International Organisations

Kuwait's negotiations with the EU to have its citizens exempt from the Schengen visa are moving forward and is a high priority for the European body, a senior Kuwaiti...

An informal meeting of the UN Security Council is expected to take place on Friday, with the objective of addressing the issue of Israeli settlement expansion. The initiative proposed...

The United Nations' special adviser on sport for development and peace, Wilfried Lemke, has affirmed in a letter to FIFA that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. The...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday urged the UN Security Council to make a formal request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to begin investigations of war crimes in Syria....

Israel's army of occupation announced on Monday that it would be imposing a full security closure on the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem during a Jewish...

The head of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, Anas Al-Abdah, has called on the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to allocate...

Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), led by Saudi Arabia, renewed their support for Morocco and vowed to oppose any attempts that undermine its sovereignty. The GCC reiterated...

Libyan authorities have rejected an Amnesty International (AI) report accusing the Libyan National Army (LNA) of shelling civilians trapped in the Ganfuda area of Benghazi. In a workshop organised...

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein has urged the organisation to cut ties with Israeli and international businesses that are complicit in illegal...

Turkey and Russia are expected to put aside their differences over Syria in a push for ambitious economic projects. President Vladimir Putin will be visiting his counterpart, President Recep...

Iran yesterday offered to evacuate those wounded in the Saudi airstrike that killed 140 people and injured at least 525 people on Saturday. The airstrike was aimed at a...

Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Sunday promised an immediate investigation into an airstrike on a funeral that killed more than 140 people. In a statement published by...

Russia on Saturday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution submitted by France that proposed restoring a cessation of hostilities in Syria's Aleppo. Moscow submitted a draft resolution of...

United Nations aid envoy Stephen O'Brien said he was "horrified and extremely disturbed" by an attack on a funeral ceremony in Yemen that killed more than 140 victims late Saturday....

The European Union called on Friday for Israel to stop the expansion and building of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu has reported. The EU stressed that...

Girls between the ages of five and 14 are spending 40 per cent more time on unpaid domestic chores than boys their age, missing out on chances to learn...

The European Union launched a joint border guard force yesterday as it tries to prevent any repeat of an uncontrolled influx of migrants and refugees last year that has...

The EU yesterday called for respecting the freedom of movement and security in the Bab Al-Mandeb Straits off the southern coast of Yemen, adding that the attack On an...

A Bunyan Marsous (BM) commander has blasted the United States for its "useless" airstrikes in Sirte saying that if Washington had really wanted to it could have liberated Sirte...

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has today called on Saudi Arabia to end "severe" discrimination against girls and to repeal laws that allow the stoning,...

Following fresh allegations of a chemical attack by the Assad regime, US President Barack Obama is considering new sanctions on Syria in a bid to pile more pressure on...

The European Parliament has called for Europe to have a "more pronounced role" in the efforts to reach a peace agreement in Syria. They also called on all parties...

The number of Palestinians injured by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2016 to date has now surpassed 3,000. According to UN OCHA, in...

Violations of human rights in Middle Eastern countries are amongst the highest globally, involving various forms of atrocities, including murder, torture, arbitrary detention and the deprivation of liberties. Various...

Activists who were on board the Women's Boat to Gaza are now in Tel Aviv's international airport awaiting deportation, Al Jazeera reported. According to Al Jazeera correspondent Mina Harballou,...

Some are still following the trail to Washington, as they believe that the solution for Syria might somehow be found there. They are under the illusion that America might...

Russia's Ministry of Defence today said the US should carefully consider the consequences of strikes on Syrian army positions because such strikes would obviously threaten Russian servicemen. Commenting on...

During an interview on Al-Jazeera, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has expressed her optimism about the Egyptian economy. "The measures that the Egyptian authorities...

Daesh fighters are more educated than their average countryman according to a new World Bank study. Entitled "Economic and Social Inclusion to Prevent Violent Extremism", the study looks at...

Pro-government Libyan forces backed by US airstrikes are making advances in Sirte, Daesh's stronghold in the country. The campaign to rid the city of Daesh has been ongoing for...

Amnesty International has called on the Egyptian government to retry six civilians sentenced to death in an "unfair trial" by a militarily court. The imprisoned Egyptians were subjected to...

Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik warned that the planned military operation to retake Mosul from Daesh, could trigger an exodus of 1 million refugees to Turkey. Isik said in...