Libyan government forces pounded positions of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militias at Tripoli airport, south of the Libyan capital, according to the military on today, reports Anadolu Agency.  Three armored vehicles...

OPEC President Algeria has proposed bringing forward the next meeting of the oil producing group and its allies, known as OPEC+, to June 4 from an earlier plan to...

A mass grave was found south of Tripoli, the Libyan Interior Ministry said today, reports Anadolu Agency. The grave was discovered in Sadiyah area which was recaptured from forces loyal...

Dr Hanna Eisa, secretary-general of the Christian-Islamic Commission to Support Jerusalem and the Holy Sites, called on Friday for the United Nations (UN) to urgently stop Israel’s expropriation of Palestinian lands in occupied Jerusalem....

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday discussed the latest developments in the Libyan crisis. Presidency Spokesperson Bassam Radi emphasised that the two leaders...

The State of Qatar on Friday denied rumours of its intention to withdraw from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), on the third commemoration of the Gulf crisis. Agence France-Presse...

On Friday, the Tunisian Coast Guard announced that three irregular migration attempts to Europe were thwarted. National Guard Spokesman Houssem Eddine Jebabli revealed on his Facebook page that the operation resulted in...

Local government pension schemes hold direct investments worth more than £2.3 billion in companies involved in Israeli war crimes and apartheid, it was revealed this week. The Palestine Solidarity...

Over 10,000 refugees in Greece that have been granted asylum now face eviction from accommodation facilities where they are currently staying, Anadolu Agency reports. The country’s Ministry of Migration Policy plans...

Lebanon has scant chance of securing badly needed aid from the International Monetary Fund as the government fails to enact reforms demanded by donors to address its financial crisis,...

The 30 migrants slain by traffickers in Libya on Wednesday had been abducted while crossing the country in search of work and then tortured to extract a ransom, Bangladesh’s...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman agreed on Wednesday to strengthen coordination to cut oil production and stabilise the global oil market. The Kremlin...

The coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis in Lebanon risks depriving many students of the right to education, a Save the Children report released today says. A survey of 137 Lebanese,...

The Yemeni Network for Human Rights and Freedoms announced in a press statement on Wednesday that it had received a report confirming that two abductees in the central prison...

In the three months that countries around the world have imposed widescale lockdowns that paralysed their economies and decimated trade, we have seen the emergence of grassroots organisations which...

The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic could push up to 86 million more children into household poverty by the end of 2020 if urgent action is not taken,...

The Foreign Minister of Jordan has warned that Israel’s annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank will be a breach of international law, undermine regional peace and...

A spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday that 25,000 families in Yemen will no longer receive aid as of next month due to...

A high-ranking European official said yesterday that the EU intends to extend sanctions imposed on the Syrian government, despite the spread of the coronavirus. The unnamed official told reporters...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday asked the Palestinian Authority (PA) to provide clarification regarding the status of the Oslo Accords, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. According to Haaretz,...

After declaring an end to all agreements with Israel and the US, the Palestinian Authority is struggling to chart an alternative diplomatic path. While Israel has set a date...

Leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has rejected US requests to empower a UN peacekeeping force patrolling the border with Israel, claiming the demands come indirectly from the self-declared Jewish...

As I have said before, I was counting on the Libyan heroes of the February Revolution to continue their struggle against the reckless criminal Khalifa Haftar, and defeat his...

Eurojust, Europe’s judicial cooperation agency, has called for Daesh returnees from Iraq and Syria to be charged with war crimes. The call was made in a new report by...

Turkey believes that the US and Europe no longer trust Khalifa Haftar in Libya, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has disclosed in a television interview. He added that the steps...

Doctors at Mounira General Hospital have resigned on mass to protest against the death of their colleague from coronavirus. The doctors said Walid Yahya, 32, was not given a...

The EU ambassador to Libya has called on warring parties to stop clashes and mark Eid al-Fitr, holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in peace,...

A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean, with the first vessel expected to reach the South American country’s waters on Sunday,...

Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the United Nations (UN) office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, announced in a statement in Geneva that: “Relief organisations in Yemen are operating...

Libya’s Grand Mufti Sadiq Al-Ghariani thanked Qatar and Turkey for their support of the Libyan people’s stability. In contrast, he attacked the United Arab Emirates (UAE), accusing it of...

21 May marked UNESCO’s World Day for Cultural Diversity and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a heavy contributor of UNESCO, released a beautifully shot and edited one-minute video that...

A spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Hami Aksoy, said on Wednesday that his country is not a European Union border guard or a camp for asylum seekers. Aksoy...