Tag: Middle East

Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered an inquiry into three prominent opposition leaders. The men will be investigated over charges they "incited the overthrow" of President Mohammed Morsi. The three men ...

An Iraqi militia on Thursday issued a threat against Turkish interests in Iraq, responding to what it described as Turkey's "blatant interference" in the country's internal affairs. Relations between Turkey and Iraq have been deteriorating ...

Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu said Cold War ended in Balkans in 1990s and now it was ending in Middle East. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that the Cold War ended in Balkans ...

In 1947, during a meeting at the United Nations (UN) to discuss creating a plan to partition Palestine between Jews and Arabs, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsku declared to the entire ...

The world is rushing towards the new year, with rapid steps. Neither the issues encountered in diplomatic relations, dichotomies nor the contradictions can slow down the desire to move into ...

Politics is everywhere, here in Cairo, Egypt. People are discussing politics while they are walking in the streets, smoking Shisha and drinking Turkish coffee in the local coffee shops. It ...

With its caustic rhetoric on Israel and its gold-for-gas trade with Iran, Turkey is not the deferential U.S. ally it once was as it carves out a growing role in the fast-changing politics of the ...

Main opposition bloc calls for citizens to vote against draft constitution, rather than boycotting poll. Egypt's opposition has called for citizens to vote "no" in a referendum due this week ...

More than half a million people have now fled the conflict in Syria to neighbouring countries, according to the UN's refugee agency. The UNHCR says it has accounted for 509,559 refugees ...

Despite concrete barricades and a heavy military presence in the Egyptian capital Cairo, opposition leaders say they will keep up the pressure on the president to cancel Saturday's constitutional referendum. ...