At least 100 Palestinians have been killed and more than 500 others injured over the past 24 hours as Israeli attacks continue across Gaza despite mounting international pressure and condemnation over its conduct of war.
Eyewitnesses reported (...)
UN ambassadors have condemned Israel's plans to "take control" of Gaza City as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted it was the "best way" to end the war.
During a press conference, which Netanyahu said was intended to "puncture the lies", the (...)
Five members of the UN Security Council on Sunday condemned Israel's plan to occupy Gaza, warning it risks violating international humanitarian law and worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis.
"We condemn the government of Israel's decision to (...)
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session on Sunday to discuss Israel's decision to occupy Gaza City, diplomatic sources said.
The meeting, initially scheduled for Saturday, was moved to Aug. 10 at 10 a.m. local time. No reason was (...)
A European Commission proposal to deny Israel partial access to the EU's €95 billion Horizon Europe research fund failed to garner the necessary qualified majority support when EU ambassadors met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the issue.
If (...)
Despite a report saying there are "indications" that Israel was in breach of its human rights obligations over its ongoing war in Gaza, European leaders could only agree at their council summit on Thursday to "continue discussions" on a follow-up to (...)
For the protesters waving Palestinian flags outside EU buildings in Brussels, it was the moment that everything might change.
An EU report presented to foreign ministers had found there were indications Israel had breached human rights obligations (...)
Israel has said it rejects a decision by the European Union to review the bloc's wide-ranging trade and cooperation pact with the country over its intensified offensive in Gaza.
The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stated on Tuesday that the (...)
More than half of all EU countries intend to make use of an exemption allowing them to go over budgetary limits in order to boost military spending, the European Council has said.
The European Commission proposed earlier this year that members could (...)
The US has twice sided with Russia in votes at the UN to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, highlighting the Trump administration's change of stance on the war.
First, the two countries opposed a European-drafted (...)
Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris has called Israel's decision to close its embassy in Dublin "deeply regrettable" but said his government would not change its position on how the war in Gaza is being fought.
Israel announced on Sunday it would (...)
The European Commission has urged Israel to repeal its recently adopted legislation that bans the UN's Palestine aid agency from operating in the country and forbids Israeli officials from engaging with it.
The ban, the Commission said, is (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia has reiterated its condemnation of Israel's grave violations against international laws, warning that the absence of accountability encourages further escalation and poses serious risks to regional security.
In a speech (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan reaffirmed that the legal and moral responsibility to put an end to the crisis in Palestine lies with the United Nations Security Council. "The Council's discussions have been (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan underscored the need for responsible international leadership after getting rid of narrow political interests. "To get out of the cycle of violence and crises, we must empower (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron has nominated outgoing foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné to become the country's next European Commissioner, after Thierry Breton abruptly resigned from his post and withdrew his bid for a second term earlier on (...)
In a significant gathering held on Friday in Madrid, representatives from the Ministerial Joint Contact Group of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), including the Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, (...)
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met on Friday with members of the ministerial committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit.
The committee, chaired by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, included the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) will host the first international edition of the International AI Olympiad (IAIO) from September 8 to 12, with participation expected from around 25 countries.
The event is being (...)
Norway and Israel have been in a diplomatic dispute for months following Oslo's decision to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that provoked a strong reaction from Tel Aviv. In response, Israel has taken several measures against Norway and the (...)
Three Americans including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who were freed in a prisoner swap deal with Russia, have arrived back on US soil.
Gershkovich, 32, was one of 16 prisoners swapped for eight Russian prisoners in what has been (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia welcomed on Wednesday the ratification by the Slovenian parliament of the government's decision to recognize the State of Palestine.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Saudi Arabia reiterated its call to (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan thanked the European countries of Spain, Norway, Ireland and Slovenia for their decision to recognize the State of Palestine, describing this step as a correct decision at the right (...)
The United Nations General Assembly has enhanced Palestine's rights within the organization and called for it to be accepted as a member.
Palestine has had non-member observer state status since 2012, which allows some rights short of a full (...)
RIYADH — The coordination meeting of the Arab and European countries to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip, which concluded in Riyadh on Monday, called for the establishment of a single Palestinian government in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, (...)
