US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, yesterday urged Tunisian President Kais Saied to adhere to democracy during discussion on the developments in the north African state. Blinken told Saied...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday raised its travel warning level for Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories due to the rising number of COVID-19...

A Jewish Israeli journalist said at the weekend that the establishment of a Palestinian state would "cripple" US interests in the Middle East. Yoram Ettinger added that the land...

Yemen's recognised government has doubled the US dollar exchange rate used to calculate customs duties on non-essential goods in areas under its control effective Monday, a senior government official...

US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday will seal an agreement formally ending the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021,...

US House Representative Rashida Tlaib has caused a stir after pointing out on Twitter that illegal Israeli settlements currently receive tax-exempt status in America, a contravention of international law....

Sudanese judoka Mohamed Abdalrasool has withdrawn from the Olympics Games in Tokyo after being absent from a scheduled fight against an Israeli opponent. Abdalrasool was set to face Israel's...

Jordan's King Abdullah II said yesterday that his country was attacked by Iranian-made drones and missiles last year. "Unfortunately, Jordan was attacked by drones that have come out, that...

An embrace by two Syrian brothers on different Olympic teams in Tokyo has misled social media users into believing that they were reunited after years of separation. Alaa Maso...

The giant American ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's announced last week that it is going to stop selling its products in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West...

Do you remember the UN Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals included the eradication of "extreme poverty and hunger", "combating lethal diseases" and...

Days ahead of the power transition in Tehran, blame games between conservatives and reformists have intensified over efforts to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, reports Anadolu Agency. In...

Jordan and the US on Friday discussed ways to develop their strategic partnership, particularly in the fields of defence and security. This came during King Abdullah II's meeting with...

A landmark victory in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement's (BDS) campaign against Israel came on Monday, with an announcement from Ben and Jerry's. After years of BDS campaign...

The Iraqi Resistance Coordination Committee, which consists of four Shia groups affiliate with Iran, pledged on Friday to fight any foreign soldiers in the country, Anadolu Agency reported. This...

The concrete wall connecting the border between Turkey and Iran is currently being strengthened by a series of additional deterrents to prevent the influx of refugees from Afghanistan from...

Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has confirmed that her Yamina party will leave the coalition government if it agreed to a request from the Biden administration to implement a...

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has discussed with acting US ambassador to Israel, Michael Ratney, an initiative to strengthen the Palestinian Authority (PA). On Friday, Gantz posted on Twitter:...

A Republican Texas official announced yesterday that he is considering blacklisting US-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry's following its decision to withdraw its product from settlements in the...

The United States and Iraq are expected to formalise the end of Washington's combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year and continue the transition toward training...

Pressure is building on Egypt from human rights organisations to halt the execution of 12 men on death row who could be hung at any time. Over the weekend...

In 1974, Richard Nixon was impeached after being caught bugging his opponents at the Watergate Hotel in one of the twentieth century's most explosive scandals. In comparison, the Pegasus...

Ben & Jerry's decision to end sales of its ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has been welcomed by many, with supporters of the Palestinian cause announcing on...

Qatar has continued to set political and other trends in the Middle East. The small oil and gas rich Gulf state launched Al Jazeera TV in 1996, for example,...

Twenty years have passed since the US invasion of Afghanistan, President George W Bush's response to the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, the responsibility...

A widely shared video posted on Instagram by an Iraqi teen asking for asylum outside his country has caught the attention of a top US diplomat, reports the National. In...

Syria's air defences intercepted an Israeli attack on the Al -usair area in Homs early this morning, state media reported, according to Reuters. A Syrian military source said in a...

The Biden administration is drawing up arms deals with at least three human rights abusers including Egypt, despite pledging to put human rights at the centre of its foreign...

Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to "look into" proliferating allegations that spyware sold by a Israeli cyber firm has been abused on a global scale, an...

Ben & Jerry’s have been vocal about its support for the Black Lives Matter movement, and other social justice movements, and has been subject to a longstanding campaign to stop selling its iconic ice creams in occupied land.

The bidding process for the hosting rights for the 2027 Asian Cup has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be held in 2022 instead of this...

The US State Department issued a terse denunciation on Tuesday after a terror attack in Iraq's capital claimed the lives of 30 victims, and left dozens injured, Anadolu Agency...