International Organisations

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday reiterated the importance of accelerating the convention of the proposed French peace conference, the Anadolu Agency...

There is a witch-hunt in the British Labour Party. Britain's Opposition party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is being hounded for not rooting out alleged anti-Semitism in his party. Those leading...

The 14th annual forum of Palestinians in Europe has called on the EU and the international community to take firm actions to stop Israeli expansionist policies in the Palestinian...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is "outraged" by Thursday's attacks on Kamouna refugee camp near the village of Sarmada. Ban called for the situation to be referred to the...

For all its glorification of human rights and dignity, the European Union has not bothered to even conceal its involvement in funding Israeli research for atrocities under the Horizon2020...

NATO has allowed Israel to open a permanent mission at its HQ after Turkey lifted its veto on Israeli activity within the bloc, AlKhaleejonline.com reported. NATO said in a...

The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a meeting today to discuss the crisis in the Syrian city of Aleppo in response to an urgent request from Britain...

  The flag of Palestine has been banned at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said. Audience members have been warned that only flags of...

UN Security Council yesterday condemned the targeting of hospitals and healthcare facilities in Syria, calling it a "war crime", the Anadolu Agency reported. The 15 members of the UNSC...

Scores of journalists gathered in front of the UN headquarters in Gaza City today to mark World Press Freedom Day, calling for an end to Israeli violations of the...

Human Rights Watch has criticised the closure of Al-Jazeera's Baghdad bureau by the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission, saying it is an attempt to clamp down on freedom of...

Disagreement over Ban Ki-moon's position on the Sahara affair peaked in March. Consequently, the UN's annual April meeting to renew the mandate for the Mission for the Referendum in...

A Dutch delegation has visited the Gaza Strip and met with members of the Gaza Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Sunday. The delegation included, head of mission, Peter...

Morocco has criticised the United Nations Security Council resolution to extend its mission in the Western Sahara for another year. In a statement issued on Sunday the Moroccan foreign...

"Paying the price: The cost of Europe's refugee crisis" by Sebastian Dullien  for the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) explores the economics behind the refugee crisis and makes...

"Bear any burden: How EU governments can manage the refugee crisis" by Susi Dennison and Josef Janning for the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), explores the limitations of...

A number of Italian parliamentarians filed a petition to the European parliament calling it to consider Egypt an "unsafe" country after the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, AlMesryoon.com...

Israel's halt of the entry of cement into Gaza has stopped reconstruction work, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed on Friday, according to Quds Press....

Civilian deaths and injuries in Syria revealed a "monstrous disregard for civilian lives by all parties to the conflict", and warned of "military build-ups indicating preparations for a lethal...

First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans said cooperation with Turkey is important, and asked whether the EU achieved anything regarding human rights and the situation of the...

Palestinian suffering and humiliation at the hands of the Israeli occupation occurs on a daily basis and has done ever since the Nakba ("Catastrophe") of 1948, when the ethnic...

Iran has presented its new military hardware amid typically loud statements from Ayatollah Khamenei. Among the equipment Iran has obtained recently is the S-300 missile system, from Russia, which...

Informed diplomatic sources in Geneva revealed yesterday that a new round of talks on Syria may begin in mid-May. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov had announced earlier that...

Yemeni factions resumed their "direct consultations" yesterday after mediation efforts by Kuwait's Emir Sabah Al Ahmad Jaber Al Sabah, a source in the Yemeni government's negotiating delegation said. Al...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 181,476 refugees and migrants entered Europe through the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 while 1,232 drowned on route as of 13 April....

EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said he had discussed with Turkish officials the possibility of offering small loans to Syrian refugees, and whoever...

The random crackdown and the sexualised way in which it occurs, is intended to threaten the volunteers - predominantly women.

We understand from US President Barack Obama's words that he wants to correct his past mistakes in Libya. He said that he agreed with British Prime Minister David Cameron...

  The head of the Legal Committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council accused the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of "conspiring against the Palestinian cause" describing him as "a failed...

Switzerland is working to resolve outstanding issues ahead of reaching internal Palestinian reconciliation, QudsNet reported member of the Fatah Executive Committee Azzam Al-Ahmad saying yesterday. "Switzerland is moving to...

The decision by the French government to call for a consultative meeting in Paris on 30 May to prepare for an international conference on Israeli–Palestinian peace might have caught...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's request to delete the phrase 'death to Israel' from ballistic missiles has stirred controversy, Arabi21 reported yesterday. Iranian news agency Mehr said that Rouhani had...