Europe & Russia

Turkey's prime minister and presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his condemnation of Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, describing him as a "tyrant". In an interview with CNN, Erdogan said:...

The Turkish humanitarian relief organisation (IHH) is currently organising a "Freedom Flotilla II" which will carry humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, IHH chairman Bulent Yildrim said Thursday....

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the Italian capital Rome yesterday to denounce the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip which entered its third week and led to the killing...

Turkey is playing a key role in arranging a ceasefire in Gaza, US State Department spokeswoman Mary Harf said yesterday. Speaking at the daily press briefing, Harf said that...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to inaugurate the high speed train line connecting Istanbul and Ankara today, the two largest cities in the country. The ceremonies are...

Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, has released the nationalities of passengers on its plane that went missing over Mali on Thursday, saying that at least 50 were French. Twelve...

The EU froze on Wednesday the assets of two oil companies as they suspect them in taking part in covert oil shipments for the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad....

Denmark, Finland and Norway are backing the Palestinian people in Gaza with substantial medical aid. As the first two countries in the world to have an official diplomatic Palestinian...

Corinne Silva's work is about Africa placed inside Europe. It speaks of the two continents' history and how they are connected today through commerce, travel and occupation. Between 2008...

The Palestinian Engineers' Association has written to the president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to complain about the institution's refusal to act on a "democratically decided...

'The big question is – if I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket? – probably yes,' Liberal Democrat David Ward wrote A British politician from the ruling...

More than 20 leading doctors and scientists from the UK and Italy denounce ongoing Israeli military aggression in Gaza in a letter to The Lancet, published today. Signatories Paola...

The Belgian prime minister has condemned Israel's "disproportionate" use of force in Gaza and the attack it carried out in the neighborhood of Shujaya. An explosion in violence in...

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç told journalists on Monday that his government has declared three days of mourning for the Palestinian victims killed in Israel's war on Gaza,...

The European Union decided yesterday to extend the suspension of sanctions imposed on Iran specified in the Joint Plan of Action agreed by P5+1 and Iran last year until...

David Cameron came to power in 2010 promising service cuts unprecedented since 1945. He has since stripped down the NHS and axed over 600,000 public sector workers (a figure...

"The scale of the riots in the suburb of Sarcelles in Paris, following an unauthorised demonstration yesterday, would have widened without a decision to ban the demonstration," French Interior...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called on Israel to halt its aggression against the Gaza Strip, noting it is complicating efforts to provide medical care to casualties. In a...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised the remarks made by US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki who described his statements on Gaza as "offensive and wrong". "The US...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the French capital, Paris, clashed with anti-riot police yesterday for the second consecutive day defying a ban on their rallies. The unrest erupted in the city...

Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz denied media reports that his country sells jet fuel and gas to Israel, World Bulletin quoted him saying yesterday. In press statemente Yildiz said:...

Turkish Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of being a terrorist state following in the footstep of Adolf Hitler. In his speech before a campaign...

British Prime Minister, David Cameron discussed with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu the latest developments in the Gaza Strip in a phone call yesterday, the Anadolu news agency reported....

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that by using oppression, Israel will not achieve its intended goals in Gaza and Palestine because "nothing is stronger than a nation revolting...

Parliamentary debate: The Middle East and North Africa Live updates on the parliamentary debate, 'The Middle East and North Africa', in Westminster Hall We will be live blogging throughout...

As Israel's latest onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continues to escalate, hundreds of thousands of people around the world, perhaps even millions, are taking to the streets...

Norwegian leftist parties supported a call by a member of parliament to boycott Israeli products against the backdrop of the deadly Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu agency...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Saturday that Gaza ceasefire efforts have failed, Israeli radio reported. In press statements following his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Ten of thousands of protestors descended upon London's streets on Saturday to condemn Israel's attack on Gaza. Despite the blazing heat Palestine supporters continued chanting slogans such as "free...

Turkish presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Israel will "sink in the blood it is shedding in the Gaza Strip and all parts of Palestine sooner...

Protests continued in various Turkish cities on Friday, particularly in front of Israeli diplomatic missions in Istanbul and Ankara, Anadolu reported. Hundreds of Turks gathered at the Israeli consulate...

Turkey's Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag criticised the international community's silence about Israel's killing of civilians in Gaza, wondering "would the west stay silent if those killed in Gaza...