International Organisations

European companies have asked Israeli farmers in the Jordan Valley to clearly label their produce as coming from “the occupied territories”, Israel Hayom newspaper reported. Also read: Netanyahu: EU...

Turkey’s president on Monday criticized delays in the payment of a $3.3 billion EU support package for refugees. Under a deal signed in November, Turkey agreed to step up...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Jordan has ended its contract with British security giant G4S, following a campaign by Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) activists. UNICEF’s decision...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is to discuss the refugee crisis with European officials in Brussels today, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The meeting will discuss the issue of...

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday that he has asked his envoy for the disputed Western Sahara territory to meet the Polisario independence movement and Morocco...

The Palestinian sports ministry yesterday called on FIFA to put pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its violations against Palestinian sportsmen and athletes, Quds Press reported. Speaking to...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expects there to be major difficulties in sending refugees back to Syria, Masralarabia.com reported on Friday. Could you make it as a refugee? Since...

Food marketing chains in Germany and the Netherlands have asked farmers in Israel to label settlement products exported to Europe. Israeli Radio today reported that “Israeli farmers in the...

There is a marked increase in the number of women who travel to Iraq and Syria to join Daesh, Italy’s intelligence service revealed in its annual report. According to...

Economic agreements signed over the past 20 years between Tunisia and the EU do not support development in the African country; the Anadolu Agency reported a former senior official...

Foreign military intervention in Libya will only exacerbate the war-torn country’s already dire humanitarian crisis, according to UN deputy envoy to Libya Ali al-Zaatari. ​ In an exclusive interview...

UNICEF Special Representative in Libya Ghassan Khalil has said that Libyan children are living under “catastrophic conditions”, which are becoming more difficult over time. Khalil made his remarks to...

The Japanese government yesterday donated $38.21 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, UNRWA said that...

A man who may have ordered footballers in his own country to be tortured runs for the presidency of the most important footballing organisation in the world, and the...

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...

The trouble with dictators, despots and royalty across the world is that they surround themselves with fawning fools who are too afraid or too servile to tell their masters...

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...