Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who signed the decree for this year’s elections, has yet to announce whether he intends to run for president...

French outlet Mediapart has revealed how Paris ordered Rwandan war criminals involved in the 1994 genocide to escape...

US President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday approved a nearly $200 million arms sale to Egypt, confirming that Cairo “continues to be an important strategic partner in the Middle East...

A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has highlighted that India will account for the largest share for growth in oil-demand from today until 2040...

Europe’s top human rights court urged Russia on Wednesday to immediately release Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexey Navalny...

After initially blocking the transfer, Israel approves half of the vaccines the Palestinian Authority demanded...

Saudi Arabia wants to mediate between the parties in a longstanding dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam project and hold talks with their leaders, Sudan’s Council of Ministers said Wednesday...

The attempt by Daesh to create the so-called Islamic state in Syria and Iraq attracted volunteers from many nations...

Joe Biden has held his first phone call as president with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had friction with Barack Obama's administration and forged symbiotic relations with President Donald Trump...

Dubai has an escaping Princess problem, caused by domestic violence and forced marriages according to the ex-wife of Dubai’s ruler...

Armed men have abducted hundreds of students along with some of their teachers after attacking their school in central Nigeria...

Another 1.7 million people across the UK who have been deemed by the government to be at serious risk of contracting COVID-19 have been asked to shield themselves from the virus, of which 800,000 will be offered priority vaccination...

Zanzibar’s First Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, who had been undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in hospital, has died, the government announced Wednesday...

Large crowds gathered in Myanmar on Wednesday despite the United Nations' concern over potential violence by the security forces against the anti-coup protesters...

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon more likely to die of virus Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are three times more likely to die of Covid-19 than the population as a whole, according to UN figures that highlight the pandemic's outsized impact on the c...

Iran is positioning itself as a useful ally to US troop withdrawal negotiations with the Taliban. Dependent on both the US and a strong Afghanistan for economic growth, Tehran’s talks with the Taliban could increase the likelihood of a speedy retur...

Britain has demanded the UAE prove ruler's daughter Princess Latifa is alive after 'concerning' videos were released showing her captivity in Dubai...

The normalization of relations with Israel, dubbed a “circle of peace” by Benjamin Netanyahu, and the ensuing business deals that followed have led to a network of new arms deals...

Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced that Egypt has received three shipments of coronavirus vaccines from Sinopharm and AstraZeneca...

Five people have died of Ebola in Guinea, the health agency has said, as the government and aid groups begin to roll out their response to the outbreak...