Bahrain announced on Monday 24 deaths from COVID-19 - the highest figure since the pandemic began. The number of cases in the kingdom has increased sharply during May, with 3,177 new infections reported on Sunday...

Lebanese political parties have reacted strongly to a Beirut demonstration on Sunday by the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), with the speaker of the Lebanese parliament reiterating the need for a national government on Monday...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday called for “liberating the state from corruption,” in a tweet marking 21 years since the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon...

The European Union and the United States said Monday they will seek to impose punitive measures against the Lukashenko regime over its arrest of Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich after his commercial flight en route from Greece to Lithuania was...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Monday to travel to the Middle East following the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that ended nearly two weeks of violence in Gaza...

Mali's military on Monday arrested the country's interim president, premier and defense chief, transporting them to a military base, news outlets reported...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the appointment Monday of David Barnea as the new head of the country’s intelligence service Mossad...

Japan on Monday launched a mass vaccination campaign in at least two provinces as Olympics and Paralympics games near...

Lawmakers in Ireland have submitted a draft resolution to expel the Israeli ambassador from the country over the regime’s latest atrocities against occupied Palestinian territories before it was forced to accept a ceasefire deal...

A stabbing attack was reported near the Ammunition Hill Memorial Site in Jerusalem on Monday.  #BREAKING A man is wounded moderately in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem — Guy Elster (@guyelster) May 24, 2021 One soldier was reportedly stabb...

 Hamas says the Palestinian resistance movement is prepared to confront any fresh attempt by the Israeli regime to infringe on the holy occupied city of al-Quds...

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has for the first time appeared in person at a court hearing on a myriad of charges brought against her by the military junta, which overthrew her government in a February coup...

Tens of thousands of marchers packed the main street of Pakistan's commercial capital on Sunday to voice solidarity with Palestinians...

France’s foreign minister has expressed rare concern over the recent Israeli violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem al-Quds and elsewhere, warning of the risk of “long-lasting apartheid”...

The United States has announced sweeping new restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia over the conflict in Tigray, which has plunged the northern region into a political and humanitarian crisis...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration remains committed to providing Israel with what it needs to defend itself following the regime’s recent brutal airstrikes on Palestinians...

A female journalist fired by The Associated Press over her criticism of Israel and support for the people of Palestine, says she will not be intimidated into silence and will continue to support Palestine...

Hundreds of people including members of George Floyd’s family have held a rally to mark the first anniversary of his death in Minneapolis, Minnesota...

Iran’s parliament speaker said on Sunday that a three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog had expired as of Saturday, Iran’s state TV reported, adding that the agency would no longer access images of nuclear sites...

A spokesman for Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said the country was pursuing political negotiations between Israel and Palestine and cautioned that the ceasefire agreement did not represent an end to the conflict...