomats in Saudi Arabia due to "multiple" complaints from the Pakistani community there, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Quresh announced on Saturday. "The...

PalMed Europe yesterday launched an Endowment Fund to help fund pioneering medical aid programmes in Palestine. Speaking to attendants, head of the Palestinian Physicians' Association in Britain (PalMed), Dr Riyad...

Two Palestinian brothers, 57-year-old Abdul Jawad and 51-year-old Mohammed Shamasneh, have entered their 29th consecutive year in Israeli detention facilities, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club reported yesterday. In an official...

A number of US congressional staffers are pushing for removing allegedly "anti-Semitic" content from the curricula taught to Palestinian children in schools run by the United Nations Relief and...

Member of Fatah's Central Committee and the PLO's Executive Committee Azzam Al-Ahmad yesterday reiterated that the PLO and Fatah will not accept carrying out elections without Jerusalem. Speaking to Voice...

The besieged Gaza Strip yesterday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the coastal enclave said. According to the daily briefing issued by...

The Israeli intelligence service on Sunday summoned Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, the director of East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, for interrogation, according to the Jordan-run Islamic Endowments Authority, Anadolu Agency reported. The authority,...

Israeli forces detained 144 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in the first half of April, according to a Palestinian research center on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. Six women and five...

Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is virtually certain to return President Bashar al-Assad for a third term – an event that Washington and the...

Syria will hold its presidential election on May 26, the country's parliament said on Sunday, a vote which is expected to return President Bashar al Assad for a third...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake on Sunday struck Iran's southern province of Bushehr, where a nuclear power plant is located, but there were no immediate reports of major damage, Reuters reported....

Rasha Kairout could be stripped of her residence permit and asylum status after Denmark deemed Damascus and surrounding areas safe for the return of refugees, Anadolu Agency reports. Kairout took refuge...

The announcement came after the Israeli, Emirati, Greek and Cypriot foreign ministers met to discuss a new strategic partnership in defence, economics and energy

Senior Saudi and Iranian officials have held direct talks in a bid to repair their relations, four years after they cut off diplomatic ties, the Financial Times reported on...

There are no scheduled meetings between Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers during their visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials from both countries confirmed on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. Pakistan's...

Iran has started the process of enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity at an above-ground nuclear plant at Natanz, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday, confirming earlier statements...

Iran criticized the US on Friday for imposing new sanctions on Russia, describing the move as a "false step", Anadolu Agency reports. Tehran firmly rejects fresh sanctions on Moscow...

The Bashar Al-Assad regime used nearly 82,000 barrel bombs in nine years of attacks on civilian settlements under the control of the opposition in different parts of Syria, a...

Unidentified gunmen detonated explosive devices today at an oil well in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq, according to a local police officer, Anadolu Agency reports. The officer told Anadolu...

Palestine today called on the international community and signatories of the Geneva Conventions to assume their responsibilities towards protecting Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, Anadolu Agency reports. This came in...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has called on the Palestinian people to march towards Al-Aqsa Mosque and stay in its squares during the blessed month of Ramadan, protect it...