The International committee of the Red Cross warned doctors against force-feeding Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 62 days. Healthcare in Detention Coordinator at ICRC Raed...

The World Heritage Committee in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Monday approved a resolution to place the old city of Jerusalem on the “List...

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the removal of the remaining 7.2 per cent of chemical weapons material from Syria, Anadolu news agency reported. In a statement...

Following the previous lobbying for Israel’s inclusion in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG), the settler colonial state’s alleged isolation has been rectified by the granting of another...

Western diplomats and Iran have started drafting a nuclear agreement following talks that took place between 16-20 June in Vienna, an EU official told reporters on Friday. According to...

The UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added the ancient Palestinian village of Battir to its list of “world heritage sites”, as well as the “sites in danger” list on Friday....

The FIFA Congress decided on June 11 to form a neutral committee to monitor Israeli violations against the Palestinian football team, Deputy Director of International Relations at the Palestinian...

Two major Islamic organisations have condemned the election of Israel to the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation. The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) and the Organisation...

Now in the Washington, D.C. area, Kuttab is founder of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and also a co-founder of Nonviolence International, which just put out a 45-page...

The United Nations has warned that Iraq’s neighbours may be overwhelmed by the mass exodus of refugees fleeing unrest in the country. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio...

The countries participating in the Rome Conference to support the Lebanese army affirmed their readiness to provide it with special technical support. The Conference, which was held in the...

The Syrian regime has agreed to open four border crossings for the safe delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in Syria, the President of the UN Security Council Ambassador...

The EU Court of Auditors has said “there is no evidence of corruption, mismanagement or diversion of funds” received by the Palestinian Authority (PA) from the EU, a statement...

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said Tuesday that Turkey should be included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks between the United States and the EU. Zeybekci met...

Jordanian and UN officials discussed early marriage among Syrian refugees and procedures to register them, during a workshop in Amman yesterday. The workshop was attended by Jordan’s Interior Minister...

President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, currently on a visit to Israel, has called for support of the Palestinian reconciliation agreement. “For the sake of reaching a...

An international committee will arrive in the Occupied Palestinian Territories today in order to investigate the killing of the two young men, Nadim Nuwara, 17, and Muhammad Abu Thahr,...

Turkey’s EU membership bid was discussed by Turkey’s foreign minister and the head of the European Union delegation to Turkey in a meeting in Ankara on Monday. This is...

UN envoy Robert Serry met the ministers of the new Palestinian unity government in the Gaza Strip yesterday and pledged increased UN support and called for the Israeli blockade...

Palestine has succeeded in its efforts to change EU’s negative stance towards the country by responding to the demands of the international community, Palestinian ambassador in Ankara said Saturday....

About 14,000 Libyans and refuges, most of them from Middle Eastern countries, now live in overcrowded prisons in Libya. A UN statement on Friday said the detainees are often...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed Friday his “grave concerns” for the “poor health” conditions of Palestinian hunger-strikers inside Israeli jails. He called on the Israeli authorities to bring...

The European Union has threatened to impose economic sanctions against Israel and has called on it to cancel its settlement projects which were announced yesterday. “We are deeply disappointed...

The United Nations has released another compromised statement from Ban Ki-moon, depicting the organisation’s adherence to supporting the fragmentation of Palestine by amalgamating the concept of peace with the...

The EU issued a statement on Wednesday saying that the Syrian presidential election on 3 June “cannot be considered as a genuinely democratic vote”. The statement criticised the restrictions...

The Elders welcome the establishment of the long-awaited Palestinian unity government. They urge all nations to support the government as it works towards free and fair elections within the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he is both “deeply disappointed” and “deeply troubled” by the US and EU’s recognition of the new...

The European Commission released a statement confirming the granting of €200 million in financial aid to the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA. As on other occasions, the importance of disassociating...

Israel is “deeply disappointed” with the Obama administration’s announcement that it would work with the Palestinian unity government sworn in by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, Israeli...

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said on Monday that Iran has implemented all the practical measures that had been agreed upon, helping the International Atomic Energy Agency...

The EU made a “political” decision to re-instate its election monitoring team in Egypt, despite conditions which fell well below international norms for observing elections, the Middle East Eye...

Spokesperson of the US State Department Jen Psaki said on Friday that the Syrian regime would not be able to destroy the remaining chemical weapons by the deadline June...