The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an agreement signed with Sudan’s transitional government that will see Sudan obtaining $1.5 billion annually, and its debts...

The State of Qatar refused to assume the presidency of the 154th regular session of the Arab League at the ministerial level instead of Palestine, which has recently resigned...

Some 51 out of 186 crew members of a European Union naval vessel on Friday tested positive for the coronavirus, the EU’s Irini military mission said in a statement,...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold an international conference on “a real peace process based on international law” to end the...

Lebanon’s security forces have started carrying out DNA tests on bodies that washed up on the country’s coast to determine whether they are victims of the 4 August Beirut...

The right of the Palestinian people to have a state with Jerusalem as its capital cannot be traded away, the Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, announced yesterday. His remarks came during...

Geneva-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected by the floods in Sudan, Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported yesterday. “MSF is launching an emergency appeal...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Greece, including an increasingly-watched naval base, to kick off a four-nation tour of Europe, the State Department announced Thursday, Anadolu reports....

According to a report by Amnesty International, the militia of General Khalifa Haftar has forcibly expelled more than 5,000 refugees in 2020. This was detailed in a lengthy report...

The NATO secretary-general and Greek prime minister on Thursday discussed the recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, Anadolu Agency reports. “As part of his regular consultations with Greek and Turkish leaders,...

World-renowned footballer and Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah, on Tuesday called on the world leaders to ensure that every child receives a quality education, including refugees. Salah, who became the...

Just how Sudan will be able to convict former President Omar Al-Bashir and 27 defendants for staging the 1989 coup remains a major issue of contention. Not merely in...

The Lebanese president on Wednesday called on the international community to force Israel to end violating Lebanese sovereignty, and using its airspace to attack Syria, Anadolu reports. Michel Aoun,...

On Thursday, the Jordanian capital will host the Arab-European Union (EU) ministerial meeting to discuss the Middle East peace process, Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday. In a statement, the...

Emirati companies have signed contracts with Israeli firms and banks blacklisted by the United Nations (UN) for supporting illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, an investigation by Anadolu...

Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani affirmed that his country will continue to support efforts to achieve justice and hold the perpetrators of atrocities, war crimes and crimes...

The right of the Palestinian people to have a state with Jerusalem as its capital is not subject to bargain, the Algerian president said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Abdelmadjid...

Turkey keeps a prudent and calm attitude despite Greece’s provocations and rising tension in the region, the Turkish president said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks came...

Russia has added more EU individuals and entities to its blacklist, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “In response to actions of the EU, Russia has now decided...

Turkey and Greece agreed to talks over disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean, both sides announced yesterday, after German-led efforts to defuse a crisis that has raised fears of...

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has called for international help to secure the safe return of Syrian refugees, saying that the Mediterranean state can no longer afford to host them....

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced that the Libyan Coast Guard intercepted a boat carrying 119 asylum seekers at sea. The organisation retweeted a post by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) which...

Demonstrations in Egypt have continued for the third day in a row calling on President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to stand down. Protesters gathered in Giza, Fayoum, Minya, Luxor and...

The European Union announced the lifting of sanctions imposed on the Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives in the eastern city of Tobruk, Aguila Saleh, and outgoing President...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday proposed a regional conference with all Mediterranean coastal states, including the breakaway Turkish Cypriots, to address tensions over maritime boundaries and hydrocarbon exploration...

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is reeking of fake accomplishments. The “conflict”, he has claimed, will be over with the normalisation agreements which Arab countries are seeking with...

A few days after Gaza’s Health Ministry warned against the shortage of COVID-19 testing swabs, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov hailed the World...

Turkey has said that the European Union sanctions on a Turkish firm accused of breaking a UN arms embargo on Libya displayed the EU’s double standards and biased stance,...

The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on a Turkish shipping company accused of breaking a UN arms embargo on Libya and whose vessel was involved in a naval...

Greece prefers the de-escalation of tension in the East Mediterranean rather than EU sanctions on Turkey, the spokesman of the Greek government has said. The tension has arisen due...

The rejection of the Palestinian draft resolution by the Arab League was not a self-inflicted coup de grâce, but rather the last nail in its coffin; the league has...

Turkey and Greece could soon resume talks over their contested Mediterranean claims but European Union leaders meeting this week will not help if they threaten sanctions, Turkey’s presidential spokesman...