16+ min ago   (223+ words) Protests have erupted across several cities in Syria after the government increased fuel prices, with demonstrators blocking a main highway for several hours. The government raised prices on Sunday by up to 40 percent on diesel and 28 percent on petrol, in…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (991+ words) KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan have called for stronger regional and global security cooperation, joint efforts to address common security threats and greater economic connectivity, while assuring that Afghan soil will not be used against others. The Ministry of Interior Affairs said…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (446+ words) DUBAI: Bahrain said on Saturday that it would not take part in a proposed meeting between Gulf states and Iran in Oman to discuss the Strait of Hormuz until diplomatic relations between Manama and Tehran had been restored. Citing Iranian…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (619+ words) I was not surprised when I heard the speech by Ed Miliband, the British foreign secretary, in which he announced that Britain would impose sanctions against settlers involved in acts of terrorism in the West Bank. The extensive construction initiative…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (325+ words) Algeria says it has decided ⁠to cut diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates after what it described as a series of “provocative or hostile” actions by Abu Dhabi despite “repeated warnings”. Algeria’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that ⁠the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (365+ words) RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP): A top Palestinian official on Thursday said legislative elections due to be held in late November won’t take place on time, calling for presidential elections first instead. “There will be no elections… We will proceed to…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (490+ words) Thousands of people have rallied in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, in protest against the opening of Israel’s first embassy in the European Union country. The protest on Wednesday came as Slovenia’s nationalist prime minister, Janez Jansa, pushed through a diplomatic reset…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (250+ words) Ljubljana, Slovenia (AFP): Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Wednesday said his country was “not planning to expel or to deport anyone from Gaza Strip” during a visit to Slovenia for the opening of an Israeli embassy. If someone wants…...

5+ day, 38+ min ago   (166+ words) (Reuters): Israel has informed the British consulate in East Jerusalem that it must close and ‌that diplomats assigned ‌there will ‌lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official and a source familiar with ‌the ‌matter said. British representatives ‌assigned to…...