Israel's ambassador to Britain, Tzipi Hotovely, has been snubbed by a Zionist youth movement because of the 42 year old's "racist and anti-pluralistic views". The UK-based Noam is affiliated...
A 13 year old Syrian refugee has embarked on a remarkable Ramadan challenge to raise funds and awareness of the plight of refugees from Middle Eastern countries and around...
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April 21, 2021 |
Yvonne Ridley Whistle-blowers never fare very well when trying to shine a light on wrongdoing, and the latest pro-Palestinian group of activists to emerge in Britain appears to be no exception....
British soldiers that are alleged to have committed crimes against humanity, genocide, torture and war crimes will not be granted safeguards against prosecution, the Tory government has conceded, in a major U-turn...
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April 20, 2021 |
Yvonne Ridley The war in Afghanistan has been called the most pointless conflict of all time. It is probably the most disastrous military venture launched by the US, Britain and their...
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US Egypt's Minister of Education, Tarek Shawki, yesterday praised his country's education system saying that it has reached the same level as the education standards in the US and United...
The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Sunday that Iraq will no longer be included on the British list of high-risk countries for money laundering and the financing of...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly refused to issue a work visa for a British woman allegedly due to her Somali heritage. The woman, named Samia, took to...
With British politicians being scrutinised over their lobbying activities, reports have emerged that Prime Minister Boris Johnson intervened after Saudi Arabia's bid to buy Newcastle United football club ran...
The British government has suffered a major setback in its attempt to safeguard British soldiers from being prosecuted for crimes against humanity, genocide, torture and war crimes. The House...
The United States and the European countries party to the Iran nuclear deal yesterday pushed back against Tehran's decision to enrich uranium at 60 per cent purity, with a...
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US UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement of his government's opposition of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into war crimes committed by Israel is "deeply regrettable", the Palestinian Mission...
Documents revealed that Dubai Ports World (DP World), the world's largest port operator, is seeking $210.2 million in compensation from Djibouti over an ongoing legal dispute on port concession rights....
German Fenerbahçe midfielder, Mesut Ozil, has donated €101,000 ($120,770) to the Turkish Red Crescent for an aid campaign run during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu news agency reported. The...
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UK A prominent Kashmiri human rights group on Monday said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not welcome in the UK and called on UK premier to not invite...
British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi has won this year's Bafta for best short film. Nabulsi's film The Present is set in the occupied West Bank. She accepted the award online...
A spokeswoman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced Friday that the UAE has not provided evidence that Sheikha Latifa, the daughter...
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will depart Washington, DC tomorrow to meet with government and military leaders in Israel, Germany, NATO headquarters in Belgium and the UK, Anadolu Agency...
Turkey's president today extended his condolences to the British Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom on the loss of Prince Philip, the duke of Edinburgh, Anadolu...
Liberal Jews in Britain demanded the cancellation of an event with controversial Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely this week. More than 30 "proud and committed Liberal Jews" backed an open...
The British government has announced that the Royal Air Force (RAF) took part in a ten-day operation against Daesh in Iraq last month, representing its largest engagement against the...
Former Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan has accused pro-Israel lobbyists of "the most disgusting interference" in British politics, and of negatively influencing the country's foreign policy in the...
Dabirul Islam Choudhury OBE has just celebrated his 101st birthday at his London home with his son. It would have been a huge celebration surrounded by many of his...
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April 7, 2021 |
Muhammad Hussein Much has been speculated regarding Britain's Muslim community over the years, from the alleged rise of extremism to the overall state of the community within the wider British society....
Iranian opponents in Austria have tried to attack Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, as he headed for talks in the Austrian capital Vienna, Iranian Nour News Agency...
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UK Moroccan authorities have discovered a new strain of the coronavirus, a member of the state-run scientific and technical committee for managing coronavirus announced yesterday. Azzedine Brahimi reported that the...
Turkey bought nine Quran manuscripts at Sotheby's auction house in London, Demiroren News Agency (DHA) reports. The Istanbul Municipality of Turkey joined an auction in London to purchase the nine Quran...
Iran has called for Saudi Arabia to engage in direct talks to solve ongoing issues between the two countries without the involvement of a third party, Foreign Ministry spokesman...
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US Leicester City centre back Caglar Soyuncu missed Saturday's 2-0 Premier League defeat by Manchester City because he tested positive for COVID-19 while playing for Turkey in their 2022 World...
Britain's organised crime agency is reviewing a report by a group of London-based lawyers which accuses Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh and associates of money laundering and corrupt...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warned on Thursday that further delay in returning to the 2015 nuclear deal signed between his country and the UN Security Council's five permanent members...
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US Two UK school textbooks on the Middle East have been "significantly altered" following intervention from leading advocates of the Zionist state in favour of the Israeli narrative. The alterations,...