International Organisations

In an interview with Anadolu new agency, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, said that the EU delayed its response to the refugee crisis. The...

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said that crimes committed by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad were the main reason for the humanitarian crises now being faced...

Last Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people all over Europe gathered outside their respective parliaments to demand policies that reflected the people's solidarity with Syrian refugees. After four years...

An apple a day keeps the occupation away. That appears to be the message from a new Palestinian Authority TV commercial. The apple here is not the famous fruit...

The Yemeni government will not participate in negotiations with the Houthis until the group recognise and accept UN Resolution 2216 which calls for them to disarm, the president said...

Russia has succeeded in minimising the importance of US anger over its support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad after several European leaders called for cooperation with...

Thousands of protesters across Europe took to the streets on Saturday in support of refugees heading for the continent after fleeing their war-torn countries. Local police said at least...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday attacked an EU resolution on labelling goods produced in the occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement released by his office, Netanyahu referred to the...

The European Commission has put an urgent and comprehensive action plan in place aimed at redistributing refugees who are already in Italy, Greece and Hungary, fairly among EU Member...

UNRWA has long propagated the slogan that education is the only hope for Palestinians in Gaza. Undergoing various forms of paraphrasing, the emphasis placed by the agency upon education,...

Palestinians today welcomed the UN General Assembly's decision to raise the flag of Palestine at the UN headquarters. Yesterday's resolution garnered a majority in the 193-member forum, with 119...

Moscow and Tehran will sign a new deal for the delivery of advanced Russian-built S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems "soon", Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov revealed on Wednesday. Speaking...

Turkey and the EU should adopt a common strategy to deal with the refugee crisis, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. Addressing a joint press conference with European Council President...

Nine anti-government defendants were sentenced to death in Egypt on Monday, bringing the number of those handed the death penalty to 680 since 3 July 2013, the Arab Organisation...

Respecting people regardless of their age, race, gender and beliefs is a principle that Europe has adopted as part of its democracy mantra and considers to be an example...

A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) made headlines last week for its grim forecast that the Gaza Strip could be "uninhabitable" by...

The spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has admitted that the political divisions in the Security Council have hurt UN's capabilities to put an end to the Syrian civil war....

Israel is to demolish 13,000 Palestinian buildings, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory (OCHA) reported yesterday. "Official  data  released  by  the  Israeli ...

Member of Fatah Central Committee Nabeel Shaath welcomed the EU plans to label products made in illegal Israeli settlements, Quds Press reported yesterday. This is a measure towards delegitimising...

Syrian refugees and local relief organisations in Jordan have warned of what they're calling a "humanitarian catastrophe" that may affect 229,000 refugees outside the camps who no longer receive...

Nearly 106,000 children have applied for asylum in Europe this year, UNICEF has revealed yesterday, calling on European countries to assume their responsibilities towards them. The organisation said in...

The European Union is finalising its guidelines on the labelling of products made in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said. "The...

President of Tripoli's General National Congress GNC, Nuri Abu Sahmain has criticised an invitation by the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Bernardino León to a...

Many years ago I read Men in the Sun, a novel by late Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. He, along with his young niece Lamis, were blown up by Israel...

John Kerry has revealed that the US has held trilateral talks with Saudi Arabia and Russia over the conflict in Syria. "Resolving the situation in Syria requires cooperation with...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said the sanctions imposed on his country must be completely lifted, not suspended or frozen, warning that the nuclear agreement will collapse if they...

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced yesterday that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has agreed to set up a "UN Verification and Inspection Mission (UNVIM)" in order to allow more commercial...

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Western countries for their policies in the Middle East and North Africa on Friday. In an interview with journalists in Russia's Vladivostok city, Putin...

David Cameron's hard-line refusal to take more refugees from the Middle East is dismaying, especially after the distressing image of a lifeless Syrian child, refused asylum by Canada and...

While eight more countries have ratified an international treaty banning cluster bombs, the deadly explosives continue to be used in Libya, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen, a new UN...

At least 1,325 people were killed in August in ongoing violence across war-torn Iraq, according to a monthly report issued Tuesday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)....

The UN has received $1.77 billion out of the $2.65bn pledged for the Syrians during the donor conference held in Kuwait earlier this year. The details were revealed by...