Darius Shahtahmasebi There are trillions of tonnes of recoverable gas lying underneath the disputed waters off Gaza, Israel, Syria and Lebanon. And the Israelis want to make sure they alone control and profit from it. Few topics rile people up on both sides of the political aisle more than the ...

In Palestine, Israeli occupation authorities refused to issue entry permits to Christian Palestinians from Gaza to visit holy sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem during Easter and Palm today. Palestinian press agency said this is a flagrant violation of the freedom of movement and imposing such ...

Arab League has rejected the US' recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights and renewed a call for establishment of a Palestinian state. In a final statement after a summit in Tunisia's capital Tunis, the Arab leaders said peace and security in the region depends on solution ...

Israeli occupation forces have detained 16 Palestinians in various West Bank cities. A statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Israeli army stormed the cities of Tubas, Tulkarem, Salfit, Nablus, Hebron, Qalqilya and Jenin. It said Israeli army frequently launches arrest campaigns ...

ISLAMABAD * – International day of Al-Quds was observed across Pakistan on Friday with mass rallies held to condemn Zionists’ atrocities against innocent people of Palestine.* In the rallies the protesters also strongly condemned US decision to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem ...

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has welcomed the recent political reconciliation between the Palestinian factions — Fatah and Hamas — but said that this positive development was not enough to tip the scales of justice in favour of their long-suffering under Israeli occupation.“The international ...

United Nations has underlined the need to end Israeli occupation to lay the foundations for enduring peace in the Middle East.  In a message to mark 50 years since the start of 1967 Arab-Israel war, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it is the only way to achieve the inalienable rights ...