International Organisations

We are witnessing another decline in Iraq. The Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Democracy Index indicates another low point, with Iraq falling eight places to rank 124 out of 167...

The World Bank announced a $207 million grant to address food security and malnutrition in war-torn Yemen, Anadolu News Agency reports. The grant, offered by the World Bank's International...

A 27-year-old worker at a Madrid hotel hosting the Morocco team was arrested for an alleged hate crime after posting derogatory comments on Islam and racist slurs against the...

Israeli authorities demolished 953 Palestinian structures in the Occupied West Bank last year, according to the European Union on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "In 2022, a total of...

The Israeli occupation authorities today posted a demolition order for a mosque in the south Hebron Hills area, Wafa has reported. According to Rateb Jabour of the Wall and...

Last month, Israel's National Security Minister, the far-right extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir, sought to facilitate the process for Israeli civilians to obtain firearms, citing a rise in applications since 2022...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian yesterday praised the role played by Doha in the negotiations for a nuclear agreement and the prisoner exchange file with the US. Speaking...

The European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, said on Monday that his visit to Tunisia was a chance to "reaffirm our attachment to the values of democracy, inclusion...

Amnesty International has accused the West of double standards in its dealing with human rights abuses. The rights group makes the allegation in its Annual Report for 2022 released...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani yesterday reiterated the need to help Tunisia overcome the difficulties it faces and address its financial situation by securing a loan from the International...

Given the slow and selective investigations of alleged war crimes in Palestine and Afghanistan, the International Criminal Court's speedy warrant to put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial for...

Twenty years have passed since the US-led invasion of Iraq, with its harsh consequences, severe developmental setbacks and its alienation from its Arab neighbours which conspired against it, as...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the French Ambassador to Ankara, Herve Magro, to protest against the French Senate hosting members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG)....

In its final report released on Monday, the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya expressed "deep concern" over the country's deteriorating human rights situation and that there is reason...

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died after their boats sank off the Tunisian coast as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the national guard announced....

FIFA yesterday canceled the draw for the Under-20 FIFA World Cup that was slated to take place in Indonesia next week, due to Jakarta's refusal to host Israel's team....

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Sunday called on the US to assume its responsibility towards responding to Israeli measures and statements against the Palestinians, Anadolu reports. Last week,...

The Yemeni government on Saturday called on the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to provide help amid heavy rainfalls in the war-torn country. Local authorities said more than 9,000...

Morocco clinched a historic victory against Brazil yesterday in a friendly international match in Tangiers, beating the five-time World Cup winners for the first time ever and during the...

Turkiye's presidential spokesman said Saturday that Ankara has left the door open to Stockholm's bid to join NATO if it shows will and determination, Anadolu reports. "The door is...

The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up the current geopolitical conflict, still in its...

Ethiopian Vice-Chair of the Renaissance Dam Coordinating Council Faqrati Tamru announced on Friday that 90 per cent of the construction of the Renaissance Dam had been completed. Meanwhile, Egypt's...

Israeli Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Ofir Akunis revealed on Thursday that Israel is running a water project in Western Sahara, which it recognises as Moroccan territory, Moroccan...

Most of the roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium ore concentrate (UOC) recently declared missing from a site in Libya have been found at that site, the UN nuclear...

It was a difficult labour for the International Criminal Court (ICC), which came to life in July 1998. Following the First and Second World Wars, projects to establish a...

What are the consequences of the war in Iraq for the US? The US's international credibility was seriously damaged because the invasion was carried out on the pretext of...

Islamic giving plays an increasing role in helping the forcibly displaced people, a UN refugee agency official said on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. At the start of the...

A federal judge in New York has ordered Iran's Central Bank and a European intermediary to pay $1.68 billion in compensation to the family members of US Marines killed...

The Turkish parliament's Foreign Affairs Commission yesterday approved a bill that ratifies Finland's bid to join NATO. Deputy Foreign Minister Burak Akcapar briefed parliamentarians on the proposed bill. "We...

According to Democracy for the Arab Now (DAWN), six renowned Saudi judges and four former justices have been accused of "high treason" and now face the death penalty.

We did not need to hear Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich denying the existence of the Palestinian people and presenting a map of Greater Israel that includes Palestine...

Preparations for the first review of Egypt's economic reform programme with the International Monetary Fund have begun and dates for the review mission will be announced when agreed with...