CAIRO — Twenty Arab and Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, affirmed their condemnation and rejection of the Israeli attacks on Iran. In a joint statement released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, foreign ministers of these countries (...)
Six activists who were detained by Israel after their boat was intercepted on its way to try to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza have been deported, the Israeli foreign ministry has confirmed.
Earlier, Israeli human rights group Adalah said (...)
Thousands of activists from around the world are expected to descend on Egypt on Thursday for a "Global March to Gaza," a movement aiming to break the Israeli blockade that has pushed the territory to the brink of famine.
Some 4,000 volunteers from (...)
A ship carrying activists to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid rescued four migrants on Thursday after they had jumped into the sea from another vessel to avoid being picked up by Libyan authorities.
The vessel Madleen, which is operated by the (...)
A naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade.
Up to 650 people were feared to have drowned when the overcrowded Adriana fishing vessel sank near Pylos, off the (...)
A federal judge has warned that US President Donald Trump's administration could be held in contempt of court for deporting a group of migrants to South Sudan.
Judge Brian Murphy said the removals could violate his order last month barring the US (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Moscow on Saturday to discuss the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and the broader situation in the Palestinian territories.
The meeting took place during (...)
A US judge in Boston ordered a temporary block on the Trump administration's plan to deport migrants to Libya, saying it would "clearly violate" a prior order he made that ensures their right to due process. The order came after two US officials (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports recorded a high performance in 2024 with a total value of SR515 billion, the highest in its history.
Exports grew by 13% compared to the previous year, in addition to an increase of more than 113% since the (...)
Iran is ready to engage with the US at talks on Saturday over its nuclear program "with a view to seal a deal", its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.
But US President Donald Trump must first agree there can be no "military option", Araghchi (...)
The US and Iran will hold "direct talks" over a possible nuclear deal on Saturday, says Donald Trump.
The meeting has also been confirmed by Iran's foreign minister who said the talks would be "indirect" but could be "as much an opportunity as it is (...)
Libyan authorities have accused aid groups of plotting to change the country's ethnic make-up by encouraging African migrants to stay there, and has ordered them to close their offices.
Ten groups have been singled out — including Doctors Without (...)
A Libyan writer and politician who published documents linking his country's intelligence service to the Lockerbie bombing has been arrested on national security charges.
Samir Shegwara was taken into custody two days after the BBC reported that the (...)
Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed Saturday that the war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) will not end until the group is eliminated from every corner of the country.
In a (...)
Leaked audio instructions by Greek rescue co-ordinators have cast further doubt on Greece's official version of events in the hours before a migrant boat sank along with up to 650 people onboard.
The Adriana went down in the early hours of 14 June (...)
The British Army has said it is ready to deploy to Ukraine if requested by the government.
This week, 2,500 UK troops from the Army's high readiness force, the First Division, have been taking part in a large Nato exercise in Romania — on a training (...)
The external borders of the European Union registered more than 120,000 cases of pushback by national authorities against irregular migrants in 2024, according to a new report by a group of nine human rights organizations.
The report, released on (...)
The bodies of at least 28 migrants have been recovered from a mass grave in a desert in south-east Libya, the country's attorney general said.
The grave was discovered north of Kufra, just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was found on a (...)
DAVOS — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Tuesday that he has "cautious optimism" about Syria. "There is a great opportunity for Syria to move in a positive direction," he said while addressing a session titled "Diplomacy in (...)
President Donald Trump has once again vowed to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, the world's most important effort to tackle rising temperatures.
The first Trump administration made a similar move in 2017, but that step was promptly (...)
Many may perceive the rapid changes unfolding in the region as sudden and unexpected developments. However, a closer look reveals that Saudi Arabia has been diligently working for years to address major challenges and drive these transformative (...)
Ireland has joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.
In a brief press statement, the ICJ said that Ireland had on Monday joined Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Libya, Bolivia, (...)
Fear and uncertainty are spreading across many US college campuses ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration, with some schools advising international students to return early from winter break amid promises of another travel (...)
Javed Iqbal, a Pakistani carpenter working in Saudi Arabia, says he deeply regrets his decision to illegally send his 13-year-old son to Europe.
"The agents had sent dozens of boys from the village to Greece and Italy," he says. "My son, who was (...)
Armed clashes broke out Sunday in the western Libyan city of Zawiya, trapping residents in their homes and causing significant damage to the country's second-largest oil refinery, according to officials.
The fighting involved gunmen loyal to the (...)
