US State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said that the Jerusalem District Planning Committee’s approval of the construction of 900 settlement units in East Jerusalem is “a disappointing development”. Speaking...

The US Department of Defence announced the start of a training programme for Syrian opposition fighters in the context of the “training and arming” agreement signed between Turkey and...

Human Rights Watch yesterday accused the Palestinian Authority of launching a political campaign of arrests against university students because of their affiliation with Hamas or political criticism, some of...

“A large majority of UN Security Council members support a US effort to create a way to attribute blame for chlorine attacks in Syria and are ready to move...

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday criticised the Israeli government’s plans to build 900 housing units in an East Jerusalem settlement, describing the move as illegal. “The secretary-general...

Forces loyal to the Houthis attacked a number of civilians and detained them, in a move that could be a “war crime”, Human Rights Watch revealed yesterday. In a...

‘On April 21, Tennessee’s General Assembly formally condemned the Palestinian-led Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign, the first US state legislature to do so. Joint Resolution 170 was approved 93-1...

Iraq’s unity is voluntary not compulsory, Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said yesterday, stressing that Kurds have no immediate plans to break away from the central government in Baghdad. Barzani...

The latest news regarding Jimmy Carter’s tour of the Middle East is his meeting with Russian president and the latter’s willingness to host the Palestinian dialogue. He also met...

Playing conkers is a formative experience in any self-respecting British playground. For curious foreign friends who haven’t heard of this brilliant game, it requires two conkers — nuts which...

The Syrian regime is on the defensive in a way it has not been for years, former US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford said on Monday. During an interview...

UNICEF has distributed aid to families that it has been unable to reach for two years, the organisation revealed yesterday. According to a statement issued by the organisation, the...

The smuggling of migrants from Africa to Europe generates $150 million annually to its perpetrators, a senior UN official revealed yesterday. In a press conference held at the United...

African-American singer Lauryn Hill has cancelled her concert in Israel after coming under pressure from activists on social media. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of...

The Department of Defence in Washington has revealed that a US warship has escorted a British merchant ship during its passage through the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported on...

The UN Senate approved the Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 on Wednesday in a move which is clearly designed to protect illegal Israeli settlements built across the...

A group of Canadian doctors hope to make blackouts a thing of the past for Gaza’s hospitals by installing solar panels to provide energy 24/7 for emergency rooms and...

The price of oil increased yesterday, marking the largest monthly rise in six years, while crude oil prices reached a record high in April, as it rose by 20-25...

Malaysia has denied Shin Bet’s claims that Hamas has been providing military training for Palestinian students studying at Malaysian universities. Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told the...

A well informed Palestinian source said yesterday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had sought the cancelation of the former US President Jimmy Carter’s visit to the Gaza Strip, Quds...

Iran is to ask the UN Security Council to support the potential nuclear deal with P5+1 countries, the country’s foreign minister said yesterday. The Anadolu Agency reported Mohammad Javad...

As the shockwaves from the recent devastating earthquake in Nepal have rippled across the globe, so too have international and multilateral pledges to provide the country with financial and...

The board of New York City’s transport authority voted yesterday to ban all political advertising on its buses and trains after a judge ruled that it could not reject...

According to Palestinian sources, former US President Jimmy Carter is expected to visit the Gaza Strip next Thursday in an effort to reach an internal reconciliation sponsored by Saudi...

Political parties in Libya’s capital rejected a draft proposal on Tuesday which was put forward by UN envoy Bernardino Leon. The proposal is intended to bring about an end...

Besides providing a safe haven for thousands of Cuban dissidents, as well as counter revolutionaries who attempted to overthrow the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro, Miami is currently hosting...

It seems logical to say that religious revival movements are essentially sectarian, as evidenced by the experience of the Protestant movement – which called for a return to the...

The US said yesterday that it supports talks that would lead to a political solution in Syria, even if the discussions included Iran. “We support efforts to restart meaningful...

Something that contributed massively to my own political awakening in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the United States was the work of the brilliant dissident journalist John...

The other day, US President Barack Obama declared that the world should not take Russia too seriously as “Russia doesn’t make anything“. Of course, this was in reference to...

I am disappointed to see an unfounded accusation against me gratuitously repeated by a well intentioned individual who clearly doesn’t know the real facts. This is particularly troubling since...

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on European countries not to resort to military solutions to prevent migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, the Anadolu Agency reported. In...