International Organisations

The Israeli occupation authorities have denied a work permit for the director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Israel and Palestinian territories, they said on Friday. Israel accused the...

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution unanimously on Thursday to renew sanction measures against Yemen until 26 February next year. The council determined that "the situation in Yemen...

The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected on Wednesday the concept that it must share responsibility for the fate of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa. Read: Russia sends...

The United Nations Security Council will likely vote on a resolution to blacklist 11 Syrian military commanders and officials over chemical weapons attacks as early as next week, diplomats...

Opposing sides in the Syrian war came face-to-face in UN peace talks for the first time in three years on Thursday, to hear mediator Staffan de Mistura implore them...

The situation which Palestinian Bedouins are living in, with a threat of demolition to their houses looming over them, is "unacceptable", UN officials visiting Bedouin communities said yesterday. The...

More than two thirds of the Syrian population live in either extreme or abject poverty as a result of nearly six years of civil war, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for...

The situation in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, in the outskirts of Damascus, is very difficult and tragic, a Swedish aid convoy that recently visited the besieged area...

According to Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, the Palestinian National Policy Agenda (NPA) for 2017 – 2022 is an endeavour that "puts the Palestinian citizen first". The program, which...

Amnesty International yesterday expressed alarm over the health condition of Muhammad Al-Qeeq, a Palestinian prisoner who is on hunger strike in protest against being held under administrative detention. Amnesty...

Six years have passed since Bahrain witnessed an "uprising" that engulfed the small Gulf nation, inspired by calls for regime change across the Arab world. The Sunni monarchy quashed...

A European parliament delegation that attempted to enter the besieged Gaza Strip to assess the residual damage of Israel's 2014 military offensive was denied entry by Israeli authorities today....

UN mediator Staffan de Mistura said today that he expects no breakthrough at Syria peace talks starting tomorrow, but the beginning of a series of rounds of negotiations that...

A major international human rights organisation has said that the Iraqi authorities, Iran-backed Shia jihadists and Daesh militants had all perpetrated war crimes throughout 2016, as a US and...

Algerian authorities regularly jail opposition figures and activist, even those who "peacefully" criticise the government, Amnesty International reported today. The organisation highlighted the case of journalist and blogger Mohamed...

There has been a sharp deterioration of human rights and freedoms across the world, a report by Amnesty International has revealed. Published yesterday, the document said: "2016 saw the...

UNRWA said will be able to complete repair work to all houses in the Gaza Strip which suffered severe partial damage as a resulted of the 2014 Israeli offensive...

Recent reports said that the Arab League is suffering from a severe financial crisis which could force the organisation to move its headquarters from Cairo to Dubai, so that...

Russia's oil giant has signed an agreement with the National Oil Corporation of Libya, it was revealed yesterday. Rosneft Chairman Igor Sechin and NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla signed the...

According to Marta Rueda, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Sudan is taking some very positive steps which are recognised, and… normally that would need to be recognised...

A leader of the Muslim Brotherhood group in Libya, Bashir Al-Kabti, has denounced the statements made by Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar in which he described the Brotherhood as...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull offered a staunch defence of Israel on Wednesday, criticising the United Nations and vowing never to support "one-sided resolutions" calling for an end to...

Amnesty International said on Wednesday US President Donald Trump's "poisonous" rhetoric on his way to winning the White House led a global trend towards increasingly divisive politics in 2016...

The US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance has crossed into Deir ez-Zor province for the first time as part of an offensive against Daesh, a Kurdish military source said...

The trial of the son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi did not meet international standards and he should be brought in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC),...

The Arab League's 22 member states have not been paying their fees, causing it to suffer from a severe financial crisis, diplomats said yesterday. Almesryoon.com reported that the organisation...

Fighters from Daesh are arbitrarily detaining, ill-treating, torturing, and forcibly marrying Sunni Arab women and girls in areas under their control in Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today. The...

Jordanians took to the streets across the country yesterday in protest against price hikes and called for the government and the parliament to be ousted, the Safa news agency...

The prime minister of the Palestinian Authority has insisted that all EU members must recognise the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, Quds Press reported on Monday. Rami...

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj survived an attack on his motorcade on Monday, his officials have revealed. He was en route to the opening of the new criminal investigation...

The Saudi cabinet approved on Monday the selective tax agreement which was given the go-ahead by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) last year to be imposed uniformly across its...

Oil prices inched higher on Monday, as investor optimism over the effectiveness of producer cuts encouraged record bets on a sustained rally, although growing US output and stubbornly high...