As pressure mounts ahead of a key UN summit, France is weighing whether to recognise a Palestinian state – a move President ...

Rather than facing total obliteration, Hamas, if they have any rationality, should understand, as did Arafat 43 years ago, ...

The French president spoke shortly after saying his country would recognize Palestinian statehood because it’d be “fair.” By JNS It is time to reform the Palestinian Authority, French President ...

The relationship between Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Daniel arap Moi had deteriorated so badly in the late 1970s during the ...

Late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad was a masterful negotiator, fiercely protective of his image and reputation. He was known for exhausting his guests with lengthy detours into history before ...

Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same ...

After Israel won the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), headed by Yasser Arafat, moved to ...

Arab states formally support the Palestinian cause but security, regional and sectarian tensions have strained their ties with the Palestinians scattered across the Middle East, leading to political ...

When US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus was born on July 10, 1982, the scene was as follows: General Ariel Sharon’s tanks were surrounding Beirut from all sides and his jets ...

“Mithra’ means friend in many South Asian languages, while ‘Vibhushana’ translates to ‘Excellence’ among other meanings. The Mithra Vibhushana was instituted in 2008 by then-president Mahinda ...

As long-jailed dissident Nelson Mandela emerged to become South Africa's first black leader in 1994, the man viewed by many at the time as the Palestinian equivalent, Yasser Arafat, led the ...

Sri Lanka on Saturday conferred its highest civilian honour, the Mithra Vibhushana, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said ...