Category: 3. Middle East

The Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar University has praised the moral and humanitarian commitment of the Slovenian parliament to the Palestinian cause. Dr Ahmed Al-Tayeb made his comment yesterday as he hosted the…

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said Thursday that Iran and the United States were running out of time to secure a deal as they prepare to hold fresh nuclear talks this weekend.

Iranian and US delegations are to gather in Rome on Saturday…

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, Mohammad Eslami, on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington.

Iranian and US delegations are to gather in Rome on Saturday…

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in the town of Mezzouna, in Tunisia’s Sidi Bouzid Governorate, following public anger over the recent death of three students after a school wall collapsed, sources…

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Lebanese ambassador to Baghdad on Wednesday to express “discomfort” with remarks made by Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun regarding the Popular Mobilisation Forces…

Hamas  is ready to negotiate a comprehensive deal once and for all, leading to a permanent ceasefire, a member of the movement’s political bureau said yesterday.

Basem Naim said: “The movement is ready to…

A wave of Israeli air strikes has hit multiple encampments for displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing dozens of people, according to the enclave’s civil defence agency.

Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said…

Russian President Vladimir Putin met a Russian-Israeli man freed by the Palestinian militant group Hamas after more than a year in captivity and promised to help free other hostages.

The Kremlin leader thanked Hamas for releasing the man and said…

Ukraine has reported dozens of civilian deaths from Russian attacks over the past week, including three killed in a late-night assault on Wednesday in the southeastern city of Dnipro.

A child was among the victims of the drone attack, which came…

Another Palestinian detainee from the occupied West Bank city of Nablus died in Israeli detention amid accusations of Israeli ill-treatment of Palestinians in Israeli jails, prisoners’ affairs groups said today.