Senior UN official said yesterday that the organisation has been struggling to deliver aid to around 40 per cent of civilians in Syria because of the ongoing struggle and...

A senior leader of Hamas Salah Bardawil said the UN and its Envoy Robert Serry’s decision to halt aid to the victims of the Israeli aggression in Gaza has...

The United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Kyung-wha Kang once again accused the Syrian regime of “using explosive barrel bombings against civilians in Syria”, the Anadolu Agency reported. The UN official,...

The UK’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant “requested to hold a Security Council emergency meeting to discuss the current situation in Lebanon following the...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin cut short his trip to the United States and will returned to Israel this afternoon after two Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah missile attack on the border with Lebanon, the...

The State Department has denied that US President Barack Obama’s administration has changed its position on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, insisting that the US administration does not imagine a...

Former Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan Bin Talal expressed his deep concerns regarding the reports that UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, had suspended aid to thousands of...

Djibouti’s foreign minister demanded the African Union (AU) take strong and clear decisions in favour of the Palestinian cause. The comments came during a closed­door session of the AU’s...

Leader of the Houthi rebels in Yemen Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi yesterday called for a meeting in Sanaa to “review the internal political and security situation” and to take “important, historic...

By international donor standards $720 million is small change. Yet, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has only managed to...

Spokeswoman of the US Department of State Jen Psaki asserted yesterday that Washington’s aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is continuous and no bills regarding cutting the relief have...

The New York-based Human Rights Watch called on Sunday for “an independent investigation into the authorities’ excessive use of force” to quell “apparently peaceful protests”. “Four years after...

One of the repercussions, probably intended, of Operation Protective Edge last summer was to destroy Gaza’s autonomy in a manner that would entail a compromise between resistance to the...

A group of 63, cross-party MEPs have urged EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The Agreement is the main treaty between the EU...

The Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, has called for an “immediate investigation” into the killing of 23 Egyptian protesters on the anniversary of the 2011 revolution which toppled...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has suspended cash assistance for tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for repairs to damaged or destroyed homes,...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has highlighted “scores” of deaths in Egyptians in police custody during 2014, accusing authorities of taking “no serious steps either to improve detention conditions or...

“It is a tragic irony that Israel, which has withstood thousands of terrorist rockets fired at its civilians and its neighbourhoods, is now being scrutinised by the ICC.” So...

Palestinian human rights organisations condemned the Israeli authorities’ decision to ban the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Rashida Manjoo from entering the Palestinian territories. The groups said...

EU foreign ministers have stressed the need to work with Arab nations and Turkey in particular to boost intelligence sharing to counter terror attacks, agencies reported. Following talks in...

Hamas has denied that any meeting has been planned between the movement’s leader Khaled Meshaal and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement, Ismail...

Sudan’s Ministry of Oil yesterday welcomed Turkish investments in the petroleum industry including exploration and oil production in Sudan, the Anadolu Agency reported. Sudanese Petroleum Minister Mohamed Awad yesterday...

Palestinian faction Hamas on Monday criticised a decision by the European Union (EU) to appeal a previous court ruling calling for the removal of the Palestinian group from the...

The European Union decided Monday to appeal a court ruling that says Hamas must be removed from the EU’s list of terrorist organisations, officials said. The General Court of...

Hamas yesterday said the Israeli threats against the International Criminal Court are “an example of the Israeli arrogance which the Palestinian people have been suffering from”, the Anadolu Agency...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that the ICC decision to start a probe into possible Israeli war crimes is “false” because the Palestinian Authority (PA) is...

Palestine representative to the United Nations Ambassador Riyad Mansour said the UN Security Council did not assume its responsibilities towards Palestine or implement its resolutions regarding the Israeli occupation....

The Arab League yesterday authorised its members to seek international support for another UN resolution to end Israel’s occupation of Palestine. The decision was taken at the end of...

The Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has lashed out at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for submitting a request to join the International Criminal Court (ICC. “What happened, especially in...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not hold a summit in the coming weeks, as proposed by his country, for...

The head of the European police agency Europol, Rob Wainwright, said yesterday that up to 5,000 European nationals have joined the ranks of jihadist militants. “We’re talking about 3,000-5,000...

The United Nations said it will launch on Wednesday a new round of talks between warring Libyan parties in Geneva, Switzerland in an effort to end the escalating crisis...