The PLO’s central council on Sunday adopted a plan to pursue attempts to join 60 United Nations bodies and international agreements, according to a statement from the governing body of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. The council, under the auspices…
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Five members of the US-led NATO force in Afghanistan died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country on Saturday, NATO officials said, adding the cause of the incident was being investigated. The crash was the largest single loss of life for…
The death toll from twin jihadist bombings that struck a Shiite political rally in the Iraqi capital ahead of next week’s parliamentary election has risen to 33, officials said Saturday. Friday’s attack by a Sunni militant group came at the height of…
1. For over 2,500 years Iranians have been known for their beautiful and masterfully woven rugs. However, when Iranian…
A key Palestine Liberation Organisation body was set to hold Saturday talks after Israel pulled out of US-sponsored peace negotiations in response to a Palestinian reconciliation deal with Hamas. The meeting of the PLO’s Central Council at its West…
Syria has nearly completed surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile, a joint task force in charge of the operation said Thursday, as UN Security Council members called for a fresh probe into alleged gas attacks. “Today’s operation brings the total…
24 April 2014 – More than 90 per cent of Syria’s chemical weapons material has been removed and destroyed in…
24 April 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Bahrain to stop the…
24 April 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today urged respect for…
23 April 2014 – Calling urgently on Syrian authorities and the opposition to allow aid access, end siege warfare and…
Israel cancelled a session of peace negotiations with the Palestinians scheduled for Wednesday after the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas pledged to form a joint government, an aide to Israel’s prime minister said. “Israel cancelled the negotiations…
Wrapped in a purple shawl, Mirjan wanders downcast among the ruins of the Islamabad slum where she lived, newly demolished. The authorities in Pakistan’s leafy, affluent capital have declared war on the slums, largely populated by Christians and Afghan…
Syria has announced it will hold a June 3 presidential election, expected to return Bashar al-Assad to office, as fresh claims emerged of his regime’s use of chemical weapons. Syria’s first presidential election — after constitutional amendments scrapped…
Saudi Arabia dismissed its health minister on Monday just days after he visited a hospital at the centre of growing concerns about the kingdom’s handling of the MERS virus. Abdullah al-Rabiah was named adviser to King Abdullah and replaced by Labour…
19 April 2014 – Syria has, as of 19 April, removed or destroyed in-country approximately 80 per cent of its…
17 April 2014 – On his first official visit to the Gaza Strip, the new head of the United Nations…
17 April 2014 – Regretting the abrupt halt in talks between the Syrian authorities and the negotiating committee representing civilians…
Palestinian negotiators have warned they may pass responsiblity for their territory back to occupying power Israel if peace talks remain stalled, a senior Palestinian official said Sunday. The official said the Palestinians told US peace envoy Martin…
Weekend drone strikes in Yemen killed more than 40 suspected Al-Qaeda militants, including 30 on Sunday, days after the jihadist network’s Arabian Peninsula offshoot vowed to fight against Western “crusaders”. The United States is the only country that…
Two people were killed Saturday when their car exploded in a Shiite village in Bahrain, the interior ministry said, although it was unclear whether the vehicle itself had been targeted. A third person was wounded in the blast and taken to hospital as…