Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has proposed a prisoner swap between a British-Iranian dual national, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, and Iranians facing extradition to the US. Iran sentenced Zaghari-Ratcliffe to...

The US-led international coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians during its assault on the Syrian city of Raqqa against Daesh militants, an 18 month investigation by Amnesty International and...

Islamophobia has become the leading identifier of far-right groups all around the world. Fascism always requires an “other”, a demonised minority group that can be scapegoated and blamed for...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday published two notices in the Federal Register, watering down sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The notices clarified that countries and...

When major global financiers withdrew from a Saudi investment summit in October over the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, questions were asked about the sincerity of their moral...

Peace negotiations have been pushed to the verge of disappearance which suggests that a solution will continue to be delayed

The newly appointed Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami has called to expand the group’s operations against its “enemies”, local media reported. “The Quds Force of the...

US envoy to Israel David Friedman has said the Trump administration’s peace plan is an attempt to “think out of the box and capture the imagination and hopes of...

A majority of Americans have an unfavourable view of the Israeli government, a new survey by Pew Research Centre has found. According to Haaretz, the poll results published yesterday...

Makila James, deputy assistant of US Secretary of State for African affairs, on Tuesday asked the Military Transitional Council in Sudan to quickly form a civil government, the Anadolu...

After floods smashed through Iran last month, a flock of emerald green shirts with handsome red shoulder patches descended on the country’s southern region of Khuzestan. The same week...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that his country would only negotiate with the United States if Washington lifted sanctions imposed on Tehran and apologised. “We have always been...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif does not believe US President Donald Trump wants war with Iran, but he told Reuters on Wednesday that Trump could be lured into...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Wednesday with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and discussed ways to counter Iran’s “malign influence,” according to the State...

Russia is currently working in coordination with the European Union (EU) “to crystallize a new vision for the Palestinian-Israeli peace process based on international legitimacy,” the Palestinian ambassador to...

Turkey Wednesday slammed the US President Donald Trump over his statement on the 1915 events between Turkey and Armenia, Anadolu reports. “We reject US President Donald Trump’s statement dated...

Turkish authorities have arrested a suspected Daesh member they believe was planning to attack a World War One commemoration at Gallipoli attended by hundreds of Australians and New Zealanders,...

Shaymaa Ismaa’eel, a behavioral therapist in Washington, became an internet phenomenon after a photograph of her posing in front of an anti-Muslim demonstration went viral, Anadolu reports. Ismaa’eel, a...

The US Treasury, moving to boost pressure on Hezbollah, imposed sanctions on Wednesday against two people and three firms that Washington accuses of being involved in schemes to help...

An architect of a still-secret US plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took to Twitter again on Wednesday to disclose another element that it would not contain – a...

Two runaway Saudi sisters on Wednesday urged Apple and Google to pull an “inhuman” app allowing men to monitor and control female relatives’ travel as it helped trap girls...

The United States must be prepared for consequences if it tries to stop Iran from selling oil and using the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif...

Hasan Minhaj calls on Trump's son-in-law to lobby for release of Saudi activist directly with leader

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday that he hopes to name a new illegal settlement in the occupied Golan Heights after US President Donald Trump. In a video...

Despite good relations with the US, Jordan has a different view regarding the issue of Palestine and its refugees, Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Al-Safadi said yesterday. According to Assabeel,...

Saudi Arabia has welcomed the US decision to cancel the sanctions waivers applied to countries buying oil from Iran. “The Kingdom expresses its full support for the move taken...

Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said yesterday that the Palestinians want the US to be an “honest partner and mediator of peace”. During a meeting...

As my older sister was holding onto her American passport for protection and being handcuffed by an Israeli female soldier, six words were uttered by her assailant which told...

The Iranian parliament yesterday approved the inclusion of the United States Central Command, known as CENTCOM, on its list of terrorist groups. This came in response to US President...

The United Nations confirmed on Monday that the Government of National Accord is the only recognised government in Libya, days after US President Donald Trump’s telephone conversation with retired...

US President Donald Trump’s administration has reached out to at least 21 of its allies for troops and logistical support to prevent a resurgence of Daesh in Syria, but...

American middle-class consumers are enjoying the most robust wage growth in a decade, but higher gasoline prices are eating a good chunk of that increase for many, and it...