American spy Jonathan Pollard, who was jailed for decades for selling American secrets to Israel, has criticised Tel Aviv for failing to help him move to Israel. “To make...

There are at least a dozen reasons, some fictitious, why Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) appears reluctant to give up power, but protest groups are becoming increasingly aware...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed on Wednesday received a Hamas delegation led by former head of of the movement, Khaled Meshaal, and discussed a number of issues including the...

Donald Trump’s senior advisor on the Middle East peace process, Jared Kushner has achieved something many have failed to achieve. He has managed to unite Palestinians at all levels...

An ex-Israeli soldier wanted in Colombia for heading a child prostitution ring and sex trafficking offences has been arrested in Portugal. Forty-five-year-old Assi Ben-Mosh – also known as Assi...

The US envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, on Wednesday called for UNRWA to be dissolved and for countries which host Palestine refugees to take on the responsibility...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Iran as early as mid-June, NHK national television said on Friday, as international concern grows about rising tension between Iran and...

John Walker Lindh, the American captured in Afghanistan in 2001 fighting for the Taliban, was freed early from federal prison on Thursday after serving 17 years amid concerns he...

Neither the Israeli attack on Gaza nor Trump’s decision to recognise the Israeli occupation’s annexation of the Golan Heights, the Russian and Iranian assault on Idlib and the use...

EuroPal Forum warned of an Israeli government program aiming to fund activities and campaigns against BDS. The chairperson of the London-based forum, Zaher Birawi, declared that Israel aims to...

The US State Department failed to meet a deadline on Thursday to provide information to three congressional committee chairmen looking into whether an annual arms control report slanted and...

The chairman of the Chamber’s board, Ajlan Al-Ajlan, warned against the dangers of business practice in Turkey, in a Tweet. He said that several Saudi investors have complained about...

Direct Arab investments in Morocco declined by 10.5 per cent during 2018, for the third year in a row. The share of Arab investments in total foreign direct investment...

The government of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has averted a controversy over its bid to aid the Palestinian cause, Anadolu Agency reports. Reiterating Malaysia’s commitment to the Palestinian struggle,...

US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to use a loophole and rising tensions with Iran to sell bombs to Saudi Arabia, even though Congress blocked such sales for months...

The head of the United Nations agency that has supported Palestinian refugees for seven decades hit back on Thursday at a US proposal to have host countries take over...

Former Middle East and North Africa advisor to President George W. Bush, Richard Haass, warned that the US administration has two goals behind its policies against Iran, both of...

The Kremlin announced yesterday that the deal to sell the S-400 missile defence system to Turkey is “irreversible”. “Moscow considers the United States’ position over Ankara’s purchase of the...

The US is considering deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East amid rising tension with Iran. Details of the plan, leaked by two American officials to Reuters,...

The policy director of Germany’s Foreign Ministry, Jens Plotner, has been sent to Iran today to discuss the dire political situation and the possible collapse of the nuclear deal,...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov yesterday called on the United States and its allies to refrain from escalating the situation in the Gulf region. Ryabkov made the remarks...

Today marks 16 years since Paul Bremer, the former American diplomat, made history three times in the space of one month. First he was appointed head of the Coalition...

A new survey has found that Israel is the lowest policy priority for Jewish American voters. According to a poll commissioned by the Jewish Electorate Institute (JEI), “a candidate’s...

Israeli security and defence officials believe that the Palestinian Authority (PA) “has only two to three months to go before a process of economic collapse begins”, reported Haaretz. The...

Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has denounced the Trump administration’s approach to the peace process, saying that the White House seeks a “Palestinian declaration of surrender”. Writing in an...

The Trump administration has suspended its financial support for UNRWA which has caused a major funding crisis

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, made a very bold assertion during a debate in the Security Council recently. “Jewish rights to the land of Israel depends on...

The annual Quds Day commemoration for 2019, which is held on the last Friday of Ramadan in many parts of the world, will be distinguished from previous years as...

An aide to Turkey’s president responded to remarks by Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist, who disrespected the Turkish leader, as reported on Anadolu Agency.  Ibrahim Kalin said...

Informed sources said that Turkey has two weeks to decide whether to complete S-400 deal with Russia or risk US penalties, which would include cancelling deal of 100 F-35...

There is no point in holding negotiations with the United States (US) under the current situation, head of Iranian presidential office and chief of staff, Mahmoud Vaezi, said yesterday....

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejected Wednesday a Democratic action seeking to require congressional sign-off on any prospective war with Iran, Anadolu reports. The 13-9 vote saw all Republicans,...