Tunisian security forces are using torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions in their war against opposition forces associated with overthrown leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Amnesty International said today....

Qatari Ambassador Mohammed Al-Emadi accused the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank of “hindering” Qatar’s projects in the fields of energy and resolving the electricity crisis in the...

Islamophobia in parts of the world is fuelling terrorism, the head of the United Nations said on a visit to Saudi Arabia yesterday, as anti-immigrant sentiment rises in some...

Libya’s UN-backed unity government yesterday condemned the creation of a “National Guard” by armed groups to rival its own presidential guard in the capital Tripoli. The Government of National...

The UN’s choice of former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad for the post of special envoy to Libya has been challenged by the Trump administration. “For too long the...

Syria’s main opposition body, the High Negotiation Committee (HNC) on Sunday approved a new 21-member delegation, including representatives from 10 opposition groups, for a new round of UN-sponsored peace...

UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer said Sunday that his country has no plans to impose a personal income tax on UAE citizens or...

“Erdoganophobia” has existed in Europe for a long time, based on Islamophobia and xenophobia, Turkey’s EU Minister Omer Celik said in an article published Saturday. The term was used...

The Syrian opposition will announce today its delegates for the next round of UN-based peace talks in Geneva planned for later this month, the main opposition umbrella group said....

Turkey will hold a referendum on 16 April on replacing its parliamentary system with the stronger presidency long sought by incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, electoral authorities announced today....

The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said on Friday she was reassured during meetings with President Donald Trump’s administration that it was committed to full implementation of...

Yemen’s estimated supplies of wheat will run out at the end of March, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Friday in a report. It suggests Yemen, an...

Mayors from Libya’s desert south to its northern shores fear a deal between Tripoli and Rome to fund migrant holding centres in this north African country will simply shift...

Tokyo Sexwale, chair of FIFA’s Monitoring Committee Israel-Palestine, has missed yet another deadline to submit his report to FIFA’s leadership on the matter of Israel’s football clubs located in...

The Saudi-led coalition has intensified airstrikes on the Yemen port of Al-Hudaydah, potentially trapping civilians and endangering a humanitarian operation to import vital supplies, the United Nations human rights...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel in Brussels

In their first meeting, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke “at length” about terrorism, Russia, the Iran nuclear deal...

The Guardian reported yesterday that European diplomats were making a last-ditch effort to draw Russian support away from would-be Libyan strongman and renegade general Khalifa Haftar, and to instead...

The British government today defended its decision to end a programme to take in unaccompanied child refugees less than a year after its introduction, saying the scheme encouraged human...

The United Nations yesterday appealed for $2.1 billion to provide urgent food and humanitarian aid to save some 12 million Yemenis threatened with famine after two years of war...

The ongoing territorial dispute between the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco is one of the manifestations of the unfortunate tragedies of the West’s...

An Iranian bank has filed a lawsuit for losses sustained during years of sanctions against the country, the official news agency IRNA reported. A senior official at the Bank...

Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters resumed a major offensive inside the Daesh-held city of Al-Bab today, a day after they broke through Daesh defences in its remaining stronghold in Aleppo...

Mahmoud Abbas warned on Wednesday that he “may halt security cooperation with Israel” if its settlement policy continues, Arabs48.com has reported. Speaking to the French senate in Paris, the...

While Israel has blatantly violated international law by legalising settlements on privately-owned Palestinian territory, President Mahmoud Abbas is hindering, rather than facilitating, any reversal of such action. The simple...

There is emerging consensus in Libya and the international community to support a change to the composition of the UN-backed government’s leadership, the top United Nations official in Libya...

The Syrian justice ministry yesterday denied the findings published in an Amnesty International report which accused the Syrian regime of executing up to 13,000 prisoners through mass hangings at...

The European Union must uphold its decision to recognise the “separate and distinct” character of the Western Sahara and not give in to pressure from Morocco, an Algerian diplomat...

Some 11,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean Sea for the safety of Europe since the start of the year until 5 February, figured by the International Organisation...

The UN special envoy for Syria on Tuesday issued a warning regarding the lack of humanitarian access in the conflict-ridden country during the month of January. Out of 21 requests for...

Senior Turkish and British government and UN officials condemned a new Israeli bill which legalises settlements built on privately owned Palestinian land. The “Legalisation Law” passed last night allows...

Egyptians have been busy recently with concerns that their country may be heading for bankruptcy, especially in light of a report by the US Foreign Relations Council about to...