Asia & Americas

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has criticised the US administration for its stance on Egypt which, he claims, has "forced" the government in Cairo to source weapons from alternative...

Since Britain dropped the "Great" prefix from its name and its superpower status became nothing more than a reference point in some history books, it has struggled with its...

US Senator John McCain has accused President Barack Obama of throwing a "temper tantrum" over comments made by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his election campaign. Speaking to...

Ethical standards have dropped so much that we now live in an age where few of us expect politicians to be truthful; when their lies are exposed, even fewer...

The Arab League has called for the killers of American human rights activist Rachel Corrie to be brought to justice. The 23-year old was crushed to death by an...

The British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond didn't mince his words. Israel, he said, was guilty of "what looks and feels like a deliberate attempt to sabotage the two-state-solution." The...

US President Barack Obama yesterday called on the Iranian leadership and people to take nuclear talks as a historical opportunity to mend ties between the two countries. In a...

A report published by Iraq's Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) on the Islamic State's use of chlorine gas in the beginning of 2015 sparked concern in political and media...

There are no accurate statistics regarding the magnitude of the disaster caused by Bashar Al-Assad's ruling regime to Syria and its people over the past four years. During this...

It is 2001 and a group of men escaping persecution from the Chinese authorities journey to Afghanistan and Pakistan seeking refuge. They are all Uyghurs, a persecuted minority of...

Leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Walid yesterday condemned calls by US Secretary of State John Kerry for talks to be held with Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad,...

An annual security report submitted recently to the US Senate by James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, removed both Iran and Hezbollah from the list of terrorism threats to...

Iran and the US have agreed on 90 per cent of the technical issues regarding the Iranian nuclear issue, an official from Tehran said yesterday. Iranian state television reported...

The US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif met in Lausanne, Switzerland, yesterday to discuss the nuclear issue, according to journalists and photographers. The...

Leader of the Syrian regime Bashar Al-Assad said yesterday he had heard reports that international powers were planning to negotiate with him however he is waiting for them to...

Downing Street has postponed the publication of a report into the Muslim Brotherhood, which was scheduled for this afternoon. In a written statement to the House of Commons, David...

Former Head of NATO and the multinational forces in Afghanistan US General David Petraeus warned about the Iranian regime's threat to Iraq, French daily Le Figaro reported. Petraeus described...

Google has decided to restore the Gaza Man game to its Play Store after removing it following Israeli pressure to remove it earlier this month, Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah reported...

The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad to remove him from power; Secretary of State John Kerry is reported to have said. During...

On Friday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched a social media campaign, #AskHamas, to reach out to the world. The campaign was launched given the imminent deadline for appeals...

More than 4 years have passed since the Syrian people took to the streets demanding freedom, dignity, and social justice- simply their basic human rights. The regime's response towards...

Protests by international solidarity activists against Israel's military occupation continue 12 years after the killing of Rachel Corrie. The young woman was crushed by an Israel Defence Forces armoured...

The UN children's agency has warned the escalating conflict in Syria and Iraq has put more than14 million children across the region under risk of violence, poverty, trauma and...

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has warned that his country will not allow the United States to spoil the possibility of reaching a nuclear deal with the major...

The EU representative in Jerusalem has issued a mild condemnation of Israel's destruction of two shelters intended to alleviate hardships for displaced Bedouin. The shelters were located in Area...

The 31 March deadline for a deal between Iran and six world powers is fast approaching. This latest round of negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme has been ongoing for...

A petition calling for charges against Republican senators who sent a letter to Iran's leaders has collected more than 187,000 signatures in two days.While the US is attempting to...

Iran will refuse any agreement on its nuclear capabilities if all outstanding issues are not treated as one package, Palestinian Al-Resalah newspaper reported the country's foreign minister as saying...

Whether it's with friend or foe, Israel bears no cost for its extreme political brazenness. Such chutzpah is normally the privilege of superpowers, which are able to pursue national...

A group of 47 Republicans wrote an open letter to Iran yesterday warning that any nuclear deal with US President Barack Obama will not last after he leaves office...

A prominent Egyptian economist and history commentator has accused the United States of committing a "heinous crime" against Iraqi civilisation. Writing in Al-Ahram newspaper under the headline "Civilisation destroys...

Over five thousand civilians have now died in eastern Ukraine, and one and a half million people have been displaced, through no fault of their own. They are the...