Asia & Americas

The Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in Germany Volker Kauder said he holds the United States responsible for the developments in Iraq. In remarks to the German newspaper...

The Presbyterian Church USA is set to vote on a resolution recommending divestment from three companies linked to the Israeli military, after a committee backed the call and sent...

US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said at a joint press conference in Jeddah Tuesday with his Saudi counterpart Ibrahim al-Assaf that developments in Iraq indicate the need for redoubling...

A spokesperson for the US State Department rejected on Tuesday statements made by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki accusing Saudi Arabia of sponsoring terrorism. Jen Psaki described his claims...

Iran's nuclear talks with the P5+1 are taking place in Vienna. A "solid commitment" from Iran is needed, ensuring that its stated peaceful atomic energy programme is not a...

Israel yesterday expressed its concerns about the prospective cooperation between its ally, the US, and its deadliest foe, Iran, to face the Sunni rebels in Iraq. Washington, the West,...

US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday condemned the kidnapping of three settlers in Hebron and accused Hamas of kidnapping them and demanded their immediate release. In a press...

US Secretary of State John Kerry asked Gulf States to support efforts in the fight against terrorism in Iraq and Syria. In calls with the foreign ministers of the...

The US needs Iran's help to stop the advance of extremists towards Baghdad, CBS reported US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham saying yesterday. "We need to coordinate with the Iranians"...

In George Orwell's novel 1984, Winston Smith, whose job it is to edit historical documents so they reflect the party line, reads from Goldstein's book. "In accordance to the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshayr Zebari Saturday that his country is "committed to supporting Iraq" against ISIL advances....

Former US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said on Friday that she rejects an American airstrike on Iraq in response to the withdrawal of the Iraqi army from the...

Palestinian ambassador in Australia warned that Australian trade relations with the Arab world would be damaged as a result of its decision to abandon the labelling of East Jerusalem...

The United States has condemned the Iraqi army's withdrawal from cities such as Kirkuk and Mosul without resistance against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) which...

Tea Party Republican Senator Ted Cruz said he believes Israel could attack Iran's nuclear facilities in a few months if the country's nuclear programme is not halted, Israeli newspaper...

US President Barack Obama's nominee to be the US ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones yesterday vowed Washington would try to help an estimated half a million people who have...

Stephen Beecroft, who has recently been nominated to become US ambassador to Egypt, said that his country is currently holding talks with Egyptian and Gulf officials to shore up...

Israel's annual Herzliya Conference sees national policy articulated by the country's military, political, and security elite. The issues raised at the conference reflect public debate, and go on to...

"Taking with Israel, this year the United States has given $3.1 billion in foreign military finance," Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Middle East Policy Matthew Spence said yesterday....

The Director of the United Nations Office for Women in Cairo has called for new legislation in Egypt to protect women from violence. According to Turkey's Anadolu news agency,...

Adverts highlighting Israeli violations of Palestinian rights have gone up in Boston's subway system, thanks to local non-profit group Ads Against Apartheid. The series of three ads cover home...

The While House said that US president Barack Obama has called Egyptian post-coup president and ex-army chief Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi to congratulate him on his inauguration and "to convey...

The US and Iran began direct talks for the first time in Geneva yesterday. Held in participation with the European Union, the meetings are to solve obstacles that impede...

The former Special Envoy to Syria for the Arab League and the UN Lakhdar Brahimi resigned from his position to draw the world's attention to the Syrian crisis, he...

Dutch ambassador in Tel-Aviv Caspar Veldkamp has revealed that a number of Arabic and Islamic states had set up commercial relationships with Israel through his country. These states such...

American thinker Noam Chomsky has called for an end to the eight -year Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Member of Parliament Gamal Al-Khodari said yesterday. "Every...

The US State Department's deputy spokesperson Mary Harf said in Monday's press briefing that President Barack Obama will call former army chief Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi soon, and that the...

A new network of information workers in solidarity with Palestine has been launched on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of Israel's military occupation of the West Bank and...

Arab ambassadors in Australia will send a letter of protest to the Australian Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow following statements made by the Australian Attorney-General...

Untangling the complex relations between China, Russia, the Gulf states and "the West"is no easy task. Although Beijing and Moscow have long kept a small hand in Gulf affairs,...

Susan Rice, national security advisor of the US President Barack Obama said on Friday that the US has offered "lethal and non-lethal" aid to the Syrian opposition, CNN reported....

At a time when the Israeli government threatened to impose increasing sanctions against the Palestinians, the US has accused it of hypocrisy, after Benjamin Netenyahu's government transferred great amounts...