The EU has launched an investigation into claims that Greece is pushing migrants on boats back into the sea.
Indonesian transport minister Budi Karya Sumadi said a box had been found after a plane plunged about 10,000 feet in less than a minute before slamming into the Java Sea.
Indonesian divers hunt seabed for crashed plane's black boxes
Indonesian divers returned to a wreckage-littered seabed off Jakarta hunting for black boxes that will likely be key to unlocking the mystery of why a jet fell from the sky
Turkey invites Greece to maritime dispute talks
Turkey's top diplomat requested that Greece "hold the first meeting in January", while Athens said it had received no official invitation but ...
Sudan voices frustration as latest Nile dam talks stall
Sudan warned it cannot continue the "vicious cycle" of negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia in the long-running dispute over Addis Ababa's ...
History whispers to blockading states as GCC rift ends
Comment: As blockading states agree to end their irrational boycott of of Qatar, Rami Khouri highlights how diplomacy and statecraft also helped preserve the ancient Nabataean Arab Kingdom.
US inks Sudan normalisation deal after blacklisting lifted
Sudan has been de-blacklisted and given access to $1 billion in financing from the World Bank as the northeast African state signs to normalise ...
Malaysian villagers escape floods on excavator as 28,000 evacuated
The number of Malaysian villagers forced from their homes by floods rose to more than 28,000 with at least four dead.
Students protest rector appointed to head Istanbul university
Students see the appointment of Melih Bulu, a member of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party, as a move to ...
EU offers aid, urges Bosnia to rebuild migrant camp
The EU's foreign policy chief said Brussels was ready to increase its humanitarian support for Bosnia after Lipa migrant centre burnt down, but ...
Sudan-Egypt-Ethiopia Nile dam talks to resume Sunday
Sudan's state news agency said officials from current African Union chair South Africa would be involved in the new round of talks to resolve a ...
Ten million children at risk of famine in 2021
Across the world millions are at risk of acute hunger this year.
UK pledges an extra £47m in foreign aid
The United Kingdom has promised an additional £47 million in aid to nearly a dozen countries, including Syria and Sudan.
Egypt summons Ethiopian diplomat over dam comments
Egypt's foreign ministry summoned Ethiopia's top diplomat in Cairo over comments by an Ethiopian official regarding a controversial dam on the ...
Peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur ends, stoking fears
Sudan's United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur is set to end its 13-year operation on Thursday.
NGO demands UAE close its 'secret Yemen prisons'
SAM for Rights and Liberties has accused the UAE of detaining 'thousands of Yemenis'.
Moroccan lawyers mobilise to stop deal with Israel
Taking to the Supreme Court, a group of local lawyers 'demanded a reversal' of Morocco’s normalisation deal with Israel.
Moroccan team in Israel to establish liaison office: source
The Morccan "technical" team are in Israel for a few days, to be followed by a larger delegation at an unspecified later date, a source told AFP.
Loujain al-Hathloul: 'Fierce' Saudi women's rights campaigner
Activists see Loujain al-Hathloul as an "incredible fierce and resolute" champion of women's rights who represented the kingdom's modern ...
Biden warns 'consequences' of Trump block on pandemic relief
The president-elect's words come as Trump blocks a $900 billion pandemic relief package.
Turkmenistan president claims liquorice can cure Covid-19
Authoritarian Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has claimed that liquorice can cure coronavirus in the latest in a series of erratic ...
Netanyahu invites Moroccan king to visit Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Moroccan King Mohammed VI to visit Israel following a "friendly" telephone call.
US Police: Explosion in Nashville believed to be 'intentional'
An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning is believed to be intentional.
Amnesty urges Algeria not to deport Yemen refugees
Amnesty International has called on Algeria to immediately halt the deportation of seven Yemeni immigrants who could face death in their home ...
The migrant volunteers said they were eager to help improve living conditions in the camp.