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European and American politicians and bureaucrats refer frequently to "shared values" when they seek to justify their support for the state of Israel. This is usually taken to mean...

The Tunisian National Guard yesterday thwarted 18 irregular migration operations heading to Italy and rescued 340 migrants. National Guard spokesperson, Hossam El-Din El-Jabali, was quoted by local media as...

A Rome judge yesterday suspended the trial of four senior members of the Egyptian security services citing concerns that there was no certainty they had been formally made aware that they were charged...

Palestinian artist Hazem Harb doesn't try to define the idea of Palestine in his work. "For me, Palestine just is," he tells me. "I'm interested in its history and...

Sources have told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that plans are underway to improve a secret cooperation agreement between Egypt and Italy in which Cairo will continue to accept returned refugees attempting to reach...

Egyptian researcher Patrick Zaki, held for 19 months since being arrested on a trip home from Italy, faced trial today on charges of spreading false news over an article...

Saudi Arabia has not abandoned its plan to purchase a top-flight football club despite its recent set-back with Newcastle United and is now said to be eyeing a move for one...

The grandfather of a six-year-old boy who is the only survivor of an Italian cable car disaster said he was looking out for his grandson's wellbeing by bringing him...

An Islamic scholar turned freedom fighter, Omar Al-Mukhtar is best known for leading an armed revolution and guerrilla campaign against Italian colonisers for the last two decades of his...

Human rights advocates have raised concerns about the trial of Patrick Zaki in an emergency court, which started at the beginning of this week but has been adjourned until...

The family of the only survivor of an Italian cable car disaster, a six-year-old boy, today petitioned a Tel Aviv court for his return after his grandfather took him...

In the wake of the group taking over Afghanistan last month, the Taliban should be judged by their actions, not by their words, Italy's foreign minister said Tuesday. "Italy's...

The ambassadors of the Group of Seven (the G7) countries yesterday called on Tunisian President Kais Saied to "appoint a new prime minister as soon as possible, and return...

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban's past restrictions on schooling for women,...

Italy plans to move its Afghan embassy to Doha, in Qatar, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday, the latest indication of Western diplomats setting up permanently...

The evacuation of people from Afghanistan revealed the European Union's incompetence in managing the migration issue, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said yesterday. Draghi told journalists in Rome that...

Roughly 45 Egyptians are being held in Libya after their boat capsized last week and 18 of the people on board with them drowned. According to a report by Madr...

Amid chaotic politics and anti-immigrant and refugee sentiments, Stadio Olimpico in Rome seemed like an oasis of social and cultural harmony. AS Roma and Raja Casablanca fans gathered in...

The President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe has said that the fight against corruption in Tunisia should have respect for democracy. "Tunisia is facing a...

A suspected Italian drug trafficker who police believe may have bought two stolen paintings by Vincent Van Gogh has been arrested in the UAE, Reuters has reported. Raffaele Imperiale,...

Rome is scorching hot. This beautiful city is becoming unbearable for other reasons, too. Although every corner of the beaming metropolis is a monument to historical grandeur, from the...

The West's silence regarding the situation in Tunisia shows their support for autocratic regimes including those in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who stand behind the coup, former Italian Prime...

More than 1,100 illegal migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya over the past week, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said yesterday, Xinhua News Agency reports....

When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five athletes – adorned in traditional Palestinian attire and carrying the Palestinian flag – crossed into Tokyo's Olympic Stadium during the inauguration ceremony...

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, announced on Friday that he is arranging a return to political life in his first video interview since his...

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...

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...

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...

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...

As many as ten Iranian navy commando fighters have received military training in Malta, Israel's Channel 12 has claimed. According to the Israeli channel, the ten Iranian divers were trained a...

Egypt resorted to the UN Security Council to solve the problem of the Renaissance Dam after it had exhausted all its efforts in futile negotiations that did nothing. As...

A Moroccan national, who is one of the top leaders Daesh, was remanded in Italy, Morocco's Internal Intelligence Service announced on Saturday, reports Anadolu Agency. The militant was arrested...