Some Afghan irregular migrants have alleged that they were beaten in custody by Iranian soldiers before being released at the Turkish border, Anadolu Agency reported. Gulab Jemili, an Afghan who illegally...

European arms companies are "instrumental" in mass displacement and fuelling the refugee crisis, according to a report by Transnational Institute (TNI). TNI's report, Smoking Guns, revealed that weapons sold...

A British university's affiliations to a Bahraini institution accused of human rights abuses has been highlighted in a parliamentary report following a plea by an 11-year-old boy who insisted that his...

Morocco has arrested an Uyghur activist following a warrant issued by China accusing him of terrorism. Concerns are growing that BelgiumUyghur/ will now be extradited to China, which has...

Egypt's Hedaya Malak has won her country's first medal at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, in the women's 67kg taekwondo event, earning a bronze after defeating Paige McPherson...

Libyan militia leader, Al-Kani, accused of major human rights violations and sanctioned by the United States, was shot dead in Libya's eastern Benghazi province yesterday, AP reported officials saying. According...

Turkish, Azerbaijani and Pakistani parliament speakers accepted the Baku Declaration in a ceremony held at the Azerbaijani Parliament yesterday, Anadolu reports. Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop and his Pakistani and Azerbaijani...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday condemned the European Union's statement on the partial reopening of the Maras region in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Anadolu news agency reported....

Ben & Jerry's decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts, which ultimately aim at holding...

A 60-year-old Iranian citizen has been charged in Sweden with suspected war crimes committed in Iran in 1988 when around 5,000 political prisoners were executed on government orders, Stockholm...

Let's stop all the hand wringing and angst over Afghanistan. Now. It's fooling no one. America, Britain and their NATO allies have had 20 years to help put the...

"Turkey will not be a border guard or a refugee camp of the EU", officials said after Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's remarks that Turkey is a "more suitable place" for...

Jordan's Saleh Elsharabaty has won the kingdom its second Olympic medal in history after becoming the taekwondo silver medallist in Tokyo yesterday. Elsharabaty was beaten by his "brother" Russian...

Gladiator actor Mike Mitchell has died in Turkey at the age of 65. The Scottish actor is believed to have died of natural causes while on a boat in...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday raised its travel warning level for Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories due to the rising number of COVID-19...

At least 57 irregular migrants have died after a boat sank off the Libyan coast, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced yesterday. The United Nations organisation said the migrants died...

Iraq has started to import oxygen tanks from Turkey following a notable increase in coronavirus infections, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday. "Over the past few weeks, the country...

A rich, 30-meter-high archaeological mound in southeastern Turkey dating back some 8,000 years has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Monday, July...

Lebanon's new Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati today said he would work to form a government and implement a French plan to save the country from its crippling financial crisis, Reuters reported....

Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other regional leaders to cooperate for a better future in the region. Speaking at the opening session of an exhibition named...

Israeli occupation forces yesterday confiscated equipment and cables funded by the European Union (EU) for the redevelopment of the electricity network in Khirbet Al-Simiya village, northwest of Al-Samou' town south of...

Morocco's ambassador to France, Chakib Benmoussa, has denied that his country has acquired or used the Israeli Pegasus spyware to target French President Emmanuel Macron, RT has reported. Benmoussa...

Saudi Arabia's treatment of the children of former top intelligence officer, Saad Al-Jabri, has been slammed by Human Rights Watch (HRW) as a form of collective punishment. In a...

A woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt was stabbed multiple times at Speaker's Corner in London's Hyde Park yesterday afternoon. Hatun Tash, 39 is a Christian preacher who works with Defend...

The Tunisian coast guards on Saturday rescued 155 irregular migrants off the country's southern and eastern coasts, Anadolu reported. "The National Guard managed on Friday and Saturday to thwart 16 illegal...

After a year out due to Covid-19, the Big Ride for Palestine is heading for London from Bristol on Thursday, stopping off in Swindon, Oxford and Luton along the...

It's not that long ago that people were preoccupied with the hacking of some social media sites, including those believed to be immune from such things, such as Facebook,...

Do you remember the UN Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals included the eradication of "extreme poverty and hunger", "combating lethal diseases" and...

French President Emmanuel Macron demanded from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett an official explanation for the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group during a telephone conversation Saturday,...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armoured vehicle in northern Syria, and Turkish forces immediately launched retaliatory fire, Turkey's defence ministry...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected attempts to link Moscow's techno-military cooperation with Addis Ababa on the issue of the Renaissance Dam, RT Arabic reported on Friday. Moscow has...

The concrete wall connecting the border between Turkey and Iran is currently being strengthened by a series of additional deterrents to prevent the influx of refugees from Afghanistan from...