Qatari Foreign Minister Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has called for better engagement among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members to solve regional crises.  "We are not encouraging the unilateral measures against any country. Sanctions are not the way forward to solve a...

Scores of Palestinian women staged a rally in the Gaza Strip on Monday to demand the release of their relatives held in Israeli prisons.  Protesters waved banners calling for the release of hundreds of Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces.  "Prisoners suffer...

An Israeli Knesset committee approved on Monday a bill that would block early release of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, according to the Knesset (Israel’s parliament). The draft law has been approved by the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and will be put for vote in...

At least 62 al-Shabaab militants were killed over the weekend in a series of airstrikes in Gandarshe, Somalia, the U.S military said in a statement on Monday. The first airstrikes on Saturday killed 34 militants followed by 28 others on Sunday. "All six airstrikes were conducted...