The United Nations said on Thursday it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee from air strikes that killed at least 53 people,...

The Italian parliament on Thursday decided to extend the mandate of the Italian SAMP-T missile defence system deployed in Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras until 31 December, Anadolu Agency reports....

The relief ship of the German non-governmental organisation Sea-Watch is still stranded in Italian territorial waters in the Mediterranean with 43 migrants on board. These migrants “have only been...

Pope Francis called for restraint and a lowering of tensions in the Middle East on Sunday following attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman that have...

More than 24,000 irregular migrants and refugees reached Europe by sea since the beginning of 2019, the UN migration agency said Friday, Anadolu Agency has reported. Of that figure, 555 died...

Libya’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Sayala has asked Italy to put pressure on the countries backing General Khalifa Haftar’s bombardment on Tripoli, reports the Libya Observer. Egypt, along with the...

European Muslims have called on King Salman bin Abdulaziz to grant amnesty to three preachers currently awaiting execution. News reports suggest that the preachers, Salman Al-Awdah, Awad Al-Qarni, and...

A total of 149 Africans in Libya were evacuated to Italy on Thursday, but more states must help people escape deteriorating conditions in Tripoli after two months of fighting,...

Egypt is seeking to delay the completion of investigations into the killing of the Italian PhD researcher, Giulio Regeni, who was murdered in Cairo in early 2016, Egyptian diplomatic...

Hundreds of Europeans, including priests nominated for the Nobel Prize, a football player, fire fighters and ex-soldiers are being “criminalised” for helping migrants, a new report by OpenDemocracy has...

The 2019 Venice Biennale has asked artists to step into the socio-political realm, in the middle of far-right Matteo Salvini’s Italy. And they have done it, dismantling Orientalism and...

Are there any countries that are meddling in the internal affairs of Libya making its internal conflicts more of a proxy war rather than domestic internal conflict? Do those...

Head of Libya’s internationally recognised government Fayez Al-Sarraj yesterday asked Italy to help change the positions of EU countries regarding attacks being carried out against Tripoli by renegade General...

The Egyptian authorities arrested the Italian student Giulio Regeni and beat him, believing he was as a British spy, before finding him dead, according to an Italian press report...

The United Nations refugee agency evacuated 325 African refugees on Wednesday from Qasr Ben Gashir detention centre in southern Tripoli because of deteriorating security and escalating violence, Reuters reports....

The United States demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions

Saudi Arabia will be hosting the G20 summit next year, state news agency SPA said WednesdayAnadolu reports. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 15th annual G20 Leaders’ Summit...

Ankara is hitting back after the Italian and French governments this week made decisions in recognition of the Armenian genocide. “France should mind its own dark history in Rwanda...

Italy’s prime minister has said any foreign military intervention in Libya would not resolve the latest conflict in its former colony, warning that it might trigger a refugee exodus...

The United States is scrutinising state-owned Qatar Airways’ acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Air Italy, which has been flying to US destinations since June in a move...

Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord of Libya Fayez Al-Sarraj warned his rival, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, of a “strong and firm” confrontation and accused him of “breaking...

An Italian man held hostage in Syria since April 2016 has been freed and is returning home says Italian prime minister, as reported on Reuters. Sergio Zanotti, a businessman...

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Wednesday will set out on a five-day international tour that will bring him to Morocco, Italy, France and Tunisia, Anadolu Agency reports. According to a...

Italy is to grant an Egyptian boy citizenship after he saved the lives of 51 children, freeing them from a burning school bus that had been hijacked by its...

Morocco has announced that it has filed a complaint against Italian MP Souad Sbai for accusing its embassy in Rome of assassinating Moroccan model Imane Fadil. Sbai claimed that...

Thirteen independent trade unions in Algeria have refused to support the efforts of newly-appointed Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi to form a government he hopes will help pacify protesters who...

The United States aims to cut Iran’s crude exports by about 20 percent to below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) from May by requiring importing countries to reduce...

Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, urged Milan’s La Scala opera house on Monday to reject an offer from Saudi Arabia to pump funds into the theatre, says Reuters....

Italy and Estonia are blocking the inclusion of the UAE in an EU blacklist of countries which are deemed tax havens, documents seen by Reuters show. Foreign ministers are...

Lebanon renewed its rejection of the violation of its rights and sovereignty through the planned gas pipeline project between the Israeli occupation, Cyprus and Greece. The Lebanese Minister of...

Pope Francis said on Tuesday he had found “good will” to start peace processes to end the conflict in Yemen, during private meetings with leaders of the United Arab...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would eject a foreign force set up to help safeguard Palestinians in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank,...