US congressman Jamaal Bowman urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to immediately work to de-escalate tensions in East Jerusalem and broker a cease-fire, Anadolu Agency reported. "With regard to the quickly...

A US delegation has urged Oman to take a tougher stance on Yemen's Houthi-led government by doing more to convince them to accept the peace plan proposed by Saudi Arabia. The...

The Turkish Defence Industries on Sunday announced that they have been working on deploying a new Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV) after Turkey was removed from the F-35 project...

The US Coast Guard Cutter Maui fired warning shots at over a dozen Iranian vessels belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday....

"This action is a form of solidarity from us as human beings"

Iraq has formally asked to buy US energy giant ExxonMobil's share in one of Iraq's biggest oilfields, West Qurna 1, the head of the state-run oil operating company said...

Palestinians are in the midst of a "foundational moment" in their history amid widespread unrest in Jerusalem, US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. "As we come together...

One of the perennial frustrations on the pro-Palestine left is the issue of allegedly socialist or liberal politicians who seem to have a blind spot when it comes to...

Social media users from around the world are sharing videos of Israeli soldiers and settlers attacking Palestinian families facing forcible evictions in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in which their...

An Egyptian TV host known for his support for President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's regime has accused the US administration of encouraging Addis Ababa to complete the construction of the...

Time is of the essence in the Vienna negotiations to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said today according to Reuters, adding talks were lengthy...

The United Arab Emirates will bar entry to non-UAE resident travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka starting Wednesday to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Reuters reported...

Iran today confirmed publicly that it is in talks with its regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it would do what it could to resolve issues between them, Reuters said. "De-escalation of...

The media office of the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip has criticised social media platforms for "censoring Palestinian content" during the current escalation in Jerusalem. Facebook, Twitter, and...

The US Navy seized a huge arms shipment in the Arabian Sea last week, reportedly en route from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen. The shipment was on a...

Solidarity with the Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah and the people of occupied Jerusalem is being shown in many ways. Club Deportivo Palestino in Chile's Premier League expressed its solidarity...

The Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) in northern Iraq yesterday denied reports that it had particated in the assassination of the former Iranian Quds Force Commander, Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani and...

Covid-19 has been a lengthy wake-up call. It is a loud and costly reminder of our lack of preparedness. One of many crucial questions this deadly pandemic is confronting...

Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque are a "blatant violation", Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, announced yesterday. "Strongly condemn Israeli Forces' attack esp during Ramazan on Palestinians...

Sudanese officials held talks with a new US envoy to the Horn of Africa on Saturday aimed at resolving a dispute over Ethiopia's giant hydropower dam on the Blue...

Israel will sign a free trade agreement with South Korea this week, marking the first such arrangement with an Asian market, Israel's economy ministry said on Sunday, Reuters reports....

I've read several books on Islam's Sunni-Shia split, with each having provided informative insights on this ancient schism steeped in both theology and politics. The latter is the primary...

Employees of two Chinese state-owned companies in Iraq have been prohibited from returning to China after 14 coworkers flew home with the coronavirus, AP reported Beijing's embassy in Baghdad...

Pakistan's newly-appointed Air Force chief commended Turkey on Friday for its "ever-available" support to Islamabad on several key issues, Anadolu Agency reports. Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu...

The International Monetary Fund head on Thursday warned that policy support provided as part of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic should be withdrawn very carefully, saying countries need...

The United Arab Emirates came in third place in the list of countries importing Turkish defence products during the first quarter of 2021, Anadolu reported. According to report, the United States ranked first, importing weapons to the value of $386 million, an increase of about 56 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Azerbaijan came in second place with purchases amounting to more than $117 million, then the UAE came in third, with purchases worth more than $90 million. Turkish defence exports also rose 47.7 per cent during the first third of 2021. According to data from the Ministry of Commerce and the Exporters Council, the value of exports in January amounted to about $167 million and more than $233 million in February, about $247 million in March, and more than $302.5 million in April. Turkey-Egypt reconciliation will not be...

An Israeli research centre has addressed the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, stressing that this step constitutes a significant breach in the anti-Iran front that Israel seeks to...

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita confirmed that Rabat had taken the decision to normalise relations with the occupation "out of conviction"

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday at the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the Foreign Ministry...

US Congressman Jamaal Bowman of New York has defended his support for a bill that aims to regulate military aid to Israel. Bowman called for greater transparency over the...

Jared Kushner is to launch the Abraham Accords Institute for Peace to work on deepening the normalisation agreements between Israel and Arab countries during his father-in-law Donald Trump's time...

Russia's permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, yesterday denied remarks claiming the United States and Iran were discussing a prisoner exchange as part of talks currently...