The Palestinian Authority (PA) has decided to join the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), an official told the Ma’an news agency on Saturday. The head of the international relations and cooperation department in the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Interior told Ma'an that the PA plans to submit a request to join the group in
As Qatar continues its shift away from the Muslim Brotherhood and its Gaza-offshoot Hamas in favor of stronger ties with Egypt, Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal was expelled from the country on Tuesday along with Muslim Brotherhood members. Mashaal and the Muslim Brotherhood members are likely on their way to Turkey according to the
Chaya Zissel had just returned with her parents from the Western Wall when the Arab driver killed her last month. The three-month old flew ten meters from her pram. Four-year-old Daniel Tragerman wasn't able to reach the shelter in his kibbutz during thjis past summer's war. These are just the last two Jewish babies
armed and masked gunmen in central Libya abducted 13 Coptic Christians on Saturday, according to a priest and an eyewitness, several days after seven more were abducted from the same area. The abductors, who had a list of the full names of their victims, went from room to room in the Christians' residence in
Egyptian soldiers firing from across the border shot dead a Palestinian Arab man in the Gaza frontier town of Rafah on Friday, medics said, although the motive was not immediately known. The border troops shot the 23-year-old man "in the back and the bullet settled in the heart. He died on the spot," emergency
The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) envoy to the United Nations on Friday formally requested membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC), which would allow war crimes complaints to be filed against Israel, reports AFP. "This is a very significant step," envoy Riyad Mansour told reporters. "We are seeking justice for all the victims that have
In a recent interview with Russian news network RT, Fatah central committee member Abbas Zaki threatened the US following the Palestinian Authority's (PA) failed UN bid demanding recognition and Israeli withdrawals. "The whole world should understand that the US is an enemy, pushing Israeli extremists to carry on with their actions, depriving us of
Ahmed Bahar, acting speaker of the Palestinian parliament, on Thursday poured cold water on Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s application to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and several other international conventions and treaties. In a statement, Bahar said that Abbas bears responsibility for the applications which, he claimed, do not serve the
After the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) decided last June to name Jerusalem as the "capital of Islamic tourism" for 2016, the OIC on Thursday said its secretary general will visit eastern Jerusalem next Monday and stop at the Temple Mount. The secretary general, Iyad Madani of Saudi Arabia, is to visit the Al-Aqsa
Palestinian Authority (PA) chief negotiator Saeb Erekat announced on Thursday to James Rawley, the UN's Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, which international conventions the PA signed onto the day before in breach of the Oslo Accords. Erekat announced that PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas in a Wednesday meeting not only signed
