Asia & Americas

For Elizabeth Kassis, a Chilean woman of Palestinian descent, Palestine is much more than a land of her ancestors, it is a place of belonging, identity and history. She...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has excluded Israel from a planned visit to the Middle East, an Israeli political source revealed, noting this could relate to Iran's nuclear...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Friday that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is "on the verge of...

With two high-level visits in less than a month, the United States is hoping to steady ties with Saudi Arabia after several years of disagreement and deepening mistrust. US...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, on Friday said he filed a defamation case against the chief of the country's anti-corruption agency over his recent "unlawful" arrest, saying the...

The foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – BRICS – said that building up the New Development Bank is one of their priorities, Anadolu Agency...

The month of May has seen a replay of the past decade of both Turkish politics and the Western nations' dealings with it: the old rivalry between Turkiye's secularist...

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will embark on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, commencing next Tuesday, the State Department announced, Anadolu Agency reports. During his visit, Blinken...

Seventy-nine-year-old singer Roger Waters' new show has caused a stir. Waters' moment of fame is not about art this time. Rather, it is more about 'cancel culture'. The controversy...

Senior officials from more than a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, were in talks on forging closer links with the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies on...

A meeting of foreign ministers of BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – countries was held in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports....

Fighting broke out between members of the Lebanese and Iraqi communities in Sao Paulo, police said some 80 people were involved

Private security firm G4S is to divest completely from Israel, the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement reported yesterday in an announcement billed as a "major win for human rights...

A former head of Israel's military intelligence, on Thursday, claimed that Iran possesses a quantity of uranium capable of making three to five nuclear bombs, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking...

Jordan's Crown Prince, Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, married Saudi heiress and architect, Rajwa Al Saif, on Thursday in a wedding attended by global royalty, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

A 15-year deal on liquefied natural gas (LNG) was signed between Bangladesh and the Middle Eastern energy hub of Qatar on Thursday in Doha, according to a media statement...

Unsurprisingly, last month's article in the Foreign Affairs magazine, which laid down the facts about Israel's apartheid system and Jewish supremacy, generated strong debate and criticism. Writing in the...

Recent reports have surfaced regarding the alleged deportation of Palestinian families by the Lebanese Army to areas under the control of Syrian forces that are supported by the US....

There has been a proliferation of diverse analyses running in parallel with the Turkish electoral scene, from its inception to its conclusion, with the "historic" victory of President Recep...

Afghan girls who educate the children of poor families living in caves in a classroom in Bamyan, one of Afghanistan's most deprived provinces, instil hope for the future of...

Despite the Australian government's diplomatic efforts to secure the release of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, in the UK, US authorities have launched a new investigation into his case, Anadolu...

The United States, on Thursday, imposed sanctions on companies it accused of fuelling the conflict in Sudan, stepping up pressure on the Army and a rival paramilitary force to stop...

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said, on Thursday, it had uncovered a US National Security Agency (NSA) plot using previously unknown malware to access specially made so-called backdoor vulnerabilities...

Thousands thronged the streets of Amman to witness the procession and the wedding ceremony was attended by 140 guests.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won another term in office after receiving 52.14 per cent of the votes in the presidential election on Sunday, defeating his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in...

The President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), Yasser Al-Misehal, said he has no news on whether Lionel Messi is moving to the Saudi Pro League (ROSHN)'s tournament this summer, Arabi21 reported. "I have no...

A monument honouring the famed 15th century Chinese Muslim admiral, Zheng He, was unveiled in Oman's Dhofar governorate yesterday. The ten-metre tall monument located in the coastal city of...

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, has described the situation in Tunisia as "extremely complicated", Anadolu news agency reported. "The social space has begun...

A Turkish company in Pakistan offered animal sacrifices to celebrate the victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential elections and his re-election for a third term, Anadolu...

The Qatari Prime Minister held secret talks with the Supreme Leader of the Taliban this month on resolving tension with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting...

It is believed that the US' inaction when Iran captured vessels heading to the UAE led to the Emirate's decision

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been found to have the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world, according to a report yesterday by the Daily...