Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday received a delegation of Democratic members of US Congress, headed by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. The president affirmed that the two-state solution, in accordance...

Turkey and the United States agreed on Wednesday to establish a joint operation centre in Turkey to coordinate and manage a planned safe zone in northeast Syria, a move...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif criticized the United States’ continued support for Saudi Arabia despite the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This came in a speech by Zarif broadcast...

The United States said on Wednesday the case of a deadly shooting in Lebanon should be handled in a way that achieves justice “without politically motivated inflammation” of tensions,...

A Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria would spark a “big war” if US efforts fail to block Ankara’s plans, a top Kurdish official told Reuters on...

The United States still needs to resolve longstanding issues with Sudan before it can consider removing it from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior State Department...

France has dismissed claims that President Emmanuel Macron had invited Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to the G7 summit scheduled to be held later this month in the southwestern French...

The US State Department has revised its definition of anti-Semitism and included “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” to its growing list of examples...

Israel will join the US-led mission to secure shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, a move likely to provoke Iranian outrage. The revelation was disclosed yesterday by Israel’s...

Daesh is allegedly resurgent in Syria less than five months after US President Donald Trump announced that the group was defeated, according to a new report released yesterday by...

Israel has successfully launched a satellite which will provide internet, TV and mobile services to the Middle East and Africa. The Amos-17 satellite was launched at 19:23 local time...

Head of Iranian Shura Council Ali Larijani yesterday warned that US military bases in the region could be targets for the Iranian army in response to any aggression against...

A New York judge has ruled that Fordham University “must recognize a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine as a university-sanctioned club”, declaring that the university’s decision...

The US-led coalition is planning to increase the overall size of its Syrian partner forces by 10% to prevent the resurgence of Daesh in previously cleared areas of northeastern...

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request for the extradition of an opponent of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan saying there was no guarantee he would get a fair...

Iran asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to push back against the United States after it imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, describing the move...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that he believes US President Donald Trump will not allow ties between the two NATO allies to become captive to a dispute...

China might escort Chinese commercial vessels in Gulf waters under a US proposal for a maritime coalition to secure oil shipping lanes following attacks on tankers, its envoy to...

Russian revolutionary leader Lenin once said, “Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.” If we apply this to Narendra Modi and India,...

Israel’s sale of weapons to Myanmar has been criticised by the UN in a report calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions and an arms embargo on...

Forty-one US Democrats landed in Israel yesterday as part of a tour organised by the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), the educational branch of the American Israel Public Affairs...

US President Donald Trump is under pressure from officials and experts calling for more state resource to be directed at fighting terrorism committed by white-supremacist and to realign national...

Palestinians want their land and rights restored; it’s a simple demand which the international community has succeeded in mangling in order to promote colonial agendas. US President Donald Trump...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said yesterday that the US imposed sanctions on him after he had refused to meet with US President Donald Trump, DPA reported. Speaking...

War with Iran is the mother of all wars, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today in a speech broadcast live on state TV, warning once again that shipping might...

Turkey expressed concern that India’s unilateral decision to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution which grants special status to the disputed Kashmir valley is likely to increase the prevailing...

Despite the American-Palestinian estrangement since December 2017, leading to the imposition of American sanctions on the PA, this did not stop the two parties from holding meetings both in...

A member of the Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party in Morocco, Abdelaziz Aftati, said: “the US is resorting to the policy of encouragement and intimidation and then...

 United Arab Emirates (UAE) billionaire, Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor, yesterday warned of “possible escape by the foreign investors” from the Gulf state. “Our region is undergoing tough political and economic...

Iran told European powers on Monday it would further reduce compliance with its 2015 nuclear deal in about a month’s time if they were still failing to protect it...

Turkish and US military officials met Monday in the Turkish capital to discuss the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria, according to the Turkish National Defence Ministry,...

Britain said on Monday it was joining a US-led maritime security mission in the Gulf to protect merchant vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports. Tanker traffic through...