The Arab League has warned Israel is “playing with fire” over the “red line” of Jerusalem and its foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday over Israeli-Palestinian...

In April this year, Tunisia signed a declaration to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights which granted individuals and non-governmental organisations the right to access the Court...

The Arab League on Saturday reiterated support for Yemen’s territorial integrity after former Yemeni officials formed a southern council to split from the north. On Thursday, the former governor...

The Arab League today called on the UN to “send an international investigative committee to the Israeli prisons to observe the violations committed against Palestinian prisoners.” This was stated...

The Arab League called on Sunday for international protection for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, Anadolu has reported. Such protection should aim to put an immediate end to their...

Energy ministers of 14 Arab countries signed on Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding to establish an Arab Common Market for Electricity, Anadolu Agency reported. The memo was signed on...

A general view of the 34th meeting of Arab Interior Ministers Council in Tunis, Tunisia

The European Union states will not move their embassies from Tel Aviv to Israeli-occupied Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as the capital of their future state. Read:Arab efforts stopped plans to...

Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech before the recently-concluded Arab League Summit in...

Following more than two days of preparations and pre-summit discussions by foreign ministers, the leaders of the Arab states met last Wednesday on the Jordanian shore of the Dead...

Sudan has strongly criticised the United Nations over reported calls by the UN secretariat-general to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and hand him over to the International Criminal Court...

Continuing consultations and constructive dialogue with neighbouring countries to achieve security and stability are the only ways to resolve the Arab differences with Iran, a Qatari professor said yesterday....

Activists on social media praised Al-Sisi’s departure while Egyptian TV channels stopped their coverage of the summit at the start of Hamad’s speech.

Arab leaders yesterday vowed to continue to seek a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis and maintain their support for countries hosting Syrian refugees. A declaration, agreed upon by...

More than 20 of the world’s most powerful men have come together in Amman for the annual Arab League summit. On paper, these kings, emirs and dictators have the...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyadh Al-Maliki yesterday reiterated that “Egyptian, Jordanian and Saudi efforts” stopped plans to relocate the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Sama news...

Israel is imposing its “apartheid regime” on the Palestinian people based on its governance of the area as “one-state”, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas told leaders at the...

Some 133 Palestinian NGOs yesterday called on the Arab League to take the needed measures to impose sanctions on Israel over its “violation of international law and international legitimacy”,...

The Muslim Brotherhood has called on the Arab leaders meeting in Amman on Wednesday to “overcome their disagreements”, Anadolu reported on Tuesday. In a statement issued by its office in...

Saudi Arabia is said to have rejected the inclusion of the Syrian flag at the Arab League summit due to begin in Jordan tomorrow. Syrian sources pointed out that...

At least 100 observers from the Arab League will arrive in Algeria by the end of this month to observe the legislative elections scheduled for 4 May, a senior...

Arab foreign ministers met in Jordan today to prepare the agenda of the annual summit of Arab leaders later this week. Addressing the meeting, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi...

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said yesterday that the volume of trade among Arab countries does not exceed eight to ten per cent of the total Arab foreign...

Human Rights Watch has urged Jordan to prevent Sudan’s president from entering the country or to arrest him when he arrives for the 28th Arab League Summit. The International...

Leader of the opposition National Umma Party in Sudan, Sadiq Al-Mahdi, called for the Arab League to adopt a resolution against the “financial blackmailing of Saudi Arabia via [the...

The Algerian Embassy in the Egyptian capital Cairo announced yesterday that it had delivered $26.4 million to the General Secretariat of the Arab League, representing its contribution to the...

Flags of the member countries of Arab League are seen on a highway during the 28th Arab League Summit Preparatory Meeting in Amman

Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, has said his country will not invite Syria to attend the upcoming Arab League summit scheduled to take place in Jordan on 23 March...

Iraq is working with Arab States to reduce hotbeds of tension in the region, the country’s foreign minister said yesterday. Speaking during a press conference with the Secretary-General of...

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul-Gheit arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad today for talks with Iraqi officials, according to an Iraqi source. Abul-Gheit arrived in Baghdad for a one-day...

Due to the current situation, Syria will not take part in the coming Arab Summit scheduled on 29 March in the Jordanian capital Amman, the Secretary-General of the Arab...

Several Arab Gulf foreign ministers failed to show up in Cairo on Tuesday for a planned Arab League meeting held to prepare for an upcoming Arab summit in Jordan....