The United States on Wednesday imposed sweeping new sanctions targeting Iran, blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Iran's...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians during a short trip to Turkey yesterday which included no meetings with...

Ivanka Trump once berated her self-proclaimed former best friend, Lysandra Ohrstrom, for wearing a necklace inscribed with her name in Arabic. "It just screams, 'terrorist'," the so-called "First Daughter"...

The Palestinian Authority's decision to restore security coordination and all other relations with Israel was both sudden and incomprehensible. No reasons have been provided. The shameful aspect of this...

Former US President Barack Obama said his relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was based on mutual self-interest, rather than a belief that they shared any common commitment...

The Trump administration is working to lift the Gulf blockade on Qatar in a last push for a diplomatic victory before the president leaves office, National Security Adviser Robert...

The outgoing Trump administration is planning to designate Yemen's Houthi movement, known as AnsarAllah, as a terrorist organisation before leaving office in January, according to a report by Foreign Policy on Monday....

The US embassy in Baghdad was targeted by rocket fire which injured five civilians and killed one child

Palestine is hopeful that US President-elect Joe Biden will revive the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Anadolu news agency reported Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki saying yesterday. Speaking at a...

A spokesman for the international coalition fighting Daesh, Colonel Wayne Maratto, has denied reports claiming US forces had withdrawn from northeastern Syria. "The coalition continues its mission in coordination...

Qatar stressed on Monday that all the alleged reasons highlighted as justifications for the blockade against the small Gulf state are false, stressing that there is no winner from...

Hamas yesterday condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s resolution to restore relations with the Israeli occupation, a statement said. In taking this step, Hamas said, the PA "is ignoring all...

Georgia's Legislator Deborah Silcox has said that an Israeli consulate asked her to introduce a bill against groups advocating a boycott of the Israeli occupation, news agencies reported yesterday....

Oxfam slams arms sales to Saudi Arabia by G20 members which are seen to be fuelling the conflict  in Yemen

President Donald Trump may withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Somalia as part of a global pullback that includes reductions of forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, US officials said...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would fully implement its 2015 nuclear deal if US President-elect Joe Biden lifts sanctions on Tehran, which Zarif said could be...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a "warm conversation" with US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, Netanyahu's office said, in a delayed and clear acknowledgment of Biden's election defeat of...

Twitter blocked the official account of Bijan Zanganeh, the Petroleum Minister of Iran, IRNA reported. According to report, the reason for Twitter's move remains a mystery. Twitter's rules of conduct include account...

Two US servicemen and their friend who foiled a Daesh (ISIS) terror attack have appeared in a Paris court as witnesses. US National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, US airman Spencer...

US President Donald Trump had considered a possible military strike on Iran's main nuclear site in the final weeks of his presidency, according to the New York Times, but senior advisers...

It is almost a year since Iranian Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani (11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was killed in a US drone attack near Baghdad International...

As many as 396 Egyptian scientists have made it to Stanford University's list of most cited scientists. The list, which represents the top two per cent of the most...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has praised Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his country's "consistent and supportive stances" with regards the Palestinian cause and refusal to recognise Israel. In...

A branch of the military tasked with counterterrorism, counterinsurgency and special reconnaissance, has been harvesting data from the popular Muslim Pro app.

Israel's normalisation of ties with Arab states stimulated American arms sales and supported the Israeli army, Israeli journalist and writer Hagai Amit has written in TheMarker, the economic attachment of Haaretz....

American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem yesterday challenged his inclusion on a US government "kill list" even though he is thousands of miles away in a rebel-held prison in Syria....

US military expects President Donald Trump to order withdrawal of more troops from Afghanistan and Iraq before the commander-in-chief leaves the White House on Jan. 20, Anadolu reports. While...

The Muslim Brotherhood has issued what I would describe as a "measured" statement about Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election. "We call upon the incoming US administration...

Upon leaving office, US Presidents have, on occasion, mustered the courage to speak their mind about America's relationship with Israel and the influence of the Zionist lobby in Washington....

A CNN anchor has compared Trump's time in the White House to Kristallnacht, sparking an angry backlash, the Jerusalem Post reported. London-based anchor Christiane Amanpour made the remarks during an opening segment of...

Bahrain's foreign minister will travel to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, diplomats confirmed today. Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al Zayani...

As Joe Biden is declared President-elect of the US, it is clear he has many matters to tackle. From containing coronavirus and managing the economic fall-out, to working to...