International Organisations

More than 19,000 children have been killed in Syria since March 2011, claims a human rights group. Around 92 per cent of them were killed by regime forces, while...

As the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People approaches, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that Israel’s use of excessive force fuels anger and frustration, Almesryoon.com reported...

A member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars has called on the newly-appointed UN envoy to Libya not to exclude any of the Libyan parties from the political...

Israeli companies have begun to relocate their factories from settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in order to avoid labelling their products as a way of circumventing the EU...

The Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs, Abdelkader Messahel, has insisted that his country’s position on the Western Sahara conflict has not changed. “Algeria’s position on the Western...

A senior UN official yesterday described the Israeli policy of demolishing the houses of Palestinians who have allegedly committed crimes as “punitive demolitions” and said they are “form of...

In his address to the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on Decolonisation, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl gave a detailed overview of the restrictions faced by the organisation which,...

The former chairman of the Syrian opposition Transitional National Council (SNC) Burhan Ghalioun has said that the Vienna meeting that concluded on Saturday and led to a consensus on...

The Gulf Cooperation Council petrochemical exports to China rose to about 13.37 million tonnes at a value of nearly $15.15 billion in 2014, a new report by the Gulf...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is unable to finance 60 per cent of people’s needs in Sudan, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported. UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi told...

A Spanish court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials for their role in the 2010 attack on the Freedom Flotilla...

Vienna has announced that it is to build a steel fence along its border with Slovenia to have better management of the influx of refugees, Alamatonline.com reported on Friday....

Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, has written an article published in the Los Angeles Times criticising the international community for not doing more to protect civilians...

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...