Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the UN Human Rights Commission was an attempt to shield Israel from accountability, but it may have backfired among voters in...

Iran said on Saturday the world will see little extra oil reaching the market if OPEC and its partners adhere properly to a supply pact, underlining a disagreement with...

Spanish coast guards rescued nearly 600 migrants trying to make the perilous crossing from Africa, authorities said on Saturday, while off the coast of Libya coastguards recovered bodies of...

British singer and actor Sting called world leaders “half men and cowards” on Saturday for their inability to solve the refugee crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already played...

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) looks to have agreed to a 1 per cent increase in world oil production after believing that it has overcome differences...

The Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi armed group in Yemen are hampering the delivery of aid to Yemen, a new briefing released by Amnesty International reveals today. Amnesty International...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday has pledged a $100 million loan to the Kingdom of Jordan in order to help implement reforms required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....

The imprisonment of Ola Al-Qaradawi, daughter of prominent Islamic scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, and her husband Hosam Khalaf is “a flagrant violation of the international law”, the United Nations Working Group...

The Board of Deputies of British Jews’ Chief Executive Gillian Merron on Tuesday attended an Israeli government-hosted conference intended to mobilise and strategise efforts to undermine and sabotage the...

The European Union (EU) supports efforts being made by Kuwait to mediate a solution to the current Gulf crisis, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Frederica...

Lebanon requires “an immediate and substantial” fiscal adjustment to improve the sustainability of public debt that stood at more than 150 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) at...

A war monitor reported Syrian military helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition-held areas of the southwest today for the first time in a year, escalating an assault that has...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have indicated they would be willing to hand over management of Hudaydah port to the United Nations, a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has caused...

OPEC scrambled on Thursday to agree on raising oil output, with Saudi Arabia warning of shortages but Iran holding out against a deal amid the prospect of lower exports...

Egypt has called on the international community to “share the collective responsibilities of hosting refugees,” Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Wednesday. “We renew...

The UN was offered a supervisory role to monitor the port of Hudaydah but rejected the proposal, the leader of the Houthi rebels claimed in a live broadcast on...

Moroccan human rights activist Khadija Al-Ryadi has described the US decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council as “arrogant” and “political hypocrisy”. She made her comments in...

The UN’s Independent Commission of Inquiry has characterised the siege imposed by the Syrian regime on eastern Ghouta as “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. The commission said in...

The Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has slammed Washington’s decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. “In making such a decision,”...

Amnesty International called on Wednesday for the authorities in Bahrain to release the Shia opposition leader Ali Salman immediately, ThenewKhalij.news has reported. Amnesty’s call came just one day before...

The UN announced on Tuesday that the ongoing fighting and air strikes in the Yemeni city of Hudaydah since the beginning of this month have led to 5,200 families...

The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, announced on Wednesday that the country was pulling out of the UN Human Rights Council. Trump-appointee Haley accused the council of...

The US has often failed to live up to its own ideals but never before has it systematically rejected long-standing values which, in the eyes of many, has made...

Eighteen human rights groups and civil liberty organisations, including Amnesty International, have warned the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen about the arbitrary detention of their Yemeni colleagues. The warning came...

Two days after leaving Gijon in northern Spain Al-Awda and Freedom – two boats that are part of the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza – arrived in Lisbon, Safa reported....

Iran’s representative to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said that his country as well as Iraq and Venezuela will reject any proposal from Saudi Arabia and...

Egypt is set to be given the fourth $2 billion tranche of the $12 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has announced. The money will...

Figures released by UN refugee agency make for grim reading. According to the UNHCR the number of displaced people worldwide is estimated at 65.6 million, of which 22.5 million...

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday voiced regret over the decision by the US to unilaterally withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). “The Secretary-General would...

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths left Sanaa on Tuesday, wrapping up a four-day visit during which he spoke with leaders of the Shia Houthi rebel group. Griffiths...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein, yesterday expressed deep concern over attacks by the Saudi-led coalition on the Yemeni city of Hudaydah....

The UK has joined the US in condemning an alleged anti-Israel bias at the UN, pledging to vote against issues on Palestine brought by the Human Rights Council. Foreign...