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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...

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...

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,...

Fewer than 70 per cent of Jews in Israel are confident that US President Barack Obama is able to protect their national interests, US Time magazine revealed on Friday....

Iran's Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has strongly criticised US Secretary of State John Kerry for his remarks on Wednesday saying "the US is trying to impose a negative...

The US will send experts to Iraq to help it protect the infrastructure of its oil production facilities, officials said on Wednesday. Iraq's oil production facilities and pipelines have...

An independent inquiry must be launched in to allegations of torture in UAE prisons, a UN representative said. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and...

Washington has ruled out the collapse of the American-Russian deal on the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal despite the Syrian regime failing to meet its promises to deliver the...

US National Intelligence Director James Clapper told Congress on Tuesday that the agreement concluded last year to dispose of Syria's chemical weapons has strengthened President Bashar Al-Assad. The chances...

The US administration has expressed "deep concern" about freedom of expression in Egypt and the interim government's detention of journalists and academics. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told...

The IHS Jane's Annual Defence Budgets Review has released a new report predicting that global defence spending will rise in 2014 to reach $1.547 trillion, compared to last year's...

Government estimates forecast Egypt's energy crisis will worsen in the next fiscal year with the failure of gas production to accommodate the growing domestic demand, Reuters news agency reported...

The International Quartet support the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, a Palestinian official has said. The official, who...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed to US Secretary of State John Kerry that a state of Palestine would be demilitarised, protected only by a police force. Speaking to...

Western countries are going to increase the pressure on the Syrian regime for guarantees about getting humanitarian aid into the country, especially to the besieged city of Homs. A...

The US denied claims by Syrian Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Moualem that America suggested conducting direct talks with the Syrian delegation in Geneva, Aljazeera.net reported on Sunday. US State Department...

The New York State Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill that targets the American Studies Association (ASA) for supporting an academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. The bill...

The Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said on Sunday that his meetings with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington last week did not achieve any tangible progress...