Not too far away from Seattle, Washington there are eight ballistic-missile submarines carrying the world’s large shipments of nuclear weapons. The 560-foot-long black submarines are docked at the Naval...

The Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islamic Action Front achieved good results in Jordan’s municipal and governorate elections on 15 August. It proved itself to be the sole political party able to...

After the humiliating setback at Al-Aqsa Mosque, it was inevitable that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would retaliate. His move has come sooner than expected with the detention of...

The foundations of a democratic society are well-known and include personal freedoms, respect for law and order, equality for all citizens and controls to prevent the abuse of power....

On 21 August, 1969, an extremist Australian Christian, Dennis Michael Rohan, attempted to set fire to Al-Aqsa Mosque; his action had the apparent blessing of the Israeli occupation forces....

It may not sound possible to “catch” an American spy plane while driving a Dodge Charger. But that’s precisely what we did on a sweltering August afternoon at Al...

Britain stands accused of operating a secret travel ban against Arabs after it emerged that a large number of internationally renowned academics, religious leaders, musicians, artists and performers from...

A prominent figure within Israel’s far-right Likud Party, Ariel Polstein, has said that the Kurds will never forget how the Zionist state has supported them, with the result that...

The new law has a misleading name: 'electronic crimes' is not a reference to blackmail and identity theft or publishing and promoting pornography. It is a means to allow the PA to violate people’s privacy as much as it wants

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is one of the finest think tanks in the world. Its experts offer sober advice on foreign and defence policy far outstripping that...

The fact that an obnoxious, racist and sexist columnist wrote something for the Sunday Times is not exactly news. Last month, though, one of them, Kevin Myers, came out...

When the Emirati Ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al-Otaiba, spoke about the strategy of his country’s government and those that have allied with them on what he called seeking a...

Four years ago today 37 Egyptians were gassed to death in a police van outside the Abu Zaabal prison in Cairo. Temperatures outside topped 31 degrees and many had...

The Israeli court is scheduled to look into extending the detention of the head of the banned Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raed Salah, today. He was arrested on Tuesday morning...

Born a little over three years ago Iraq’s quasi-political Popular Mobilisation Force (PMF) has grown unstoppably, much to the peril of Iraq’s political elite. Civic life has borne the...

Latin America is once again Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s diplomatic target, at a time when violence in the region fomented by US imperialism is once again rising to...