Asia & Americas

Senior Muslim scholar Shaikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has called upon Saudi Arabia to stop subsidising the military coup in Egypt. He said that the government in Riyadh "committed a mistake"...

Israel Hayom newspaper reported on Monday that 134 out of 435 members of Congress have signed a letter criticising the American Studies Association's (ASA) decision last month to boycott...

Israel's chief negotiator has said that the aim of the peace talks is to serve Israel's interests, not the Palestinians' or America's. "The peace negotiations with the Palestinians do...

US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel phoned Egypt's Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Monday to discuss Egypt's political transition and to emphasise the strong relationship between the...

The Chairman of the Palestine Committee in the Jordanian Parliament, Yahya al-Saud MP has urged the Jordanian government to reveal the details of the peace plan proposed by U.S....

Palestine's Islamic Resistance Movement has warned of the dangers embedded in the framework agreement proposed by US Secretary of State John Kerry. Hamas said that no force on earth...

The secretary of the PLO Executive Committee has revealed the details of John Kerry's plan for the Israel-Palestine negotiations. Yasser Abed Rabbo spoke to London's Al-Hayat newspaper. According to...

During his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday former chief of Saudi intelligence Prince Turki al-Faisal accused American foreign policy as having "no sense...

According to Swiss television RTS on Thusday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that reopening of the American embassy in Tehran is "not impossible." Rouhani was interviewed by RTS...

On Wednesday US President Barack Obama discussed with the speaker of the Iraqi parliament Osama al-Najafi the possibility of accepting Sunni tribal militias into the official Iraqi army. A...

The US State Department deputy spokesperson, Marie Harf, said on Wednesday that Iran's absence from the Geneva II peace conference on Syria will not affect the talks between Tehran...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad would have no place in any transitional government, as he had lost his legitimacy to...

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday the Australian Representative to the Palestinian Authority, Thomas Wilson, to express its surprise and dismay at the statements made by Australian Foreign...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has been accused of committing "genocide" against the Sunni Muslim population under the pretext of his "war on terror". Struan Stevenson MEP, who made...

Arab members of Knesset heckled on Monday Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during his speech to the Knesset after he failed to mention anything about the occupation and the...

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that "recognising Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state is absolute and non-negotiable". The right-wing politician's comments came during his speech...

Members of US Secretary of State John Kerry's team have started communicating with the Palestinian and Israeli sides to check on the possibility of extending the ongoing negotiations until...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rescinded on Monday evening his last-minute invitation to Iran to participate in the Geneva II conference slated to start on Wednesday in Switzerland. Ki-moon announced...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has criticised US and EU policies in the Middle East and accused both of "not understanding" the region. According to Maariv newspaper on Sunday,...

US President Barack Obama has said that the odds of reaching a final settlement between Israel and the Palestinians are less than fifty-fifty, without giving reasons for his pessimism....

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon insisted on Saturday that Israel's legislative or administrative measures taken to change the character and status of Jerusalem have no "legal validity". The UN chief's...

In his first remarks on the Egyptian constitutional referendum, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that "it's not one vote that determines a democracy, it's all the steps...

American newspaper World Tribune has revealed that the United States has issued guidelines that link military exports to human rights in the receiving country. In the context of the...

The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) has commented on the oppression campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt. CSM, which is close to US decision makers, ruled out the...

The U.S president Barak Obama renewed his commitment to Israel's security in a recorded speech transmitted to a conference in Tel Aviv over the weekend to commemorate the 14th...

By Shuki Sadeh, Haaretz Correspondent Thousands of people in Buenos Aires protested against President Shimon Peres' visit to Argentina on Monday, some of whom carried a banner telling the...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesday, saying Washington does not accept the legitimacy of the...

Dozens of nations at the UN have backed a non-binding resolution calling for independent inquiries by Israel and the Palestinians into war crimes in Gaza. The UN General Assembly...

NEW YORK – October 30 – The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls on the United States not to block Security Council action on the Goldstone Report concerning war...

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said that Israel must make greater efforts to ensure peace with the Palestinians, a day after supporting Israel on the contentious...

The US pledged on Tuesday to help Israel combat the Goldstone report documents alleged war crimes committed during the attack on Gaza last winter. This offer to "fight the...

The United States sent a message to Egypt stating it does not support the proposed reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas as it would undermine negotiations with Israel, Haaretz...