Asia & Americas

The US and UK embassies in Yemen are set to resume operations within days, but from the southern city of Aden, diplomatic sources said Sunday. According to the sources, the...

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Madani, has said that the United States has so far failed to be an effective mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian...

Even after the recent Copenhagen and Charlie Hebdo attacks, Benjamin Netanyahu's calls for European Jews to migrate en masse to Israel failed to garner much enthusiasm. Yet over the...

A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee, Nabil Shaath, said on Wednesday that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are going to appeal against the US jury that...

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed on Wednesday in a telephone conversation Israel's withholding of Palestinian tax revenues, a senior Palestinian official...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned of jumping to conclusions regarding a recent agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme, the Anadolu agency reported. "There is no...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham responded Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's recent claims that Iran has supported the Shiite Houthi militia in Yemen. "The statements...

We all remember the infamous comical moment when Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN back in 2012 and made his fabricated case for striking Iran. In his desperation to convince...

The Palestinian government expressed "disappointment" over a New York federal court decision issued yesterday ordering the PLO and the Palestinian Authority to pay $218 million in damages to 10...

The American administration yesterday condemned sentences of three to five years handed down by an Egyptian court against activists, a US spokeswoman said. In her daily press briefing, spokeswoman...

Sources in Israel claim that relations with America are worsening as the Obama administration is taking steps to undermine Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington next month. The Israeli prime...

The US Secretary of State said Saturday that the US has no intention to extend the deadline of the nuclear talks, which is currently set for March 31 2015,...

Below is the full text of the letter sent to US President Barack Obama, by Maha Azzam, Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council (ERC). This text was first published...

A former Netanyahu aide is the key figure behind an unprecedented government decision to allow an indigenous people from north-eastern India to immigrate to Israel and convert upon arrival....

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Thursday that the United States is "very concerned" about the continued viability of the Palestinian Authority if it does not receive funds...

Israel's relationship with the US is "in crisis", former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni warned yesterday. In an interview with on Israeli public radio, Livni attributed this crisis to the...

The United States yesterday accused Israel of leaking a distorted image of the US negotiating position on Iran's nuclear programme and criticised what has been described as the "continued...

The United States announced yesterday that it will allocate $125 million in additional humanitarian aid to help six million Syrian refugees affected by the civil war, the Anadolu Agency...

Jordan's King Abdullah has held discussions with a delegation from the US Congress, Anadolu has reported. The monarch spoke to members of the Armed Services Committee from the US...

Rashid Ghannouchi has denied a media report which claims that in 2012 he pledged to set up a US airbase and an Israel liaison office in Tunisia's Remada Tataouine...

In a move described as "punitive", US President Barack Obama has recently decided to stop updating Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli security services on developments in...

Palestine and The Arab World lost an eminent academic scholar, an internationally recognised and highly respected intellectual, a committed and unwavering Palestinian patriot and a progressive Arab nationalist. Dr....

President Barack Obama on Friday condemned the "brutal and outrageous murders" of three Muslim-Americans in the US state of North Carolina. "No one in the United States of America should ever...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the US administration's silence over the killing of three Muslims by an American citizen in North Carolina on Tuesday night. He stated that...

The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday rejected the appeal made by the family of American activist Rachel Corrie requesting compensation following her death 12 years ago. Israeli public radio reported...

Scores of Palestinians in Gaza yesterday protested against the killing of two Palestinians and a Syrian in North Carolina, US, on Tuesday. Demonstrators stood outside the United Nations' office...

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...