The United Nations’ Security Council should consider “stronger measures” if there was no progress in the coming weeks on a deal between Yemen’s warring parties on a key port,...

Turkey’s purchase of Russian air defence missile systems should not trigger US sanctions because Ankara is not an adversary of Washington and remains committed to the NATO alliance, Defence...

The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) held its annual Spring Conference in London on 10 April entitled ‘Iraq – Financing a Modern Economy’, hosting officials from the UK and Iraqi Government and delegates from the major companies operating in Iraq

Thirty-seven former officials from European Union member states have signed a letter calling for the rejection of the so-called ‘deal of the century’ if it is unfair to the...

London is to be the new host of the 2019 World Para-swimming Championships, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced, three months after Malaysia was stripped of its right...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed on Sunday for information on the whereabouts of three employees abducted in Syria more than five years ago and last...

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) sent an urgent letter to the European Union’s European Commission regarding their participation in funding EuroAsia Interconnector, a power transmission project aiming to...

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp described alleged racist abuse directed at striker Mohamed Salah by some Chelsea fans as “disgusting” and called for those responsible to be banned from all...

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...

France is the last country which could lecture Turkey on genocide and history, Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday, blasting a French declaration this week on the events of 1915 between Turkey and Armenia

Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, was hauled by force out the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday. British secret police snatched him at the invitation of the embassy,...

Morocco could suffer $97 million in losses if Britain does not manage to negotiate an agreement to leave the European Union (EU). According to a UN study published by...

Some 12,546 migrants and refugees have reached Europe by sea since the beginning of 2019, the UN migration agency said today, as reported on Anadolu Agency.  Also, 407 migrants...

More than 300 sports facilities are open to Turkish and Syrian citizens all year round, Turkey’s youth and sports minister said today, as reported on Anadolu Agency. “Sports is...

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The Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) in the UK on Monday held a seminar on the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip and the plight of Palestinian prisoners...

France on Wednesday blocked a statement by the European Union (EU), in which the bloc was calling on the Libyan General Khalifa Haftar to halt an offensive that has...

A British women who was facing up to two years in an UAE jail for making insulting remarks on Facebook about her ex-husband’s new wife has been released.

The Syrian regime attacked the northern opposition-held territories 6,422 in March, the White Helmets civil defence unit has revealed, highlighting the continued disintegration of the Sochi ceasefire agreement. The...

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, stressed that everyone, including Iran, Turkey and even Russia should eventually leave Syria. The senior Russian diplomat reiterated Moscow’s call for...

British police dragged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of Ecuador’s embassy on Thursday after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for his extradition to the United States...

The chief executive and a managing partner of the collapsed Dubai private equity firm Abraaj Capital Ltd were arrested on US charges that they defrauded their investors, including the...

The Bashar al-Assad regime forces on Thursday struck civilian settlements in Idlib de-escalation zone of Syria, killing two people and wounding seven others, Anadolu reports. The White Helmets civil defence...

A bipartisan group of US senators introduced legislation on Wednesday mandating that the executive branch disclose details about authorisations it gives companies on sharing sensitive nuclear energy information with...

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The family of slain Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, has denied reaching a settlement with the Saudi authorities in return for closing the case. Salah Khashoggi, Jamal’s son, issued an...

At least 30 Palestinians from Gaza were on board a refugee boat that capsized off the coast of Greece, Al-Quds newspaper reported yesterday. According to the paper at least...

Egypt has pulled out of the US effort to forge an “Arab NATO” with key Arab allies, according to four sources familiar with the decision, in a blow to...

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...

More than 40 Saudi military cadets have been receiving training in British military colleges amid human rights abuse reports against the Gulf state’s forces in Yemen, local media reported...

American-made F-35 fighter jets cannot operate in the same airspace as the Russian S-400 missile system, said the US’s top diplomat Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “It is not possible to...

The Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Joint Commission has registered nine cases of ceasefire violations committed by Syrian regime forces in the past 24 hours, the Russian defence ministry...