Australia

Embarrassing revelations of the alleged cover-up by western intelligence regarding how they smuggled Shamima Begum and her two friends from Bethnal Green, London, into the arms of Daesh terrorists,...

An Iraqi security source announced on Friday that vehicles belonging to the Australian embassy had been targeted by an explosive device in Baghdad, with no injuries occurring. Alsumaria TV...

The Jordan Coffee Festival kicked off yesterday in the capital Amman with over 60 brands showcasing their coffee beans, accessories and latte art. Festival founder Anton Bakerjian says the coffee...

Students at Melbourne University passed a motion yesterday in favour of endorsing the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. The Student Union at the university (UMSU) passed the...

The Qatar Central Bank said yesterday that its foreign reserves and hard currency liquidity have increased by 2.8 per cent year-on-year to 211.325 billion riyals ($58.45 billion) in July...

UN experts have expressed concern and dismay over the death of an Australian teenager in a Kurdish-run detention facility in north-east Syria, as Western nations continue to delay the...

The UK's border security agency has likely been "counter-productive" in dealing with migrants and refugees' crossing the English Channel in small boats, a review has found. In the independent...

Two Saudi sisters, who fled the Kingdom five years ago, have been found dead in their apartment in Australia earlier this month. According to the news outlet, Daily Mail...

The UN has called on the Australian government to urgently address the situation for women and children in camps in northeast Syria. UN Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism and human...

Britain is pressing ahead with a policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, despite a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights that stopped the first plane...

Australia's decision to snub a US-led statement in support of Israel at the UN has been applauded by the country's former Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans. The 77-year-old welcomed Canberra's...

Concern about the election of Australia's new left-wing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his political stance on Israel is already making news in local and Israeli media. Outgoing Prime...

An Iraqi man has had his case seeking compensation for the deaths of 35 family members killed in an Australian air strike dismissed. The unnamed man who lives in...

Australia, on Friday, listed the entire Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, as a terrorist organisation, calling the move a deterrent to political and religious violence and bringing Australia in line...

While the crisis in Ukraine is developing on the principle of carousel Hali Gali, many other geopolitical issues are gaining additional importance. In fact, through this crisis, the outlines...

The government of Australia will list the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas as a terrorist organisation. "The views of Hamas and the violent extremist groups listed today are deeply disturbing,...

Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, refused, Wednesday, to condemn Israel, saying "no country is perfect" after Amnesty International said it is "committing apartheid." "Australia has been one of the...

The Home Office's new immigration rules could see over 17,000 mainly women and child refugees prevented from reuniting with family members in the UK in the next five years,...

Mehdi Ali was only 15 when he made the dangerous journey to Australia by boat in 2013, fleeing persecution in Iran, as members of the Ahwazi Arab minority. "Since...

As we followed the various Arab and international events occurring over these past few days, two news items published by some Arab media caught our attention but were completely...

The Israeli embassy in Australia gave $20,000 to the Sydney Festival organisers to allow Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin to perform

An Australian man living in Israel was banned from leaving the country for 8,000 years unless he pays a 'future debt' of over $2.4m in child support, the Guardian...

The UAE is Australia's largest trading partner and second-largest source of investment in the Middle East, Justin McGowan, Commissioner General of Australia at Expo 2020 Dubai said, adding that...

Western countries have condemned the alleged killings of former Afghan soldiers and police, as rights groups demand a probe, the Guardian reported. The US led the chorus of condemnation,...

Australia, on Wednesday, listed all of Hezbollah – a political party and an armed wing, which has considerable power in Lebanon – as a terrorist organisation, Anadolu News Agency...

The Palestinian Authority yesterday called on the United Nations Security Council and Human Rights Council to intervene to release former Palestinian aid worker in the occupied Gaza Strip, Mohammed...

Seven women are suing the Qatari government over invasive strip searches they were subject to last year in Doha Airport. In October 2020 armed guards ordered 18 women off...

The world's biggest climate change culprits spend on average a staggering 2.3 times more on border bolstering than climate finance, Transnational Institute (TNI) revealed in a report. The report,...

The President of the United States (US) Joe Biden has suffered huge reputational damage following the secret pact signed between Australia, the UK and the US, which has become...

When Australia cancelled its French submarine deal and replaced it with a US nuclear submarine deal, Switzerland followed a similar path, deciding to buy the F-35 aircraft from America...

Two months since China's oil imports from Saudi Arabia fell 19 per cent, Riyadh has regained its preeminent position as the main supplier of crude to Beijing. Data from...

The Taliban government banned women from competing in sport, claiming it is "inappropriate" and "not necessary", the Guardian reported yesterday. The claim for banning women competing in sports was...