Asia & Americas

US President Barack Obama asked Congress to give him new powers to use ground forces to carry out limited operations during emergency situations against the Islamic State (ISIS), a...

Just as I was getting my kids ready for school this morning, I heard my phone beep. I glanced down, and saw the words "Muslims Shot Dead in Chapel...

US President Barack Obama said on Monday there are differences in opinion between him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Iranian nuclear issue, warning him against souring...

The Sudanese army and its Chinese counterpart have signed a military cooperation deal during a visit to Khartoum by a senior Chinese delegation, Anadolu reported on Tuesday. The Chinese...

This March will be the fourth anniversary of the civil war in Syria, which has seen more than 200,000 people killed and 9 million displaced. World leaders called for...

Following on from the tragic and brutal murder of the Jordanian fighter pilot Mu'ath Al-Kaseasbeh at the hands of his ISIS captors, many people have been thinking about other...

Three young Muslims were killed by a gunman in the US state of North Carolina on Tuesday. A statement from police in the town of Chapel Hill confirmed they were...

Israel's former Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin said yesterday that he is currently developing the idea of a confederation between the Palestinians and the State of Israel. Beilin's remarks came...

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticised a recent statement issued by the Quartet saying the group's statement "did not live up to expectations" and "ignored Israel's apparent violation...

The video of ISIS gang members burning alive the Jordanian pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh in a disgusting semi-celebratory ritualistic manner prompted a shift in the kingdom's public opinion. It caused...

The Obama administration yesterday rejected claims by Syria that it has received intelligence from the US through a third party. During a television interview, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said...

The United States is planning to establish a military base in the Iraqi Kurdistan town of Erbil, the regional capital. The intention is to provide logistical support to military...

Israel and the US have a longstanding alliance; political leaders from both countries regularly visit the other for talks and to make speeches. But a speech by Israeli Prime...

The Turkish President's visit to Cuba will have a positive impact on relations between the two countries, the Cuban Ambassador to Turkey told The Anadolu Agency. "We have historical...

The University of California Student Association (USCA) voted Tuesday in favour of divestment from companies "engaged in the systematic violation of Palestinian rights in the Occupied West Bank and...

The United States government has confirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood has not been designated as a "terrorist organisation" by the state department. Spokeswoman Marie Harf was referred to a...

The US State Department has condemned the dissolution of the Yemeni parliament by Houthi rebels. Nevertheless, said spokeswoman Marie Harf on Thursday, Washington will continue to work with the...

US House Democrats expressed anger over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to accept an invitation extended by the Republicans to speak at a US Congress joint session. The...

A group of 75 US senators have signed a letter addressed to the current US Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to punish Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas...

The US is "deeply troubled" by the mass sentences Egypt is handing down, the Anadolu Agency reported. "We are deeply troubled by the mass life sentences handed down by...

Israel has cheered a UN Human Rights Council decision to appoint American jurist Mary McGowan-Davis as the replacement for William Schabas who resigned from his post as chairman of...

The former US secretary of state, James Baker, has sharply criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned visit to Washington to speak before Congress, Israel's Maariv newspaper has reported. Baker,...

Al-Jazeera yesterday vowed "not to leave" Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed in jail following the release of Australian journalist Peter Greste and amid rising hopes Canadian Mohamed Fahmy will soon...

In its annual report, Human Rights Watch blamed the emergence of a number of notorious terror groups on human rights violations. The report reflects extensive investigative work that Human...

Islamic Action Front Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, demanded the Jordanian government take the necessary measures to save the F-16 pilot Muath Al-Kasaesbeh who...

The US-Israel special relationship is acknowledged universally as the unswayable force of politics in the Middle East. The theme is confessed ritually by every US president and Israeli prime...

A presenter on Egyptian TV has said that the Muslim Brotherhood are the funders of the White House and that they are its "masters and the ones who control...

Israeli Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Sunday that the sanctions imposed on Iran were a result of Israeli efforts in this direction, Anadolu agency reported. The minister...

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said yesterday that US President Barack Obama is unable to make a rational decision regarding the "reasonable and flexible policy" practiced by Iran in...

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that some countries which deal with the "Egyptian Revolutionary Council" and the "Revolution Parliament", both entities which emerged from the Muslim Brotherhood...

States' policies change when their leaders change or when their circumstances change or when their policies reach a dead end. All of this has happened to the Saudi foreign...

State Department says settlements will have detrimental effects, inflame already heightened tensions with Palestinians and further isolate Israel internationally Israel's approval for the construction of new settlements in the...