Asia & Americas

Israel's Intelligence Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said in statements to Israeli Channel 2 Saturday that the US Congress will soon approve a bill conditioning US aid to the Palestinian...

IMF Representative in Palestine, Dr Udo Kock, expressed his pessimism regarding prospects of the Palestinian economy, which he believes will be determined by progress in the political arena. Kock...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Wednesday for the Obama Administration to probe an American drone attack on a Yemeni wedding last December, killing 12 and wounded 15 others....

US officials said they were disappointed with comments made by the Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat who threatened to encourage an economic boycott against Israel if the peace talks...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has hinted that Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements might not be evacuated under a future peace deal; however,...

According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the deal, which would involve the supply of eight billion cubic metres of gas per year, comes following the announcement of...

The US administration is discussing new options in Syria, including a range of military, diplomatic and intelligence activities, after talks between the rival sides have stalled and Russia has...

A US brokered framework peace agreement will be ready before the nine month period ends although there are points in the settlement that both parties will not accept, US...

The United States is planning to use the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a base for a potential military intervention in Syria to topple Syrian President Bashar Al Assad...

US Secretary of State John Kerry criticised Russia on Monday for enabling Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to stay in power after the failure of the latest round of negotiations,...

Elliot Abrams, analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations, said that the arms deal between Egypt and Russia is a "symbolic message". In an interview with the London-based Al-Sharq...

The UN Security Council must take immediate action to stop the flagrant human rights violations in Syria, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos urged. Amos...

On Thursday, the United States warned that choosing the next Egyptian president is not Russian President Vladimir Putin's call after Putin backed Egyptian Defence Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah...

The United States has thwarted an arms deal between Israel and India in the final moments before its completion, Israel's Maariv newspaper reported on Friday. India was scheduled to...

The rapidly deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Fallujah is worrying and raises several concerns, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Iraq Nickolay Mladenov said on...

The United Nations has warned that the social and economic conditions in the Gaza Strip "are deteriorating" as a result of the Israel blockade of the Gaza Strip. The...

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has said that only 11 per cent of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons has been taken out of the country...

Discussions of a draft resolution on the access of humanitarian aid to Syrian cities besieged for several months are underway by the United Nations Security Council. French UN Representative...

Australia's ABC station aired a televised report on Palestinian children detained by the Israeli army, angering Israel. The report said children are treated with brutality when they are arrested...

US President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that Russia will be blamed if a UN Security Council resolution demanding to lift the siege imposed on Homs and to facilitate...

The director of US National Intelligence, James Clapper, testified in Washington on Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee that there are at least 7,500 fighters from 50 different...

Last week I finished reading Abdel Bari Atwan's latest book, After Bin Laden: al-Qaeda, the Next Generation. This renowned Palestinian journalist is regarded as an international expert on al-Qaeda,...

The reaction of the United States to disparaging comments by Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon was termed by the Israeli press as "unprecedented" and "the harshest ever". Ya'alon had...

On 13 March 2013, Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel (VTJP) launched an international campaign calling on Ben & Jerry's, an iconic leader of the socially responsible business...

The US Vice Secretary of State for Eastern European Affairs, Victoria Nuland, did not leave any room for doubt when she confirmed that America and Europe financed the popular...

As top diplomats from Iran, the European Union and six world powers convene in Vienna this week to negotiate the terms of a long-term agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear...

Only days after Al-Qaeda publicly disavowed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the militant organisation whose members have been fighting in the midst of the three-year-old...

Last month, US President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union address. The speech is the president's opportunity to assess the condition of the country, as well...

Earlier this month in London Twiggy Garcia, a courageous barman, made an attempt to place Tony Blair under citizens' arrest. This action may have been largely symbolic, but it...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon articulated publicly what Israeli leaders say privately: Give us your tax money, weapons and your veto power but "leave us alone." He called the...

The interim agreement between Iran and the P5 +1 world powers (the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China and Germany) in Geneva on November 24 last year, which saw...

An Israeli journalist specialising in intelligence affairs has revealed that Tel Aviv has allowed the US National Security Agency (NSA) to establish a large intelligence facility in occupied Jerusalem,...