Turkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday said Turkish citizens deserve visa-free travel to Europe and that the government continues to work on that, Anadolu Agency reports. “Our citizens deserve visa-free travel...

The European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Monday a system to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent US sanctions could be in place by year’s end, reports...

More than 150 countries will join a United Nations conference to adopt a global pact to better handle migrant flows, a senior UN official said on Sunday, less than...

The President of Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has said the European Union (EU) must do more to end the humanitarian tragedy caused by the ongoing blockade of...

The Palermo conference on Libya went ahead as scheduled — 12/13 November — with all of the local protagonists present, along with many regional and international players. Italy finally...

British academic Matthew Hedges arrived back in the UK yesterday with reports claiming he is now looking to sue his Emirati captors who accused him of spying and detained...

Iran’s nuclear chief said on Tuesday he was warning the European Union’s top diplomat that Iranian patience was running out on the bloc’s pledges to keep up oil trade...

The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Monday that its budget deficit for 2018 has been reduced from $446m to $21m. Pierre Krähenbühl made...

Migrants were stranded in Yumurta island in northern Aegean sea

Germany on Monday imposed a travel ban on 18 Saudi citizens over their suspected involvement in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Anadolu Agency reports. “These individuals are the...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said today that Europe needs Turkey. Speaking to reporters on a visit to the Tomb of Gul Baba in Budapest, Orban said the western media...

EU Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini arrived in Algeria on Monday to discuss security, counter-terrorism, and illegal immigration issues. Mogherini was received at the Houari...

Iran almost managed to carry out some of its threats against Europe in recent weeks, but it learned its lesson the hard way and discovered that its agents operating...

Next week, Italy is hosting an international conference on Libya in Palermo, Sicily. Italy has every reason to be concerned about what is happening in Libya, given that the...

UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov has warned Israel that the Palestinian Authority(PA) could collapse if stipends paid to Palestinians killed by Israel are deducted from tax revenue Israel collects...

The US hit Iran with “unprecedented sanctions” yesterday by adding an additional 700 organisations and individuals to its list of entities facing an embargo. The move, which is aimed...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he will work “to change the hypocritical and hostile attitude of the European Union” towards Israel. “This is a process that...

The next round of economic sanctions on Iran, which will start going into effect on November 4, will mainly target the country’s oil and gas industries. These sanctions were...

The wave of Syrian regime “victories” this year has prompted a narrative change among many politicians and media outlets over the past few months. The government of President Bashar...

Among others trying to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Spain is trying to go ahead with the sale of 400 bombs in order to protect a Saudi contract with a shipyard in the Andalusia region that would create 5,000 jobs

Germany, which has pledged to suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said on Saturday it expects the European Union to adopt a...

The Integrity Foundation for Humanitarian and Human Rights (Hayat Haq) has expressed its support for the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which considered that insulting the...

Egypt and the European Union have signed two agreements worth almost $155 million in a bid to create jobs and tackle illegal migrations, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported yesterday. The signing...

The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini yesterday called on the Saudi authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and cooperate fully with the Turkish authorities in the case...

An Israeli minister yesterday belittled the stoning to death of a Palestinian mother by illegal Israeli settlers, calling it nothing more than a “scrap of an incident”. Israel’s Tourism...

Chairman of Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee at the Israeli Knesset Avi Dichter was described on Monday as a “warmonger” and “war criminal” at the EU Parliament, international and...

At least one person has been killed and seven have been injured after a migrant boat heading to Italy capsized off the coast of Tunisia, AFP has reported. According...

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has accused eight European countries of “distorting reality” and “interfering” in Israel’s internal affairs regarding demolition of Palestinian village of Khan Al-Ahmar, news agencies...

London-based rights watchdog Amnesty International on Saturday announced “10 overarching demands” of women and children living in Greece’s refugee camps to overcome human rights violations. In the report published on Saturday, the human...

Turkish Red Crescent President Kerem Kinik on Saturday called for the protection of rescue ship Aquarius, says Anadolu Agency. The Aquarius, operated by the SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), saves...

The Vice Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Anders Primdahl Vistisen, insisted that Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara is not recognised, in the context of the...

A group of Nigerian migrants held in Libya have been released after a video documenting their detention went viral on social media, AFP has reported. The migrants, held in...