International Organisations

UN envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has requested "full clarification" of reports that the UAE shipped arms to Libyan factions in violation of a UN arms embargo. His comments...

The decision by the UN envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, to step down and take up a high paying job in the UAE has raised speculations about Abu Dhabi’s...

In the wake of the release of Egyptian journalist Hossam Bahgat from state prison, UN officials have reiterated their “grave concern at the situation of fear and intimidation of...

Leaked Emirati emails have shed light on the extent of the UAE’s involvement in Libya over the summer, the New York Times revealed. The emails show weapons were shipped...

The current Palestinian uprising has provided an opportunity to analyse, and reject, the dissociation imposed upon Palestine by the international community. Social media has been replete with graphic images...

The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of National Economy, Abeer Oudeh, has welcomed the EU decision to label Israeli settlement products sold in the European market. She praised the EU decision...

The UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has said that the conditions for the political solution in the country are in place. Hence, he seems to...

Libya's permanent ambassador to the UN has accused the British intelligence services of leaking a lengthy email to the Guardian newspaper which was sent by former UN envoy Bernardino...

The UK is suffering a crisis of “confidence” in its foreign policy, former British diplomats, intelligence officers and academics have warned, the Guardian reported yesterday. The crisis left the...

Russia will deliver the S-300 missile system to Iran, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported a Russian official as saying yesterday. Sergey Chemezov, the head of the state-owned Rostec, confirmed the report,...

Israeil Knesset Deputy Speaker Miki Zohar yesterday proposed a bill that requires Israeli retailers to mark products that are manufactured in countries which boycott settlement goods, local media reported....

The Gulf Cooperation Council is considering the possibility of expanding its power grid to Arab and European networks, a UAE official revealed yesterday. The Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry...

A United Nations official has criticised the storming of a Palestinian hospital in Jerusalem by Israeli troops, saying that Israel should respect the Palestinian people's right to obtain healthcare....

The Association for Victims of Torture and Enforced Disappearance in the UAE said it hopes the Abu Dhabi government will accept the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and...

The European Union has described Turkey’s elections as "a strong commitment of the Turkish people to democratic processes". In a joint statement made on Monday after preliminary election results...

The European Union (EU) on Saturday announced the delivery of the third tranche of a €50-million pledge to support poor and vulnerable Palestinian families in the West Bank and...

Egypt’s representative at United Nations voted on Friday in support of Israel’s bid for membership of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Israeli...

The Islamic Educationa, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) has condemned the Russian airstrikes on a popular market in the Syrian city of Duma, Quds Press reported. In a statement...

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met on Friday ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at The Hague amid continued Israeli violence against Palestinians, Arab48.com reported Palestinian officials as saying. PA...

Israel reiterated its rejection today of the draft resolution proposed by New Zealand in the UN Security Council calling for the revival of the settlement process to resolve the...

The Forum of Palestinian Doctors in Europe has called on the European Parliament to act to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression against Palestinian people in the occupied territories. The...

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) has issued a recommendation to the Egyptian government to take all necessary measures to stop the execution of the Muslim...

Israeli forces have carried out a series of unlawful killings of Palestinians using lethal force without justification, Amnesty International revealed yesterday. In a statement released on its website, the...

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs, Stephen O'Brien, has said that around 13.5 million Syrians are currently in need of urgent humanitarian aid and protection,...

At least 120,000 people have been displaced in three major Syrian cities because of fighting since early October, the United Nations said Monday. The UN humanitarian affairs agency said...

Israel must refrain from taking any unilateral steps in Jerusalem; Anadolu Agency reported a UN spokesperson as saying yesterday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric’s comment came after...

The EU and the Balkans’ summit on the refugee crisis will be useless without the participation of Turkey, the Anadolu Agency reported the Greek prime minister as saying yesterday....

Prior to visiting Jerusalem and Ramallah, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recorded a speech in which the current Palestinian resistance in the West Bank was again mangled beyond recognition. In...

Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah said his country has not ruled out military intervention in Syria if Saudi Arabia and Turkey proposed it pointing out that his country has...

UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) yesterday opened a new refugee camp in the Anbar governorate, west of Iraq, to receive those displaced from areas witnessing clashes between Daesh...

US Secretary of State John Kerry rejected a French proposal on Monday which calls for the deployment of international observers in Jerusalem to oversee the status quo in Al-Aqsa...

The head of the Kuwaiti Parliament Marzouq Ali Al-Ghenim has renewed his call to dismiss Israel from the international union of parliaments as a response to its continued aggression...