Netherlands

Fifteen European countries, on Friday, urged Israel to stop plans for more illegal settlements in the West Bank, according to an official statement, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We are...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) yesterday told a Dutch diplomat that it was shocked and dismayed by the country's decision to stop funding a Palestinian NGO. According to a statement, the Undersecretary of the PA's...

The Netherlands has stopped funding the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), one of the six Palestinian human rights organisations designated as "terrorists" by Israel last year. According to...

A Dutch appeals court today ruled that Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz was immune from civil prosecution in the Netherlands in a case brought over the deaths of six...

As many as 2,550 Syrians have applied for asylum in the Netherlands during the third quarter of this year, compared to 1,015 in the second quarter, Dutch NL Times news site...

Turkey did not invite the ten Western ambassadors who called on the release of a detainee to the Republic Day ceremony, revealing Ankara's ongoing displeasure with the envoys. After...

Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Holland, Norway, Poland and Sweden released a joint statement on Thursday insisting that Israel halt its plans to expand settlements in...

The plan to expel ten Western ambassadors from Turkey was averted due to Ankara's secret diplomatic talks with the United States, it has been revealed. After ten Western ambassadors—from...

The decision of the Moroccan authorities to suspend flights to Germany, the UK and the Netherlands due to the increased threat of the coronavirus, has left tourists stranded in...

If you poke a stick in a hornets' nest then the results will become painfully obvious very quickly, which is why I am surprised at the headlines expressing shock...

Reports that Holland's ambassador to Turkey has been deported from the country are allegedly false, amid Ankara's diplomatic fallout with Western states. On Monday, ten Western ambassadors issued a...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding...

Moroccan authorities will suspend direct flights with Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands over COVID-19 concerns starting tomorrow, Reuters reported flag carrier RAM announcing today. Morocco recently announced that it would impose a...

On Thursday 7 October, I received a call from the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Middle East office seeking more assistance to alleviate the...

Saudi Arabia has lobbied heavily against a Western resolution that would extend the mandate of UN investigators who have documented possible war crimes in Yemen, including by the Riyadh-led...

In 2014, a large part of Ismail Ziada's family was wiped out. The lives of his mother, 70-year-old Muftia, his three brothers, Jamil, Yousif and Omar, his sister-in-law Bayan,...

Think tank Transnational Institute (TNI) has called on the European Union (EU) to spend its resources saving lives, instead of punishing people seeking safety on its shores. Europe had...

The Netherlands will increase its military presence in Afghanistan to help with efforts to evacuate people from the country, the Dutch defence ministry said on Sunday, reports Reuters. An...

China has secret prisons in the UAE, a former prisoner has claimed. Chinese national Wu Huan said she and two Uyghur Muslims were held by China in Dubai. She...

The great floods which recently decimated parts of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands were much more than a warning on the perils of climate change. They also revealed some...

The EU border agency Frontex has failed to protect the human rights of asylum seekers, according to a European Parliament report, according to the Guardian. The report's author, Tineke...

The Ever Given container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal in March left Egyptian waters at 4 a.m. local time following inspections at Port Said, a canal source...

The ship that made global headlines when it blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March has made its way towards Ismailia in preparation for its departure to...

Dutch authorities announced they are trying a refugee on charges of war crimes following allegations that he oversaw murders during the Syrian war, local media reported. According to reports,...

The authorities in the Netherlands have launched an investigation into a Syrian refugee suspected of spying on behalf of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Other Syrian refugees living in...

A former commander of a prominent Syrian militant group has been sentenced to six years in prison in the Netherlands on charges of committing war crimes and terrorism. The...

The Netherlands said today it had asked Israel to clarify the status of the Palestinian foreign minister after his travel credentials were revoked following a visit to the International...

The Dutch parliament yesterday declared the treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China a genocide in a non-binding motion, Reuters reported. "A genocide on the Uighur minority is occurring...

Elbit Systems, Israel's largest private arms company, has secured a contract to supply new vehicular tactical computers for the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA), the company announced this week. The Israeli...

The man who killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri has today been handed five concurrent life sentences for the crime. Salim Jamil Ayyash, 57, was tried, convicted and sentenced in...

More than 600 children born to Daesh members who are European nationals are being detained with their mothers in camps run by Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, a new...

Turkey foresees that trade and economic ties with the Netherlands will gain momentum in the coming days, the Turkish trade minister said on Monday, reports Anadolu Agency. Addressing the...