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A UN agency has warned of the danger of the collapse of the underground water system in the Gaza Strip. In a report, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)...
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Israeli radio said on Wednesday that Israel has reached an agreement with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to cancel draft resolutions against it planned to be discussed in...
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Emir Tamim bin-Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, said on Tuesday that the people of the Arab Spring countries are now more aware of and more interested in public...
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The International Union for Muslim Scholars has urged all Muslims around the world to consider Friday a special day to support Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa mosque and the steadfastness of...
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On 1 November, Gaza's only power plant, which normally provides around 30 per cent of the Gaza Strip's electricity supply, ran out of fuel. For the past month, Gaza's...
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On Friday the UN High Commission for Human Rights called on the Egyptian coup authorities to put an end to violations against activists and human rights defenders, who are...
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During her Senate confirmation hearing, the newly-nominated US representative at the UN has pledged to fight for Israel to have a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council. Samantha...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has hinted that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad may be tried for crimes against humanity. "The priority at the moment, though, is to bring an end...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that at least ten countries had approved their participation in the proposed American military strike on the Syrian regime. At...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said, on Tuesday, that the use of force was illegal unless it was for self-defence or authorised by the UN Security Council. Analysts said...
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has described US President Barack Obama's remarks to the UN General Assembly about Egypt as "positive" and reflective of "an objective treatment of the...
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On Monday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for setting up a "joint mission" consisting of 100 experts to carry out the dangerous operation to destroy Syria's chemical weapons,...
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In future, the 'State of Palestine' will be the official alternative name for the 'Palestinian Authority' within all UN institutions, but not in Palestinian-Israeli institutions, Ban Ki-Moon has said....
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned that backing off from a military strike against Syria "signals a green light to the Syrian regime to commit more massacres." He pointed...
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This Ramadan, Israeli restrictions on Palestinians worshippers in Jerusalem are as bad as ever. According to a weekly report of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:...
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In a matter of days, US President Barak Obama will seek authorisation from Congress to begin airstrikes against Syria. The members of Congress are being asked to approve "limited"...
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The so-called final status issues will not be affected by the course of the current Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, nor will they be affected by the results of the talks, or...