International Organisations

The United Nations has suspended health programmes that were benefiting millions of people in Iraq due to a lack of funding, it said yesterday. The organisation said in a...

The Iraqi war canon has been overtaken by American military accounts. US military titles have been published and promoted with regularity while war literature by Iraqi authors has consistently...

Director-General of the Department of Palestinian Affairs in the Jordanian government Mahmoud Al-Aqrabawi yesterday held an urgent meeting with service and consultative committees in the Palestinian refugee camps to...

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister condemned what he described as "aggressive statements" by Iran on Monday after Tehran accused Bahrain of stoking tension in the region. A spokeswoman for the...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) held an extraordinary meeting for its consultative committee in Amman on Sunday to discuss...

In times when Europeans are experiencing a political shift to the right, immigrants are haunted by legacies of neo-imperial, economic exploitation as well as the long-term effects of the...

The US and several other nuclear-weapon-owning states recently signed an agreement with Iran that would allow the Islamic Republic to continue its peaceful nuclear energy programme while sanctions are...

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has said that the arbitrary detention of minors by the Egyptian regime is "systematic and widespread." According to a case submitted...

Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Volkan Bozkir has lashed out what he perceives to be a difference of treatment by the Western community towards different terrorist groups. Bozkir was speaking...

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme confirmed, on Thursday, that about 9.8 million Syrians are currently suffering from food insecurity, including 6.8 million...

Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Tehran will never accept any extension of restrictions on Iran's nuclear programme beyond the ten years agreed in the...

The top United Nations official in Iraq has said that ISIS is still far from defeat and the gains made by the Iraqi government are still weak, Alamatonline.com reported...

The United Nations has issued a resolution calling for the Egyptian government to clarify the reasons behind the forcible disappearance of dozens of Egyptian citizens, including children, Quds Press...

Experts at the European Council of Foreign Relations have called on the European Union to ensure that Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank do not benefit from Israel-EU...

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, is concerned about the Israeli government's plans to demolish Palestinian homes in Susya, a village south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. "Demolishing...

Israeli bank shares fell by nearly 2.5 per cent on Wednesday after the European Council on Foreign Relations argued that the EU must go beyond labelling products from the...

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane has said that "political, economic and social reforms in Morocco have contributed to the kingdom's stability and security and enhanced its status as an...

A delegation from the European Parliament, including ambassadors from the European Union, has not been allowed to enter the Knesset to meet with members of the Joint Arab List...

The British-based Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) officially gained consultative status at the United Nations on Monday, as a bid by Israel to block the move failed. Meeting in New...

After years of deadlock and months of wrangling, a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers was finally agreed in mid-July. The deal, endorsed by the UN Security...

The European Union is preparing sanctions against five Libyans believed to be obstructing a UN-backed peace deal, Western diplomats said on Monday, after EU foreign ministers agreed to put...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have criticised a UN Security Council resolution endorsing last week's nuclear deal, saying it crossed "red lines" set by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Security...

The United Nations Economic and Social Council has voted in favour of a resolution on the "economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian people's living...

The European Union has called on Israel to "halt plans for the forced transfer of the population and demolition of Palestinian housing and infrastructure" in the village of Sussiya...

The UN Security Council is due to vote Monday a draft resolution endorsing a deal reached on Iran's nuclear program. The vote is scheduled to be held at 9...

The United Nations has refused a request submitted yesterday by Libya's UN Ambassador Ibrahim Omar Dabbashi to lift an embargo on arms imports imposed on the country. The United...

The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O'Brien, expressed deep concern on Wednesday over what he described as the "catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen." He called on all parties...

The UN's special envoy to Syria thanked Turkey for its acceptance of Syrian refugees Wednesday. Staffan de Mistura met Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu in Ankara. "De Mistura...

The FIFA committee which was recently set up to discuss Israeli violations against Palestinian sport is to convene for the first time on 28 July, the head of the...

Hamas described UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's call for the release of Israeli prisoners of war held in the Gaza Strip as "biased remarks". In a statement, the movement's spokesperson...

Using the hashtag #Gaza1YearOn, Palestinians in Gaza have once again been subjected to exploitative oversimplification. In keeping with its neutral agenda, UNRWA has embarked upon another propaganda spectacle under...

A UN-proposed peace deal for Libya was signed late Saturday in Morocco by some parties to the country's ongoing political crisis, including representatives of Libya's Tobruk-based parliament. Representatives of...