Middle East

Participants in the annual meeting of Al-Quds University's board yesterday called for the formation of an Arab, Islamic and international donor alliance to support the occupied city of Jerusalem, Anadolu reported....

The Palestinian Authority (PA)'s "security thugs" on Tuesday targeted students at the campus of An-Najah National University with live bullets, injuring several of them, Safa Press Agency reported. The PA security:...

Dismissed former Fatah member and leader of the Democratic Reform Current, Mohammed Dahlan, has asserted that the 15th anniversary of the Palestinian division should inspire Palestinians to learn from...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that US President Joe Biden would help integrating Israel in the Middle East, a statement issued by Bennett's office said. Bennett also said...

Iran's labour minister resigned yesterday amid daily nationwide protests by pensioners, merchants and workers against soaring living costs, Reuters reported. The agency said while it was not clear if Hojatollah Abdolmaleki's...

The Israel Prison Service on Monday transferred detained Palestinian minor Ahmad Manasra to Ramle Prison Hospital after his mental health deteriorated, his defence team disclosed. "The Israeli prosecution informed...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described Israel's siege on the Gaza Strip as part of its "crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution," a report issued on Monday said. "Israel's sweeping restrictions...

Kuwait yesterday condemned Israeli violations against Palestinians, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported. This came in a statement delivered by Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN and International Organisations, Jamal Al-Ghunaim, during...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday praised Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for supporting Egypt as it struggles to contain the economic crisis resulting from the Russia-Ukraine...

Over the course of 15 years, Israeli military attacks have killed 5,418 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights announced yesterday. In a report entitled...

Pakistan has rescued and repatriated 169 of its citizens who were stranded in Syria, after they travelled to the country as Shia pilgrims. According to a statement by Pakistan...

Qatar plans to pitch 1,000 "Bedouin style" tents in the desert for World Cup soccer fans, organisers said on Tuesday, as the State hopes to attract 1.2 million visitors,...

Israel and Arab countries that share their worries about Iran should build up their military capabilities under Washington's aegis, the Israeli Defence Minister said on Tuesday, ahead of a...

US President Joe Biden will see Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, during a trip to the Middle East in July, the White House said on Tuesday, as the...

A majority of Israelis do not want to see an Arab party in a future government, according to the Occupation State's Channel 12 polls, published yesterday. The poll's leading...

Saudi Arabia's Commerce Minister has called on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to assist and facilitate the admission of the world's developing and least developed countries to the Organisation,...

Turkiye's state-run aid agency, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has supported the renovation and reopening of an Orthodox church in Lebanon, built 170 years ago. The agency,...

QatarEnergy signed a partnership deal with TotalEnergies on Sunday for the North Field East expansion of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, and its chief executive said...

Palestine national football team qualifies for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup after defeating the Philippines in their last group stage match scoring 9 points

Australia's decision to snub a US-led statement in support of Israel at the UN has been applauded by the country's former Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans. The 77-year-old welcomed Canberra's...

Iraq's Coordination Framework announced, Monday, that they will continue dialogue with other political forces to form the next government, Anadolu news agency reported. "The Coordination Framework respects the decision...

Kahana also voiced his opposition to the two-state solution, describing as “nonsense” the idea that it would bring peace

The Israeli authorities indicted on Monday a teenager from the illegal Beit Shemesh settlement for sending death threats to Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and his family via social media....

A new survey has found that 51 per cent of the population of the Netherlands think that there is apartheid in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, PAX reported...

Journalists in Morocco have categorically rejected media normalisation with Israel, describing it as a "crime against the Palestinians, Moroccans and humanity". This came in a joint statement signed by...

The Syrian regime and National Army factions have exchanged prisoners at the Abu Al-Zandin crossing near the city of Al-Bab, east of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Policies implemented by the Egyptian government at the Rafah border crossing to Gaza have "exacerbated" human rights conditions, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. Omar Shakir,...

Leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Iratxe Garcia disclosed on Tuesday that a delegation of MEPs was prevented from entering Gaza. "Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary...

Leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Iratxe Garcia on Tuesday confirmed the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s statement that the European Union (EU) would release financial aid shortly....

Abdul Allah Al-Atira, the senior aide of Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, announced on Monday that the European Union (EU) had voted on the unconditional release of...

The Israeli army yesterday razed Palestinian land and uprooted a number of olive trees in the village of Al-Jaba'a, west of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank. The...

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit revealed on Sunday that the West is putting pressure on Arab states to condemn Russia over its operation in Ukraine and...