International Organisations

Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) has called on the European Parliamentary Union (EPU) to withdraw a motion banning its members from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, the Anadolu Agency reported...

Syrian opposition has accused the Syrian regime and its allies of killing 29 people in attacks following the recently agreed cessation of hostilities agreement. In a letter sent to...

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At least 15 people were killed in Syria on the first day of a cessation-of-hostilities agreement between the Assad regime and opposition forces, a UK-based monitoring group has said....

UNICEF’s Special Representative in Libya, Dr Ghassan Khalil, has commended the decision of Al Zintan’s Municipal Council for the release, rehabilitation and reintegration of any child under 18, involved...

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on Friday that the EU is ready to provide clarification and assurances to Morocco...

Morocco has suspended contact with European Union institutions over the European Court of Justice’s decision to invalidate their farm trade accord. “We regret that we must suspend contact with...

The European parliament has called on the EU to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Members of the parliament (MEPs) said that Britain, France and other EU governments should...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday stressed that Egyptian courts are being exploited to punish political opponents. This, the group said, is exemplified in the life sentence handed down, apparently...

Sweden has announced an increase in its annual contribution to UNRWA’s budget to $40.6 million. UNRWA said in a statement that “this 15 per cent increase follows the past...

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann rejected an offer from the Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa for the country to accept 5,800 more refugees than its quota of 4,500, Anadolu reported...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Italy for what it says was the "abduction" of an Egyptian Imam by the CIA from a Milan street in...

Refugee arrivals in Europe in 2016 have already exceeded 100,000, International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement Tuesday. "Greece alone had received some 102,547 arrivals since the...

Libya "stands on the brink of a humanitarian crisis," the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Ali Za’tari, warned yesterday. During a press conference held in the Egyptian...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Monday that the Syrian regime has dropped at least 19,947 barrel bombs on areas controlled by the opposition since the adoption...

The UN Security Council convened on Friday in a closed session for deliberations on Syria. Russia requested the emergency session to demand that Turkey stop its strikes on the...

Education Aid for Palestinians (EAP) in Britain today announced the opening of its first clean water project in a school in the Gaza Strip. The project, the first in...

Turkey's minister of customs and trade has accused European states of committing an "injustice" against Turkey by calling on the country to do more while they struggle to cope...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has declared its "full support" for a decision announced one day earlier by Saudi Arabia to suspend military aid to the Lebanese army and...

Three major agencies announced on Friday that at least "340 children, many of them babies and toddlers, have drowned in the eastern Mediterranean" on their way to Europe since...

A Russian draft resolution demanding a halt to cross-border shelling in Syria has "no future" and is an attempt at "distraction", UN Security Council members France and the US...

The Syrian regime must follow the Kremlin’s advice and recommendations in order to resolve the crisis in the country, Russia's envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin said yesterday. “Russia...

The moral responsibility to save human lives and preserve human dignity in accordance with UN conventions is not limited to some countries or nations. However, it seems that if...

The European Union reiterated its position that the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) remains on its list of terrorist organizations following an attack in Turkey. “The PKK is listed as...

The United Nations' food agency is planning to use a Russian civilian plane to drop food aid in Syria, a UN spokesman said Thursday. Stephane Dujarric told reporters in...

The risks posed by the contradictory US policy in Syria does not only affect the Syrian and Arab nations, but has also spread to threaten Turkey as well. The...

Austria will only accept 80 asylum claims per day, to slow down the flow of migrants on its southern border, the Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said yesterday. The government...

UN Coordinator for Development and Humanitarian Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Robert Piper yesterday called for Israel to “stop destroying Palestinian property in the West Bank and respect...

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov yesterday called on the two rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas to achieve reconciliation based on democratic...

$1.8 billion is needed to address the most critical humanitarian needs across Yemen, the UN humanitarian chief has said. The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien made the...

A Palestinian exodus from the Middle East to Europe is being predicted as tensions between refugees in Lebanon reach breaking point. Nearly two million Syrians have fled their war...

The British government formally published Wednesday new guidance ostensibly intended to “stop inappropriate procurement boycotts by public authorities.” Also read: US to sign anti-boycott trade bill UK to outlaw...