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Former Sudanese minister, Ghazi Salah al-Din al-Atabani, has said that the Arab and Islamic response to US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel...

Decisions made at the approaching meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will show that US recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital will not be easy to...

Arab foreign ministers late on Saturday urged the United States to abandon its decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region....

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet US Vice President Mike Pence during Pence's visit to the region this month in a snub over the US recognition of Jerusalem...

Muslims around the world have their hearts in their mouths, afraid that Trump will actually acknowledge Jerusalem to be "the eternal capital of Israel". Many Arab and Muslim politicians...

Politicians and religious leaders across the world are united in their condemnation of President Donald Trump's provocative announcement that could see the US recognise Jerusalem as the capital of...

Kuwait's envoy to the Arab League warned on Tuesday of the dangerous consequences of US President Donald Trump's plan to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Anadolu has...

Any move by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital would fuel extremism and violence, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Saturday. He spoke a...

Saudi Arabia and other Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday to discuss confronting Iran and its Lebanese Shia ally Hezbollah, who the Arab...

The Arab League chief has condemned any attempts to instigate unrest and spread tension and strife in Lebanon, calling on all Lebanese parties to uphold the country's interests over...

The Arab League called on all international bodies and organisation to prosecute Israeli leaders and extremists who commit massacres against Palestinians, Quds Net reported yesterday. In a statement issued...

The tide is turning on Israel's narrative and people are now able to see its atrocities

Representatives of the Arab regional offices for the boycott of Israel are holding a three-day conference today at their headquarters in Cairo, Safa News Agency reported yesterday. In a statement the Palestine...

Ministers from the Arab League yesterday called for the UN to unfreeze Libya's international assets. The ministers called for the release of the funds so they may be used...

UNRWA's Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl announced yesterday that his organisation is facing a $126 million deficit this year and will have no money by the end of this month. During...

A prominent Saudi religious leader has been arrested, according to social media postings on Sunday, in what appears to be a crackdown on Islamists seen as critics of the...

The Gulf is no longer a single nation after the recent crisis between the states and their communities. This crisis has done away with the ties of brotherhood, history...

It is difficult to convince Arabs that the Arab League, with all its facilities and components, is of any use. In the face of storms, tremors and crises in...

The Arab League has postponed an emergency meeting of foreign ministers to discuss the recent events in Jerusalem. The meeting was called by Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and...

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.