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US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday condemned the sentences handed down by an Egyptian court against three Al-Jazeera journalists and 15 others. During his visit to Iraq, Kerry...

There is no moderate Syrian opposition group in Syria which is able to defeat the Assad regime, US President Barack Obama said on Friday. CBS presenter Norah O'Donnell asked...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday criticised the decision by the Presbyterian Church to divest from US companies that have contracts with Israeli companies in the occupied Palestinian territories....

US Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss with Gulf counterparts the potential negative impacts of the Iraqi crisis on oil supplies, a senior US official told Al-Araby Al-Jadid...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said his country will deliver 10 Apache helicopters to Egypt soon and that it had unlocked $575 million in military assistance to Egypt...

Notwithstanding whatever has already been said about the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), it has accomplished three things that were previously unthinkable. The first, and least...

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry categorically denied on Saturday allegations that he tried to funnel Qatari funds to Hamas in Gaza....

In an unprecedented statement, over forty senior academics including more than a dozen former presidents of the most important professional association for scholars of the Arab and larger Muslim...

Western diplomats and Iran have started drafting a nuclear agreement following talks that took place between 16-20 June in Vienna, an EU official told reporters on Friday. According to...

In a historic step, the Presbyterian Church USA voted Friday to divest its holdings from three companies with links to the Israeli military and illegal West Bank settlements. Commissioners...

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly criticised the Syrian regime's continued aerial strikes and heavy shelling using barrel bombs against civilians, the Anadolu news agency reported. On...

US President Barack Obama said his administration was looking to build a Yemeni model to be part of the solution in Syria and Iraq, pointing out the United States...

US Senate approved a new draft law prepared by the Sub-Committee on Appropriations which includes cutting $400 million from the annual American aid budget to Egypt in the 2015....

"The Iraqi armed forces laid down their arms in the Sunni city of Mosul because they were uncertain of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's government's unfair treatment of the people...

The Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in Germany Volker Kauder said he holds the United States responsible for the developments in Iraq. In remarks to the German newspaper...

The Presbyterian Church USA is set to vote on a resolution recommending divestment from three companies linked to the Israeli military, after a committee backed the call and sent...

US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said at a joint press conference in Jeddah Tuesday with his Saudi counterpart Ibrahim al-Assaf that developments in Iraq indicate the need for redoubling...

A spokesperson for the US State Department rejected on Tuesday statements made by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki accusing Saudi Arabia of sponsoring terrorism. Jen Psaki described his claims...

Iran's nuclear talks with the P5+1 are taking place in Vienna. A "solid commitment" from Iran is needed, ensuring that its stated peaceful atomic energy programme is not a...

Israel yesterday expressed its concerns about the prospective cooperation between its ally, the US, and its deadliest foe, Iran, to face the Sunni rebels in Iraq. Washington, the West,...

US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday condemned the kidnapping of three settlers in Hebron and accused Hamas of kidnapping them and demanded their immediate release. In a press...

US Secretary of State John Kerry asked Gulf States to support efforts in the fight against terrorism in Iraq and Syria. In calls with the foreign ministers of the...

The US needs Iran's help to stop the advance of extremists towards Baghdad, CBS reported US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham saying yesterday. "We need to coordinate with the Iranians"...

In George Orwell's novel 1984, Winston Smith, whose job it is to edit historical documents so they reflect the party line, reads from Goldstein's book. "In accordance to the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshayr Zebari Saturday that his country is "committed to supporting Iraq" against ISIL advances....

Former US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said on Friday that she rejects an American airstrike on Iraq in response to the withdrawal of the Iraqi army from the...

The United States has condemned the Iraqi army's withdrawal from cities such as Kirkuk and Mosul without resistance against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) which...

Tea Party Republican Senator Ted Cruz said he believes Israel could attack Iran's nuclear facilities in a few months if the country's nuclear programme is not halted, Israeli newspaper...

US President Barack Obama's nominee to be the US ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones yesterday vowed Washington would try to help an estimated half a million people who have...

Stephen Beecroft, who has recently been nominated to become US ambassador to Egypt, said that his country is currently holding talks with Egyptian and Gulf officials to shore up...

Israel's annual Herzliya Conference sees national policy articulated by the country's military, political, and security elite. The issues raised at the conference reflect public debate, and go on to...

"Taking with Israel, this year the United States has given $3.1 billion in foreign military finance," Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Middle East Policy Matthew Spence said yesterday....