Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday condemned the Kuwaiti authorities for “unlawfully” returning eight Egyptians for allegedly being linked to the Muslim Brotherhood group. The rights organisation warned that the...

Iran confirmed on Tuesday it had detained French-Iranian scholar Fariba Adelkhah but declined to give any more details, a day after Paris demanded information on her case, reports Reuters....

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Russian S-400 missile defence system, parts of which have been delivered to Turkey over the past four days, would be...

An Israeli official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn of Jew-hatred on Tuesday, remarks likely to fuel acrimony in and around the...

Jordan appointed a new ambassador to Qatar on Tuesday, a step toward restoring normal relations two years after it withdrew its ambassador in solidarity with Gulf Arab allies who...

A Kuwaiti official has defended his country’s decision to hand over eight Egyptian nationals to Egypt over their alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah...

US legislators overwhelmingly approved two anti-Saudi bills yesterday targeting individuals in the kingdom responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Riyadh’s human rights record. In the first...

Iraq announced yesterday that it had deported as many as 33 children born to Russian mothers affiliated with Daesh back to Russia. The Iraqi foreign ministry said in a...

Lebanon-based Hezbollah has been withdrawing its fighters from much of the Syrian territories moving them to areas near the Lebanese border, sources within Syria said. The Shia-dominated group, which...

A high-level delegation from Hamas yesterday arrived in the Russian capital, Moscow. Member of Hamas’ political bureau, Hossam Badran, said in a statement that the delegation is headed by...

Following comments that Rashida Tlaib and the rest of the "squad" should "go back to where they came from"

The European Union (EU) has unanimously decided to impose sanctions on Turkey over its drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. As part of the sanctions, the EU will reduce...

The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee yesterday called on the Ministry of Labour to respect the special status enjoyed by Palestinian refugees in Lebanon which is guaranteed by law, the Anadolu...

Kuwait Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Jarallah on Sunday criticised statements by the Al- Arabiya news channel anchor Sarah Dundarawy saying she should apologise for her “grave mistake”. In a...

Jason Greenblatt, the US’ Middle East envoy for peace, has come under fire after criticising the Palestinian Authority (PA) for failing to provide adequate funds for a Palestinian child’s...

Senior members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group were recruited by Bahrain in a secret plot to assassinate heads of opposition groups, prominent dissidents and activists, according to a sensational...

The United States has asked Iranian ally Hezbollah not to intervene in the event of a future confrontation with Tehran in the Gulf, Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported. The paper...

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found piles of cash, diamonds and a fake Saudi passport at the home of Jeffrey Epstein, the US billionaire arrested last...

US President Donald Trump yesterday reiterated his “racist” attacks against Democratic Muslim Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, justifying his attack by claiming the women “made Israel feel abandoned...

A Palestinians has died while in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison, the head of the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs revealed this morning. Thirty-one-year-old Nassar Majed Taqatqa, who was...

Former Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ehud Barak has said in a video posted on social media that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption was “limitless”, Al-Wattan Voice...

The Israeli army has reportedly suspended a plan to seize 29 dunams (7.1 acres) of Palestinian-owned land near the Gilboa checkpoint on the northern boundary of the occupied West...

The European Union (EU) will invest millions of euros in Israeli start-ups, Globes has reported, as part of a €100 million ($112.3 million) pilot scheme within the European Innovation...

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has described the boycott of Israel as a “pernicious threat” on college campuses, speaking at a Justice Department-convened event on anti-Semitism yesterday. The Palestinian-led...

Israeli occupation forces detained 2,759 Palestinians during the first six months of this year, including 446 minors and 76 women, Palestinian rights groups announced yesterday. The Prisoners Affairs Commission,...

Palestinian refugees have held protests against discrimination by the Lebanese authorities for the second day, after the government imposed restrictions on their work opportunities, Arab48 reported yesterday. This came...

European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called on Iran to fully comply with the 2015 nuclear deal, as reported by Anadolu Agency.  “…we invite Iran to reverse them...

In a court case that could further strain American relations with Turkey and weigh on the sentencing of former US national security adviser Michael Flynn, a criminal trial began...

The #FaceAppChallenge or #agechallenge emerged as a new trend on Twitter this weekend, with thousands downloading the viral app that alters their appearance so that they look much older...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday demanded an explanation from Iran after the arrest last month of Franco-Iranian dual national Fariba Adelkhah, an incident that complicates Paris’ efforts to...

King Salman bin Abdulaziz and three former Lebanese Prime Ministers discussed Monday the latest developments in the Lebanese political scene. This came during a meeting between the Saudi monarch...

Social Finance Israel (SFI) has launched a social impact bond to improve maths performance for high school students in the country’s Bedouin community, reports Reuters. The goal of the...