Turkey’s lira plunged more than 4 per cent against the US dollar on Friday, its biggest one-day fall since a currency crisis took hold in August, raising concerns that...

The repercussions of US President Donald Trump’s unofficial recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights has reverberated across the international community, and especially among influential Jewish groups in...

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that US-backed forces had dislodged the Daesh militant group from its last holdout in Syria, Reuters reports. “Here’s ISIS on Election Day....

I had not heard of New Zealand’s 38-year-old prime minster Jacinda Ardern until the recent mosque massacres in Christchurch in which over 50 Muslims attending Friday prayers were attacked...

The Syrian government vowed to take back the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as its allies and enemies alike condemned US President Donald Trump on Friday for moving to recognise Israeli...

Despite the fact that Saudi officials thought the sortie in to Yemen would only last a few weeks, we are now in the fourth year of the war on...

With Human Rights Watch releasing a statement on 21 March on behalf of Saudi women activists brought to court in Riyadh a week earlier, world attention remains focused, and...

Jordanian King Abdullah II has reaffirmed the country’s position regarding the occupied city of Jerusalem saying “Jerusalem is a red line” for him and that the Jordanian people fully...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) “faces a suffocating financial crisis after deep US aid cuts and an Israeli move to withhold tax transfers”, reported AFP. The US “cut more than...

Turkey’s foreign minister on Thursday slammed US President Donald Trump’s tweet on the occupied Golan Heights, Anadolu reports. “The territorial integrity of states is the most fundamental principle of...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accompanied Israel’s prime minister on a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday in the first such gesture since...

US sanctions on Hezbollah are harming Lebanon as a whole, President Michel Aoun said on Thursday ahead of a visit to the country by US Secretary of State Mike...

The United States’ top general on Thursday called Turkey’s plans to obtain Russia’s S-400 missile defense system a “tough issue”, stressing that Washington’s alliance with Ankara is something he...

Nowruz marks the beginning of spring

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Donald Trump on Thursday that he had “made history” after Trump said it was time to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the...

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was time to back Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that Israel seized from Syria in 1967, providing a boost to...

US President Donald Trump had to sneak in to Iraq, a supposed US ally, arriving at the Ein Al-Assad airbase for an unannounced visit on 26 December. Not a...

Two Palestinians are to sue Israeli settlers who listed their stolen West Bank property on Airbnb. The pair – Ziad Alwan and Randa Wahb – plan to take the...

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in UK held the Malaysian authorities fully responsible for the safety of five Egyptians and an unidentified sixth person who were handed over...

Senior Israeli officials have reported that the United States may be preparing to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan Heights, and suggested that the announcement could occur as...

More than 6,000 people were executed in 21 months by the forces of President Bashar Al-Assad at Al-Mezzeh 601 Military Hospital near Damascus, the Syrian Legal Commission (SLC) has...

The horrendous terrorist attack against Muslim worshippers at two Mosques in New Zealand evokes a chilling memory of one of the first terrorist attacks against a mosque in 1994....

Bernie Sanders, who has announced his intention to run in the Democratic primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election, posted a campaign video featuring a supporter praising him for...

Members of the US’ Senate yesterday renewed their calls for “punishing those responsible for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.” In a joint letter, nine American senators called on...

The world witnessed a major tragedy in New Zealand, claiming the lives of 50 and wounding dozens of others, including children during Friday prayers in two mosques. Just weeks...

Lebanese Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil said the US anticipated Middle East Peace Initiative is known as “deal of the century” “will be born dead” and “will not survive”. Speaking...

Four of the Iranian border guards kidnapped last year by a Sunni militant group on the border with Pakistan were released on Wednesday, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said, Reuters...

Waleed Al-Hathloul, the brother of detained Saudi activist, Loujain Al-Hathloul has addressed the US Congress again about the circumstances of his sister’s detention in Saudi Arabia. In his testimony,...

The United States granted Iraq a 90-day waiver exempting it from sanctions to buy energy from Iran, a State Department official said on Wednesday, the latest extension allowing Baghdad...

US lawmakers criticized the government Wednesday for its decision to invade Iraq 16 years ago, questioning the conflict’s legitimacy, reports Anadolu Agency. Politicians called the invasion disastrous, saying it...

France, one of the main contributors to the fight against Daesh in the Middle East, has received no answers to questions about the US calls for it and others...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showcased his close relationship with the Trump administration on Wednesday, hosting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo three weeks before an Israeli election, says...