A total of 45,505 irregular migrants and refugees reached Europe by sea since the beginning of 2019, the UN migration agency said Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. Of that figure, 859 died...

Cycling4Gaza will travel across four countries to highlight the freedoms enjoyed by many in Europe but denied to Palestinians in the occupied territories 

The European Union (EU) invested over $115 million in Israeli-made unmanned drones to police the Mediterranean Sea. The Observer discovered three contracts with Frontex, the EU’s border and coastguard...

The number of Saudi Arabian nationals who apply for asylum in the European Union (EU) has increased by 106 per cent within the first six months of 2019 alone,...

The Iranian tanker caught in a standoff between Tehran and the West left Gibraltar on Sunday night, shipping data showed, hours after the British territory rejected a US request...

Turkish authorities have seized a total of 330 migrants attempting to cross to the Greek island of Lesbos, officials said on Sunday, says Reuters. The coastguard in the Kucukkuyu...

Iran has denied that it has given guarantees to secure the release of its Grace 1 oil tanker, which was detained by Gibraltar last month on suspicion of sending...

A charity rescue ship carrying 134 migrants, mostly Africans, waited off the coast of Italy on Friday as a battle between former political allies in Rome stopped it docking...

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday that six EU countries had agreed to take in some 150 migrants from a rescue ship that Italy had blocked from...

About 147 migrants have been stranded aboard a ship run by a non-governmental Spanish charity organisation in the Mediterranean for nearly two weeks. Both Italy and Malta refused to...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged European countries to take 507 rescued migrants who are currently stranded in the Mediterranean Sea, reports Anadolu Agency. “Many are reportedly...

Iran said today that Britain might free its oil tanker Grace 1 soon, after some documents were exchanged that would help the seized ship’s release, Reuters reported. “Britain is...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States on Monday of turning the Gulf region into a “matchbox ready to ignite”, according to Al Jazeera television, reports...

“There is no national feeling. Between town and town, village and village, family and family, creed and creed, exist intimate jealousies… to render a spontaneous union impossible. The largest...

Flights were suspended Sunday at Libya’s Mitiga International Airport in capital Tripoli as Khalifa Haftar-affiliated forces violated the truce reached on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, Muslim religious holiday,...

John Bolton, US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, arrived in London on Sunday for talks at which he is expected to urge Britain to toughen its stance on...

Israel must halt settlement expansion in contravention of international law, British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said yesterday. The British Foreign minister attacked Israel’s decision to build 2,304 new settlement-housing...

The US-led coalition is planning to increase the overall size of its Syrian partner forces by 10% to prevent the resurgence of Daesh in previously cleared areas of northeastern...

The EU announced on Tuesday €127 million ($142 million) worth of additional fund to humanitarian program in Turkey for supporting refugees, said a written statement, Anadolu Agency reports. The EU’s total...

Iran told European powers on Monday it would further reduce compliance with its 2015 nuclear deal in about a month’s time if they were still failing to protect it...

Iran will take another step to reduce its compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday without elaborating, according to parliamentary...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) appealed Friday to the European Union and human rights organisations to “intervene urgently” to stop Israel’s “ongoing crimes” against Palestinian detainees, Anadolu Agency reports. “The...

Iran yesterday warned it would take steps towards reducing its commitment to  the 2015 nuclear deal signed with world powers. “We are still waiting for the Europeans’ practical and...

Imagine an Atlantic region where Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela teamed up to sign a new landmark NAFTA-like agreement, distributing amongst themselves the oil and natural gas reserves off...

Yesterday, the EU issued two press releases. One feigned belated concern at Israel’s demolition of Palestinian dwellings in Sur Baher and how the settlement expansion policy “undermines the viability...

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday accused Iran of state piracy for illegally detaining a British ship in the Persian Gulf, urging it to release the vessel and its...

Newly elected Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered to take “brave steps” to boost bilateral relations with Turkey, reported by Anadolu Agency.  “I call on Tayyip...

The German captain of a charity rescue ship, under investigation for aiding illegal immigration, said on Thursday she hoped the new EU Commission would work to let boat migrants...

A Turkish diplomat was killed in an attack in Iraq’s Erbil

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday that his country intends to increase its activities in the eastern Mediterranean and will send a fourth oil drillship to the region....

The European Union (EU) has unanimously decided to impose sanctions on Turkey over its drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. As part of the sanctions, the EU will reduce...

The European Union (EU) will invest millions of euros in Israeli start-ups, Globes has reported, as part of a €100 million ($112.3 million) pilot scheme within the European Innovation...