International Organisations

Pope Francis said on Monday that migrants were being exploited as "pawns" on a political chessboard in an apparent reference to the crisis at the Belarus border, Reuters reports....

Saudi Arabia, on Monday, called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, Anadolu News Agency reports. Saudi...

The European Union reaffirmed, on Monday, its willingness to continue talks with the Taliban to reassure delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghan people after a first round of negations...

Syria's Sports Federation has lodged a complaint against basketball's world governing body, FIBA, after host nation, Kazakhstan, played the Iranian national anthem instead of the Syrian one, ahead of...

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), on Monday, condemned a visit by Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, to the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to celebrate...

Over 30 countries have imposed restrictions on travel from southern African countries as concerns rise over a new strain of coronavirus reported in South Africa last week. The @WHO...

Libya's Foreign Minister has apparently told her Moroccan counterpart that her country had conceded the nomination for membership of the African Peace and Security Council for the term 2022-2025,...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday that the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is a challenge to international peace and security. His remarks came in a tweet which...

UN Resolution 181 The Partition of Palestine

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Sunday it has provided humanitarian aid to thousands of displaced Yemenis in the central Marib province, Anadolu reports. "In Marib, displaced families...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has hinted at the possibility of Syria's return to the Arab League during the next Arab summit in March, Anadolu Agency reports. "Syria is supposed...

On 29 November, 1947, the newly-created United Nations (UN) approved the Palestine Partition Plan and started the Nakba process. Nakba, meaning "catastrophe", is an Arabic word used to describe...

The European Union (EU) has criticised Israel's continuous settlement construction and warned that time is running out for the two-state solution with Israel. On Friday, EU Representative to the...

Russia, on Friday, chided the United States for threatening a diplomatic escalation with Iran at the UN nuclear watchdog next month unless it improves cooperation with the agency, saying...

Germany, on Friday, called on Iran to "fully cooperate" with the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and "answer all open questions" about its nuclear program, Anadolu News Agency...

Somalia's international partners, on Friday, called for the ongoing elections for the Lower House of Parliament to be completed in a transparent, inclusive, and credible manner before the set...

The United Nations mission in Libya, on Friday, condemned an attack on a court in the south-western city of Sebha, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Alarmed by" the reported attack...

Current and former UN officials and global legal experts will come together on Monday to discuss the effectiveness of international law with regards to the Palestine issue, Anadolu News...

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, was ineligible to run the upcoming election in December, compounding the turmoil surrounding the vote, Libya's election commission...

It was a surprise when British Home Secretary Priti Patel announced last week that she planned to designate the political wing of Hamas as a "terrorist organisation". The resistance...

A woman or girl is being killed by someone in their family every 11 minutes in the world, UNODC Executive Director, Ghada Waly said on Thursday and Anadolu News...

Twenty-seven prominent NGOs in Greece warned, Thursday, that refugees and asylum seekers face hunger following the government's decision in October to halt services to those whose asylum applications have...

Iran wants the lifting of all sanctions in a verifiable process, its foreign minister said today, three days before nuclear talks resume in Vienna, Reuters reports. Monday's indirect talks between...

Belgium, on Thursday, tried to downplay scuttled meetings by a visiting top Israeli diplomat, insisting that the measures Tel Aviv objects to are long-standing EU policy differentiating between Israel's...

UNESCO unanimously adopted a resolution initiated by Kyrgyzstan regarding the preservation of mountain glaciers, Kyrgyz presidential sources said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The resolution passed during the 41st...

The European Union is ready to provide all the support necessary to help this process along.

Labelling Israeli settlement products "strengthens extremists, does not help promote peace in the region, and shows Belgium as not contributing to regional stability," according to Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister...

Iran has the ability to build a nuclear weapon in a very short time, Commander of US Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie has said, adding that his forces are ready...

The UAE's Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi has been appointed president of the international policing agency Interpol for the next four years. The organisation announced the news in a post...

The United States called on the UN Security Council on Tuesday to "impose sanctions" on any "Libyan or non-Libyan person" who undermines the elections scheduled for 24 December, Anadolu...

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday that the agency was unable to reach an agreement with Iran in recent talks on its role monitoring the...

The number of displaced people in camps in Yemen's Marib province has risen nearly 10-fold since September, with over 45,000 people fleeing their homes as Houthi forces press an...