Europe & Russia

A French restaurant in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah banned the entry of women wearing the hijab or Islamic veil, inciting outrage amongst customers and citizens in the...

Contrary to its precedents, the prospects for a new Turkish intervention into Syrian territory seem linked to more diverse and complex determinants. In addition to the positions of Moscow...

Russia is keen on continuing trade relations with Iran as it boosts both countries' economies amid severe US sanctions, Russian deputy Prime Minister, Alexander Novak, announced yesterday. "We're on...

A French Court, on Wednesday, suspended a decision by the Grenoble Municipal Council to allow Muslim women to wear the burkini, a full body swimming costume, in the city's...

Britain's Labour Party has been asked to carry out an investigation into its treatment of anti-Zionist Jewish woman Diana Neslen. In December, the 82-year old threatened legal action against...

Two of President Joe Biden's senior advisers are reportedly on a secret visit to Saudi Arabia for talks about a possible arrangement between Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt. They...

Turkiye is in negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to open a corridor via the Bosphorus for grain exports from Ukraine, a senior Turkish official told Reuters today. Ukraine's Black Sea ports...

Greece announced yesterday that it will deliver Iranian oil cargo that was on board the 'Lana' oil tanker, which authorities seized in mid-April, to the US at the request...

Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) said yesterday that Greece had seized an Iranian-flagged ship, arrested its crew members, and seized the cargo onboard. PMO said Greece had acted upon orders from...

The British Empire once ruled over a quarter of the world's population, from North America to India and from interior Africa to the Middle East. This June, the UK...

A man who became famous in Turkiye three years ago by flying with a giant umbrella being blown by strong winds has announced his intention to become an astronaut...

The United Arab Emirates has resumed oil supplies to Europe, amid the refusal of local importers to buy Russian raw materials due to the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. According...

The United States has warned that a new Turkish military operation into northern Syria would cause regional instability, threatening to condemn such a move and escalation of conflict. Speaking...

President Tayyip Erdogan's pledge to carry out a new military incursion on Turkiye's southern borders has triggered speculation about potential targets, with the Syrian town of Tal Rifaat emerging...

Saudi Arabia is in talks to acquire Turkey's Bayraktar unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), according to a recent report by the geopolitical and market intelligence website Tactical Report. "The Saudi...

Turkiye and Israel are on the same page regarding normalisation and revitalisation of ties, the Turkish Foreign Minister said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We agreed to bring...

Britain said, on Tuesday, that it had agreed on a new Strategic Investment Partnership with Qatar on Tuesday which will see the Gulf State invest up to £10 billion...

A French woman of Lebanese descent has been appointed to lead France’s Ministry of Culture, in the new government under recently re-elected President Emmanuel Macron.

President Tayyip Erdogan's pledge to launch military operations soon to expand safe zones already set up across Turkiye's southern borders has raised the stakes in his row with NATO...

Oman and Syria are to enhance bilateral relations following a meeting between Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Al-Busaidi and Syria's Minister of Culture, Dr Lubanah Mshaweh, on Sunday. According...

On Friday 27 May at 10 am the ICJP will be hosting an international press conference at Doughty Street Chambers, London to provide a crucial update about a complaint...

The United Arab Emirates energy companies, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Masdar, will join British energy giant, BP's H2Teesside and HyGreen Teesside hydrogen projects, Bloomberg reports. According...

Yemen is searching for new wheat suppliers but will need help to pay for increasingly costly imports, an official and a main importer said, as the World Food Programme...

Dutch police arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity as a member of a pro-government militia in Syria today, the public prosecution service...

Mevlut Cavusoglu signed 9 new pacts with the Palestinian Authority which include a $2 billion annual bilateral trade target

Sweden's prime minister said on Monday that talks with Turkey regarding Ankara's opposition to her country's bid to join NATO "will take some time." Magdalena Andersson told Swedish news...

Over 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, according to new data released by the UNHCR, making it the highest number on record. The...

The Taliban will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on operating airports in Afghanistan, the group's acting deputy prime minister said today, after months of talks with the...

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is facing a backlash after a group of Palestinian academics criticised her decision to embrace the working definition of anti-Semitism prepared by the International...

Three months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has closed off access to lower-priced Black Sea wheat, owners of five mills in the Palestinian Gaza Strip are feeling...

The killing of a guard at the Qatar Embassy in Paris in the early hours of Monday was a "heinous and unjustified" crime, the Embassy said, as French prosecutors...

Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is planning a trip to Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Jordan, and Egypt, where he will discuss regional and international issues and ink agreements in...