The European Union yesterday slammed an Israeli decision to deduct $138 million of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s tax revenues, Al-Resalah newspaper reported. Speaking to the Voice of Palestine radio...
The Turkish president said on Tuesday that Turkey would not be able to shoulder a new potential migration wave on its own, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking in Istanbul at...
The fiancée of a Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi paid a visit to the European Parliament today in an effort to champion his values. “I’m here not only as the...
The UK government has expressed concern about Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, responding to a question from Labour MP Richard Burden. In a question to the...
The European Parliament urged Saudi Arabia on Thursday to abolish its male guardianship system, under which women have to seek permission from their guardian on issues such as getting...
European countries tried to pressure the United States to cancel its Middle East conference taking place in Polish capital Warsaw this week. According to Israel’s KAN TV channel –...
The Saudi-UK love affair continues...
A major international conference hosted by the US to build an anti-Iran coalition has been snubbed by senior figures in Europe, signalling a rift between US President Donald Trump...
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The lack of action to bring Israel to account for more than seven decades’ worth of crimes against the Palestinian people is obvious. “Enough is enough” is an overused...
The UK has been discussing post-Brexit trade deals with key Gulf states ahead of its impending deadline to leave the European Union (EU). The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Minister...
Belgian companies supplied illegal chemical agent to Syria
The European Commission is planning on naming and shaming Saudi Arabia by including the kingdom on its lists of countries failing to fight money laundering. The list, which will...
The Arab League has called on European countries to recognise the State of Palestine with-in the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The League praised the European...
The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini said yesterday that a political solution in Syria is a precondition to normalising relations with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, the Anadolu...
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February 4, 2019
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Reuters When plans for a summit between the European Union and the Arab League were first hatched last year, it was envisioned as the start of a new friendship across...
Iran’s top judge said on Monday that Tehran would never accept the “humiliating conditions” set by the European Union for non-dollar trade intended to evade US sanctions, the semi-official...
Israeli authorities impose “systematic legal discrimination” on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, an internal European Union (EU) report has acknowledged. The confidential diplomats’ report, published last July, was...
France, Germany and Britain have opened a new channel for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert US sanctions, although diplomats say it is unlikely to allow for the big...
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Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of the besieged Gaza to show their support for the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and it’s legitimate leader, President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela...
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Venezuela Dubai’s Emirates is exploring switching some orders for the world’s largest jetliner, the Airbus A380, to the smaller A350 in a move raising new doubts over the future of...
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January 31, 2019
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Amy Addison Once again, the US has been exposed as interfering in the affairs of another country. Venezuela went to the polls in May last year and through a democratic process...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran is facing its toughest economic situation in 40 years and that the United States is to blame. The country has witnessed...
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January 29, 2019
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Ramona Wadi Palestinians are in dire need of humanitarian aid. So dire, in fact, that the EU has no qualms about conditioning financial aid in terms of acquiescence to the two-state...
Iran is likely to expand its cyber espionage activities as its relations with Western powers worsen, the European Union digital security agency said on Monday, Reuters reports. Iranian hackers are behind...
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has revealed that his country along with Germany and Britain are to announced a new European-backed system to bypass US sanctions imposed on...
The Trump administration is apparently exasperated at the European Union’s bid to bypass US sanctions on Iran. Infuriated by the EU’s effort to save the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and...
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Yemen The European Union (EU) has affirmed its support for embattled Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, and issued a thinly-veiled rebuke of the Trump administration’s approach to Middle East peace, in...
The Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs has accused the EU of funding NGOs which support BDS, a report issued yesterday said. The report noted that two of the NGOs...
France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that he expected a European-backed system to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent US sanctions would be established in the coming days....
European organisations have been cutting funding to medical centres in Idlib after opposition group Hayaat Tahrir Al-Shaam (HTS) consolidated its control over the northern Syrian province, according to local...
Some 4,883 irregular migrants and refugees have reached Europe by sea in the first 20 days of 2019, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. During the same...