“No one can take a drop of water from Egypt,” Egypt’s Sisi says on GERD dispute, warning Ethiopia dam risks ‘unimaginable instability’, and that Egyptian response will be felt if the country’s water supply is [ More … ]
US president says sites ‘will be hit very fast and very hard’ if Iran takes revenge for Soleimani assassination US President Donald Trump threatened that 52 “high level” Iranian targets “will be hit very fast” [ More … ]
Europe will be increasingly at risk from terrorists posing as migrants unless western capitals help Libya to stem the numbers crossing the Mediterranean, the country’s prime minister has told The Times. Fayez al-Serraj, head of [ More … ]
Russia says it sees U.S. downing of Syrian plane an act of aggression; says any aircraft in its area of operation is considered a target Russia on Monday threatened to intercept any aircraft in its [ More … ]
The US Embassy’s security message prohibits US citizens in Egypt from visiting religious sites outside Greater Cairo The US Embassy in Cairo released on Monday a security message for US nationals in Egypt warning of [ More … ]
We hope that other signatory states will not follow Trump’s example on climate change deal, says Turkish negotiator Turkey has called on other signatory countries of the Paris climate deal to continue the fight against [ More … ]
One day after an Israeli official announced in a BBC Arabic interview that Israel would be reducing its electricity supply to the Gaza Strip, the Hamas movement released a statement on Friday warning the Israeli [ More … ]
Turkey on Friday warned the Greek Cypriot administration against staking exclusive claims on natural resources of the divided island. A Foreign Ministry statement accused the Greek side of failing to accept Turkish Cypriots as politically [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has sent a letter to his Greek counterpart Aleksis Tsipras to convey Ankara’s disappointment at the court decision rejecting the extradition of eight Turkish soldiers, calling on the Greek government [ More … ]
New National Security Adviser Flynn uses first public remarks to warn Iran after missile test Donald Trump’s White House signalled a tougher stance towards Iran on Wednesday, condemning a recent missile test and declaring America [ More … ]
– Deputy prime minister says post-liberation period will be priority – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus on Thursday warned against allowing other groups to become established in the Iraqi city of Mosul after it is [ More … ]
The U.S. State Department advised the American citizens to avoid Gaza and limit travel to the West Bank after a Palestinian rocket attack led to Israeli bombings in Gaza. In a travel warning issued Tuesday, [ More … ]
The UN chief for aid and development for Palestine has warned of the potential humanitarian fallout from a scandal around aid agency funds allegedly being diverted to Hamas, according to Anadolu Agency. Robert Piper called [ More … ]
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has warned Israel of the possible repercussions of ongoing “secret excavations” currently underway in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu Agency reported. In a Wednesday statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the excavations [ More … ]
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