Northern Irish police have been implicated in Oman's suppression of rare protests last month. The demonstrations erupted over rising unemployment and corruption and are said to be the largest of their...

Belfast City Council passed a motion on Tuesday supporting the expulsion of the Israeli ambassadors from both Ireland and the United Kingdom. The local authority will write to the...

When it comes to Palestine, the Republic of Ireland continues to lead the way over Israel's violations of international law. A recent motion by Sinn Fein calling out Israel's...

The Irish parliament passed a motion which declared Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank 'de facto annexation' and in contravention of international law

Ireland and its parliament have called on Israel to respect its obligation to international law in accordance with the Fourth Geneva Convention regarding the treatment of civilians, Al Watan...

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced a three-year contribution towards the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Ireland will...

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has met with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, and President Hassan Rouhani as part of an official visit to Tehran to discuss the stalled...

Five current and former European members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday said they held the Syrian regime responsible for the Syrian Constitutional Committee's failure to achieve...

Israeli-made surveillance equipment sold via a convicted criminal is being used by the Bangladeshi government to target political opposition

The British government is "seriously concerned" about Israel's approval for the construction of 800 new settler housing units in the occupied West Bank. "The Government of Israel's decision… could...

Saudi Arabia has awarded an Irish aviation company as the operator of a landmark airport by the Red Sea, making it the latest development in the kingdom's ambitious Red Sea Project. The Ireland-based...

Ireland's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, has denounced Israel's demolition of 80 Palestinian homes as a "brutal and violent act". The Fine Gael politician responded to the mass demolition of...

An Irish citizen is stranded in Libya as he has been unable to renew his passport, the Irish Times has reported. According to the newspaper, 68-year-old Tahir El Shirif fears he may...

Intelligence gathered by the UK security services shows the New IRA, a dissident Irish republican group in Northern Ireland, could have ties to Hezbollah and other militant groups in...

A Green Party member of parliament in Ireland has filed a complaint against online accommodation and tourism giant AirBnB for listing holiday homes in the occupied West Bank as...

Ryanair's chief executive has sparked outrage after saying Muslim men should be profiled at airports because "bombers" will "generally be of a Muslim persuasion". In an interview with the...

Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney yesterday criticised the Israeli government's plans to build thousands of new settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem. Coveney, who also...

Russian mixed martial arts fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, has rejected a $100 million offer by Saudi Arabia, in return for fighting Irish Conor McGregor in the kingdom, local media reported...

Leading Irish political parties, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, have published election manifestos which support the adoption of the Occupied Territories Bill in Ireland. The bill, first tabled in...

Ireland plans to urge European Union countries to take steps to counter "any unacceptable and illegal" encroachment by Israel on the Jordan Valley, Ireland's deputy prime minister and minister...

Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney arrived in the Gaza Strip this morning along with a senior diplomatic delegation. The media department at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing, north of...

Turkey continues to deport foreign Daesh fighters captured during its operations in northern Syria. In the past three weeks, the Turkish authorities have deported 21 foreign Daesh fighters to...

Ireland expects to repatriate an Irish citizen aligned to Daesh and her two-year-old daughter from Turkey this weekend, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Saturday, as authorities in Ankara...

United States diplomats have pressured lawmakers and officials in certain European countries to oppose moves to boycott Israel or the illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank, in a...

A major Irish charity has renewed calls for the government to pass legislation banning the import of produce made in illegal West Bank settlements. Trócaire made the call as...

Gaza. The very name evokes images of Israeli bombardment, crumbling infrastructure, keffiyeh-clad protestors standing defiantly with Palestinian flags and slingshots, and screaming children shot by snipers in a fog...

Belfast councillors have voted against sending a representative on a business and investment mission to Israel, reported the Belfast Telegraph. According to the report, councillors rejected a plan to...

Direct Arab investments in Morocco declined by 10.5 per cent during 2018, for the third year in a row. The share of Arab investments in total foreign direct investment...

The Irish Foreign Ministry is to host a meeting in Irish capital Dublin about the Palestinian cause next week. The guests expected to attend hail from France, Sweden, Bulgaria,...

The Israeli Knesset has cancelled an official visit to Ireland scheduled for March in protest of the latest Irish bill that supports a boycott of Israeli settlement goods, Israeli...

Israel summons Irish Ambassador over the BDS bill

A missing Dubai princess has been pictured alive for the first time since being returned to the UAE. Princess Sheikha Latifa, 33, was last seen on 5 March being dragged into a rubber...