Asia & Americas

During the Cold War, Turkey was on the frontlines of NATO an a stalwart ally of the West against the Soviet Union, while on the other hand the Arab...

Daesh is "surrounded on all sides" in Mosul by superior fighters, the said Monday as Iraqi-led forces continue their campaign to wrest control of the city from the group. "Their...

Oil prices fell by $1 a barrel today as increased exports from Iran undermined efforts by other oil producers to curb a global fuel supply. Iran has sold more...

US President-elect Donald Trump and foreign powers should revive the Middle East peace process at a time Palestinian youths are becoming increasingly disillusioned, the head of UNRWA urged today....

It is not true that America is plotting against us, as the basics of a plot involve secrecy and hatching it in the dark. More importantly, it must be...

The risk of conflicts between and within nations will increase over the next five years to levels not seen since the Cold War as global growth slows, the post-World...

Outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry warned US President-elect Donald Trump that moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would cause an "explosion" in the whole...

The Palestinians were set to conclude that their cause had been severely damaged in 2016 when the UN Security Council delivered a timely Christmas gift on 23 December: Resolution 2334....

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said today that he believes Ankara's dialogue with the United States will gain pace after President-elect Donald Trump takes office and that they will reach...

Iranian lawmakers today approved plans to expand military spending to five percent of the budget, including developing the country's long-range missile programme which US President-elect Donald Trump has pledged...

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died of a heart attack on Sunday in Tehran, was one of the political titans of post-revolutionary Iran and a friend to...

The chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that abrupt rejection of the Iran nuclear deal by the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump could create "a...

Mobile phone video posted on social media showed travelers kneeling and treating victims on the floor next to a carousel. At least two victims had pools of blood from apparent head wounds.

Jordanian Information Minister Mohammed Momani warned that the US moving its diplomatic mission in Israel to Jerusalem would lead to "catastrophic" shockwaves in the region. Momani asserted that moving...

The United States is encouraging Syria peace talks prepared by Russia later this month in the Kazakh capital Astana and hopes they will be a step toward peace, Reuters...

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that it has killed a Syria-based Iraqi national who is a leader in the Daesh extremist organisation, as well as confirming...

US-backed militias in Syria have captured an ancient citadel from Daesh in a strategically significant advance against the militant group in its stronghold of Raqqa province, a spokesman said...

The US Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, has warned Morocco that Daesh could carry out attacks in Morocco and Tunisia using trucks similar to those in Berlin and Nice...

It is clear that the Russian leadership has become convinced about the decline of America's management of Middle Eastern affairs and sensitive issues. Perhaps new US President Donald Trump's...

The US House of Representatives has voted to condemn a recently-passed United Nations Security Council resolution that reaffirmed the illegality of Israeli settlements. As reported by AFP, the congressional...

The Pentagon sent four Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, launching President Barack Obama's final flurry of prisoner transfers despite Donald Trump's...

The United States is encouraging Syria peace talks being prepared by Russia later this month in the Kazakh capital Astana and hopes they will produce a step toward peace,...

A son of late Al-Qaeda head Osama Bin Laden and a leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were added to the US counter-terrorism blacklist today, a move to...

A grocery shop in the US state of New Mexico sparked outrage after putting up Islamophobic posters on its shopfront. The store, located in the town of Mayhill, has...

China has agreed for thousands of migrant construction labourers to work in Israel in a bid to alleviate a housing crisis the Israeli government said yesterday. Beijing and Jerusalem...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has added to the tirade against UN Security Council Resolution 2334. Despite the absence of rhetorical aggression in comparison to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's postulations,...

Three Republican senators introduced a bill to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem earlier this week. Following through on the election pledge of Donald...

It is ironic for Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman to oppose a plan to annex Area "C" of the occupied West Bank; it almost makes him a "moderate". The...

An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian UN worker to seven months in jail on Wednesday for aiding the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations agency...

The United States will transfer four detainees to Saudi Arabia from the Guantanamo prison in the next 24 hours, a US official said on Wednesday, in President Barack Obama's...

The US-led coalition provided air support for Turkey's operations in the Syrian town of Al-Bab, the Daily Sabah quoted Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said yesterday. Cook said that Turkish...

US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday called to end the future release of prisoners being held at the controversial military prison in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba calling the prisoners "extremely...