International Organisations

There are those who believe that the African Union's decision to grant Israel observer member, in spite of its crimes against Palestinians, is a natural evolution of relations. This...

As a result of the ongoing war in Yemen, more than 74,000 Yemenis have been displaced since the beginning of this year 2021, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)...

On Tuesday, 12 October 2021, the World Bank said that governments around the world have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by launching massive tax, monetary and fiscal stimulus packages....

The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has ruled mostly in Somalia's favour in its maritime boundary dispute with Kenya. In a ruling at The Hague...

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told attendants at the V4 summit that the EU cannot cope without Egypt it's most obvious, external ally. Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger...

The United States yesterday condemned cross-border attacks on Turkish soil and offered condolences for the killings of two Turkish police officers in northern Syria, Anadolu reported. "We condemn the cross-border attack...

People on the packed boat screamed as the Libyan coastguard rammed them until they feared it would sink. They boarded and swung their truncheons and guns at men, women,...

The death of businessman Khaled Al-Adawy is "considered premeditated murder" as he was forcibly disappeared, tortured, and denied medical treatment, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights said in a...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) yesterday warned of the "immediate danger" to the safety and wellbeing of at least 1,000 women and children detained in refugee detention centres...

Algeria is fulfilling its contractual obligations for supplying natural gas to its partners in Europe, state news agency WAJ reported Minister of Energy, Mohamed Arkab, saying yesterday. Arkab said Algeria now...

The European Union has disbursed €92 million ($33.47 million) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), following a delay of donations since the start of the...

Amnesty International yesterday called on Iran to halt the execution of a young man who was sentenced to death for a crime that took place when he was 17...

A US official said yesterday that the White House stands by its calls for oil-producing countries to "do more" to support the global economic recovery, as crude prices recorded...

Best-selling and award-winning Irish novelist Sally Rooney has decided not to publish her new novel in Hebrew, saying she is supporting the cultural boycott of Israel, Haaretz and other media reports...

Egypt ranks fifth worldwide in underreporting coronavirus and first in the Middle East, according to a report published by the World Bank. According to the report, Egypt's ratio of...

Language is politics and politics is power. This is why the misuse of language is particularly disturbing, especially when the innocent and vulnerable pay the price. The wars in...

The European Union yesterday extended sanctions imposed on the Syrian regime for an additional year over the latter's use of chemical weapons against civilians. In an official statement, the...

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is contributing to world peace, justice, and solidarity, the Azerbaijani president said on Monday, as the group marks its 60th anniversary. The Non-Aligned Movement gathered...

The European Union yesterday called for death sentences issued against Yemeni journalists and activists to be revoked. "On the occasion of the World Day Against Death Penalty, the EU...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has offered new financing to the Middle East and North Africa worth $16.6 billion to overcome the COVID-19 crisis, Anadolu reported yesterday. According to the report,...

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres revealed that Morocco has refused to withdraw from the Guerguerat border crossing. The Moroccan government said Guterres was referring to a letter sent...

Four former British ministers have been found to be involved in a secret plan to place the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its police chief as the head of...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported that five irregular migrants were killed, on Friday, after a shooting incident inside a detention center in Libya. This came in a...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday accused Facebook of "wrongfully" removing and "suppressing" Palestinian content during the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip in May, including discussions related to...

The UN Human Rights Council today recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding its weight to the global fight against climate hardship and...

Bahrain, Russia and other members of the UN Human Rights Council yesterday pushed through a vote to shut down the body's war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging...

Israel's apartheid regime became the subject of a dispute recently in the Hebrew edition of the Haaretz newspaper between leading Israeli human rights attorney Michael Sfard and South Africa's Chief Rabbi...

The economic crisis in Lebanon and the accompanying developments at the humanitarian levels in addition to the COVID-19 crisis have had a negative impact on the lives of Palestinian...

Climate change in Afghanistan has not only fuelled conflict, it has also provoked a major refugee crisis. Most of Afghanistan is dry and hot for much of the year,...

Britain, of course, has not reached the stage of starvation yet but, for the first time since the October/Ramadan War of 1973, it is witnessing a great rush for...

After unprecedented raids in western Libya, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that detained migrants are reporting serious abuse, violence and a lack of access to basic services. More...

The UN today sent 63 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Idlib, northwestern Syria. The trucks crossed into Syria through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province, Anadolu reported. The aid will be distributed to...