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Houthi rebels move against allies of slain ex-president Saleh
- Middle East
- December 5, 2017, 15:09
Houthi rebels fighting their former allies in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, have moved against a group of diehard loyalists of the former president who (...)

Trump ‘tells Abbas’ he will move US embassy to Jerusalem
- Middle East
- December 5, 2017, 06:34
US president Donald Trump told Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday he intends to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a Palestinian (...)

Israeli and Palestinian demands kill chances of peace talk restart
- Middle East
- June 13, 2017, 18:38
Fifty years on from the June 1967 war, which demonstrated that Israel could not be destroyed by military means and changed the regional balance of pow(...)

Hamas amends its charter to court Fatah and gain admission to the PLO
- Middle East
- May 2, 2017, 16:57
Hamas’s decision to amend its charter by accepting the creation of a Palestinian state in territories occupied by Israel in 1967 is nothing new. By (...)

Arab League summit rejects ‘foreign interference’
- Middle East
- March 30, 2017, 19:47
Arab leaders have concluded their 28th annual summit in Jordan, denouncing “foreign interference” in their affairs and calling for an end to conflicts(...)

Ireland encouraged to recognise state of Palestine
- Politics
- January 28, 2017, 01:01
A decision by the Government to recognise the state of Palestine would boost Ireland’s campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, the(...)

France to host symbolic event on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Middle East
- January 14, 2017, 01:00
The French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will host representatives of more than 70 countries and international organisations at the Paris Confere(...)

Saudi Arabia a ‘puppeteer’ in proxy wars, Boris Johnson says
- UK
- December 8, 2016, 08:20
Boris Johnson accused Saudi Arabia of abusing Islam and acting as a puppeteer in proxy wars throughout the Middle East, in remarks that flout a longst(...)

Palestinians consider suing Britain as Israel celebrates Balfour
- Middle East
- November 2, 2016, 20:51
Wednesday marked the 99th anniversary of the Balfour declaration, the British government pledge of support for establishing a Jewish homeland in the (...)

Scathing report by MPs damns David Cameron over Libya intervention
- UK
- September 14, 2016, 21:30
David Cameron’s intervention in Libya was carried out with no proper intelligence analysis, drifted into an unannounced goal of regime change and shir(...)