Human Rights Watch (HRW) has claimed in a new report that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas routinely arrest and torture opponents and critics, in what have been described...

Egypt has issued arrest warrants for two Egyptian lawyers, who are suspected to have been disappeared by government authorities since mid-September, for failing to adhere to the terms of...

Israeli army yesterday announced that it had uncovered new observation point near the borders with Lebanon used by Hezbollah to monitor the army’s infrastructure in the area, Ynet News...

A US student detained in Israel’s airport for allegedly supporting BDS can enter the country after Israel’s Supreme Court ruled the anti-BDS law did not apply to her case....

Egypt and the European Union have signed two agreements worth almost $155 million in a bid to create jobs and tackle illegal migrations, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported yesterday. The signing...

Iran has begun withdrawing its fighters from areas in northern and northeastern Syria for more than two weeks, Kuwait’s Al-Jarida reported yesterday. According to the paper, the Iranians have...

Chief of B'Tselem slammed Israel's violations against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation “will discuss a bill on Sunday that would subject activists convicted of promoting a boycott of Israel to prison terms of up to seven...

The ICC should expedite the opening of a criminal investigation into the ongoing Israeli crimes against Palestinians and properties as “war crimes and crimes against humanity”, senior Palestinian official...

Amnesty International today warned of a new “zero tolerance” policy by Israeli forces towards Palestinian demonstrators in the occupied Gaza Strip, raising “fears of escalating bloodshed”. In a statement,...

The United Nations has signed purchase agreements with Israeli companies specialising in water and security services worth tens of millions of shekels. The deals have been made in the...

The German Development Bank has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to provide the UN agency with an additional €8 million ($9.2m) to...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday met with the leadership of liberal Zionist advocacy group J Street at his headquarters in Ramallah, reported the Times of Israel. Abbas welcomed...

Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that the Syrian regime is preventing internally displaced people in areas which were previously held by opposition forces from returning to their homes...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda yesterday warned Israel against demolishing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar and displacing its residents saying the action could constitute...

The UN General Assembly voted on Tuesday by an overwhelming majority to grant the State of Palestine enhanced rights and privileges, allowing it to take over the chair of...

Turkey’s release of Reverend Andrew Brunson so that he can return to the US can be viewed as a step towards normalising Turkish-American relations. This could pave the way...

United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told the Security Council today that he plans to step down at the end of November for personal reasons after more than...

As many as 206 Palestinian refugees including 20 women from the Yarmouk refugee camp are secretly being held in Syrian regime prisons, a rights group said. The Action Group...

France is flouting international law by continuing to sell arms to Egypt, despite evidence that they have been used in brutal crackdowns on civilians, Amnesty International has revealed in...

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday that Hamas had crossed all red lines, stressing that the Israeli cabinet “must” take a decision to launch a “serious blow” to...

Israeli ambassador Mark Regev completed a speaking engagement at Queen's University Belfast yesterday, despite protests from a student group

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Michelle Bachelet yesterday called on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the lift diplomatic immunity of its officials in Istanbul...

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday allowed the Palestinians to act more like a full UN member state during meetings in 2019 when they will chair the...

Egypt has reached an agreement on a new $3 billion financing deal with the World Bank, the country’s investment and international cooperation announced yesterday. Sahar Nasr said that she...

The government in Amman kept its promise to open the border crossing with Syria in the event that the latter met the required conditions. This is contrary to the...

Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has sacked Prime Minister Ahmed Bin Dagher, accusing him of “negligence” in running the country, Saba news agency has reported. The Yemeni premier has...

In 2015, Israel approved a law that stipulated a 20 year prison sentence for individuals caught throwing stones. The intention was to target Palestinians involved in resistance activities, despite...

The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini yesterday called on the Saudi authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and cooperate fully with the Turkish authorities in the case...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said yesterday that 2.2 million Yemeni children are suffering from acute malnutrition and need immediate care. “As the fourth year of conflict in...

Israel does not owe its existence to the genocide of the Jews during the Second World War but, without a doubt, the Holocaust played a significant role in speeding...

US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has made her post a “more glamorous” position than her predecessors – as President Donald Trump described Haley’s 2-year term at the...