Some 13,500 patients in Israeli hospitals died or were infected by illnesses while receiving care in 2017, an internal Ministry of Health report revealed yesterday. This is an increase...

British Newspaper the Daily Mail has settled a libel claim brought by Director of Middle East Monitor (MEMO) Dr Daud Abdullah, after it wrongly accused him of advocating suicide...

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has stressed that although its services continued “uninterrupted” during 2018, the “health and dignity” of the refugees “remain at...

Interpol has rejected a request by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to issue an arrest warrant against dismissed Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan, Al-Resalah newspaper revealed yesterday. Interpol said that the...

Hamas yesterday called on Arab states not to take part in the US economic conference being held in Bahrain, a statement said. “We warn Arab states against the malicious...

'The Golden Card will be granted to exceptional talents and everyone who positively contributes to the success story of the UAE'

Israel issued on Sunday a demolition order for a children’s playground in an unrecognized Bedouin village in southern Israel, even though the state has no plans to evacuate the...

US Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt has urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) to stop its boycott of the American administration and participate in the economic conference being...

Turkey’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Ankara is ready to share its experiences of migration management with Central American countries which are dealing with similar situations, reports Anadolu Agency....

Turkey will not evacuate its military observation post in northern Syria’s Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in the region, after a suspected Syrian government attack this month, Turkish Defence...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched a drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Najran airport, the group’s Al Masirah TV said early on Wednesday, reports Reuters. It said it targeted hangars...

Terrorist groups may use escalating tensions between the US and Iran as an opportunity to provoke a war between the two countries, Germany’s foreign minister warned Tuesday, Anadolu reports....

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday said it welcomed a June 25-26 “Peace to Prosperity” economic workshop hosted in Bahrain in cooperation with the United States, Reuters reports. The...

The United States sees signs the Syrian government may be using chemical weapons, including an alleged chlorine attack on Sunday in northwest Syria, the State Department said on Tuesday,...

US officials who briefed Congress about Iran on Tuesday sought to convince lawmakers that President Donald Trump’s administration wants to deter Tehran’s aggression, not attack the Islamic republic, members...

On Tuesday, the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) handed over to Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri a copy of the draft law aimed at amending and adding articles...

President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday asserted that US President Donald Trump had retreated from earlier threats against Iran “after seeing the unity of the Iranian people”, reports Anadolu Agency....

Libya is on the brink of a civil war that could “lead to the permanent division of the country,” a top UN official warned the Security Council on Tuesday...

Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and André Carson, three Muslim members of the US Congress, hosted a historic iftar meal in the US Capitol. It was the first time the...

Dutch police have arrested a 47-year-old Syrian suspected of being a commander for the Nusra Front, formerly al Qaeda’s wing in Syria, prosecutors said on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The...

Israeli occupation forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem early on Monday and evicted dozens of Muslim worshippers. Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that heavily armed...

A veteran US politician who has announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination for 2020 has described Israel as a “racist state” which is committing “genocide” against...

Israeli officials will travel to Bahrain for next month’s “peace” conference, where the first stage of the US’ “deal of the century” is set to be revealed. Speaking to...

Saudi Arabia said yesterday that its Air Defence Forces intercepted two ballistic missiles at dawn yesterday; the first over Taif, heading for the city of Mecca, and the other...

Thirteen UK charities have issued a joint statement criticising US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century”, after it was announced that the early stages of the long-awaited peace...

The Russian Centre for the Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria announced that as many as 1,163 Syrian refugees have returned to their country over a 24 hour period...

Israeli occupation forces blocked access roads to four Palestinian villages in the West Bank over the course of March and April, human rights organisation B’Tselem reported yesterday. According to...

Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, “has rejected a petition to bar the annual Jerusalem Day flag march from passing through the Old City’s Muslim...

Likud officials have warned that the failure to find a breakthrough in coalition negotiations could lead to fresh elections, reported Ynet. According to the news site, the unnamed officials...

The director-general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said yesterday that the Israeli army had deliberately targeted journalists in the occupied Gaza Strip. Christophe Deloire was speaking to the Jerusalem...

Palestinian businessmen, economic and trade institutions and unions have received invitations to participate in the economic workshop organised by the United States in Bahrain next month, Anadolu Agency reported....

Syrian security services released Palestinian refugee Fouad Kassem after five years in detention. Kassem was arrested in January 2014 after his house in the Hama refugee camp was raided....