Employees of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Thursday called for a series of measures to be taken in response to recent policy decisions by the agency’s administration.  The UNRWA employees union has called for a “civil disobedience” campaign to include...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday dismissed Lieutenant-General Jamil al-Shammari, an army commander in Basra, against the backdrop of ongoing violent protests in the country’s south. The move came only hours before parliament was scheduled to vote on whether or not to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met in New York on Wednesday to discuss Gaza and reviving peace talks with the Palestinians, officials said. During the meeting, which lasted nearly two hours and took place on the sidelines of the...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of trying to topple his government Tuesday as he poured cold water on the idea of resuming talks with Washington after its pullout from an international nuclear accord. "It is ironic that the US government does not even...