The Arab League will send delegations to Australia and Brazil to try to dissuade their leaders from missteps on the status of the occupied city of Jerusalem, the bloc...

Israel signalled displeasure on Sunday with Australia’s recognition of West Jerusalem as its capital, with a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it was a mistake to gainsay...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday criticised Australia’s move to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying countries had “no rights” to do so. Australia’s move follows US...

The foreign minister of US ally Bahrain has defended Australia’s formal recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying the move would not affect a future Palestinian state with...

Australia has formally recognised West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but vowed to keep its embassy in Tel Aviv until a peace settlement is achieved. Speaking today, Australian Prime Minister...

The link between western universities and Gulf countries has come under sharp scrutiny following the murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the life sentence passed by the UAE...

Australia’s government met on Tuesday to discuss whether to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, two sources familiar with the matter said, a decision that...

Iran has detained an Australian-based academic on charges of trying to “infiltrate” Iranian institutions, according to official media. Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi was detained as she was leaving Iran, the state...

Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne has urged Thai authorities on Sunday to release a footballer who holds a refugee status in Australia and who has been detained in Bangkok...

FIFA called on Friday for Bahraini footballer Hakim Al-Oraibi, who is being detained in Thailand, to be returned to Australia. Al-Oraibi was detained upon arriving at Thailand’s Bangkok Airport...

The opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison “to abandon plans to move the Israel embassy to Jerusalem”, reported Xinhua. Penny Wong, the ALP’s...

Indonesia rejected a commercial deal with Australia on Sunday due to the possible move of the Australian Embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem, Quds Net News has reported....

Saudi Arabia on Sunday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate a “huge and grave mistake,” but sought to shield its powerful crown prince from...

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Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi yesterday expressed his country’s concern over Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s remarks that the country may move its embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Parliament that no firm decision has yet been made on moving his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to the city of Jerusalem....

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday allowed the Palestinians to act more like a full UN member state during meetings in 2019 when they will chair the...

Australia will consider recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and shifting its embassy there from Tel Aviv, Australia’s Prime Minister said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The status of Jerusalem is one...

A well-grassed wicket might have been the last thing Mitchell Starc expected to see after landing in Abu Dhabi but Australia’s pace spearhead was loath to get his hopes...

Israel yesterday ordered two New Zealand activists to pay 45,000 shekels ($12,000) in damages for persuading pop-star Lorde to cancel her concert in Tel Aviv. The decision was handed...

Last week, prospects for Palestinian development took a step backwards. On Monday, Australia announced that it would stop direct aid to Palestine, citing concerns by Australian MPs over whether...

Australia’s decision to halt aid to Palestinians came after America and Israel put pressure on it to do so, the Anadolu Agency reported a senior member of Fatah’s Executive...

Australia announced today that it will stop direct aid to Palestine following objections from ministers over “martyr payments”. Australia has previously provided 10 million Australian dollars ($7.4 million) of...

Right-wing Australian minister Eric Abetz yesterday called on the country to cut its aid to Palestinian authorities until ‘martyr payments’ cease. The Liberal party member said the payments were...

Israel has “summoned the ambassadors of Spain, Slovenia and Belgium over their votes at a UN body calling for an international probe of the deadly shootings of dozens of...

Dozens of academics at the University of Sydney have declared their support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, reported the Australian. According to the paper, the...

For 60 years, cruelty to animals on live export ships has been kept secret

Lawmakers in Florida have called for New Zealand singer Lorde’s upcoming concert to be cancelled in protest of her support of the boycott against Israel, according to the New...

An Israeli legal rights group announced earlier today that it would be suing two New Zealanders for their part in encouraging singer Lorde to cancel her concert in Tel...

Israel bought a sewage treatment system for the small island of Nauru in the Pacific just two weeks before it voted against a UN General Assembly resolution on Jerusalem....

Australia will end air strikes against Daesh in Iraq and Syria and bring its six Super Hornet planes home after three years as part of the US-led coalition in...

Australian businessman James Packers has confirmed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded gifts for himself and his wife in return for advancing Packer’s business interests, according to the...