International Organisations

Oil prices increased to its highest in months after the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to curb production for the first time since 2008. In a...

Another symbolic international day for Palestinian rights has degenerated into the usual stale observations and recommendations that do little other than try to impart a semblance of balance between...

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) has released a report highlighting the human cost of landmines last year. The ICBL-CMC is a global network of various...

When Fidel Castro died on Friday, it seemed for a moment that Donald Trump's America would revert back to being a voice on democracy and human rights. Trump's Vice...

The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Riyad Mansour, condemned Israeli policies he described as "entrenching a one-state reality of an apartheid nature", in remarks to mark the...

Human Rights Watch has condemned the Houthis' persecution of members of the Baha'i faith in Yemen. "Arresting someone on the basis of their religious beliefs or compelling them to...

More than 100,000 immigrants from the Horn of Africa have crossed the Gulf of Aden, on their way to Yemen, despite the violent conflict in the country, the United...

OPEC countries are close to clinching a deal to limit oil output, despite their differences. If a deal is reached, it will be OPEC's first production cut in eight...

It came out last month that Israel has been using the cover of the war in Syria to entrench its colonial occupation of the south-west of the country by...

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said that about half a million children in Syria are living under siege amid escalating violence in the country. The agency...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Arab League Council rejected and condemned on Tuesday the declaration by Yemen's Houthis and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the so-called...

A US military investigation has concluded that a series of "unintentional human errors" led to a 17 September coalition air strike that killed fighters aligned with the Syrian government...

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault today called for an immediate United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been...

Human Rights Watch has urged Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to not approve a draft bill that will further regulate civil society, the group said in a statement yesterday. Egypt's...

Saudi Arabia donated $67 million for projects to be implemented in Gaza, West Bank and Jordan by the UNRWA, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. According to a statement issued...

In this fast-paced narrative of diplomatic events, John Quigley illustrates the extension of Zionist colonial violence and manipulation at an international level. The International Diplomacy of Israel's Founders: deception...

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) has designated the week, November 25 to December 3, as the 'Biggest-Ever Campaign' aimed at boycotting Israeli products and those of companies...

Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his hope on Monday that outgoing US President Barack Obama does not support a UN Security Council resolution against the Israeli occupation during his remaining time...

The Syrian army and its allies announced the capture of a large swathe of eastern Aleppo from opposition on Monday in an accelerating attack that threatens to crush the...

Yemen's armed Houthi movement and its political allies formed a new government on Monday, the Houthi-run state news agency Saba reported, in what appeared a blow to UN-backed efforts...

Russia's consistent use of its veto in the UN Security Council has represented a fundamental obstacle to addressing the Syrian conflict, which has been described by UN officials as...

Turkey's strained relationship with the EU has boosted the hopes of refugees aiming to reach Europe. Following the European Parliament's non-binding vote last week to freeze accession talks with...

Tension between the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC oil producers is threatening a new deal that was to be agreed by the end of this...

The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on Sunday began a new tour which will include Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman in a bid to revive...

Several thousand residents of opposition-held eastern Aleppo fled shifting frontlines, residents and a monitor said on Sunday, after a rapid advance by the Syrian army and allied forces that...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the European Parliament to know its limits on Saturday, making it clear that the Turkish government rules the country, not the European body. Erdogan...

As Turkey grapples with a number of serious domestic and international crises, much has been made about its record vis a vis its troubled relationship with the European Union,...

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia is engaged in talks with Saudi Arabia regarding oil production. Russia's Sputnik news quoted the Russian Energy Minister, who replied with...

The editor-in-chief of Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat has resigned days after the newspaper published an article about unintended pregnancies in Iraq's Karbala, a city considered holy by the Shia...

The head of Lebanon's main international airport denied yesterday Israeli accusations that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were using commercial airline flights to ship weapons to the Lebanese...

The European Union should not freeze Turkey's negotiations to join the bloc, Germany's foreign ministry said today, a day after members of the European Parliament voted in a non-binding...

UN Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan De Mistura, said that outgoing US President Barack Obama may keep working until his last day in office to end the war in...