Arab Bank, one of the most prestigious banking giants in the world, is currently on trial for allegedly supporting terrorism. The Arab Bank had been charged last week with “aiding terror” by transferring funds to families of Palestinians killed while conducting anti-Israeli attacks during 2005’s Second Intifada. The bank, established in 1930 byAbdel Hamid Shoman, a Palestinian who had worked …

The Australian immigration department has been desperately trying to repatriate traumatized Syrians seeking asylum in Australia detained in offshore detention centers, British daily the Guardian reported on Tuesday. Several emails it obtained under Australia’s freedom of information laws suggested that the Syrians detained had told immigration officials that they will be killed if they go back to Syria, but the …

The United Nations on Monday said that it was ready to check its imports on construction material sent to Gaza to ease Israeli concerns that the supplies would be used to rebuild Hamas’ tunnels. Robert Serry, the U.N. Mideast envoy, told the UN Security Council that the reconstruction of the Palestinian enclave remained the biggest priority once a permanent peace …

Donors from all over the world will meet in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to pledge funds and reconstruct Gaza after a more permanent ceasefire between the Palestinians and Israelis is reached. The funds will be raised under the patronage of Norway and Egypt and will be released to Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority,Norwegian Foreign Minister Boerge …

Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, member of the opposition and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, on Monday announced that it will renounce its parliamentary seats after a row with the government regarding alleged poll fraud. Khan claims that the general elections last year, in which his PTI party came third, were rigged, and demanded that current Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif …

Relations between the United States and ally Israel showed signs of stress ahead of tough talks to extend the fragile ceasefire in Gaza to a more permanent deal. The US denied a report which said that the White House was reducing its regular delivery of military assistance to Israel over concerns of disproportionality of its actions in Gaza. However, the …

On Friday, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said that it needs the world’s help in “sharing the burden” of over 1.2 million Syrian refugees it hosts, especially those not living in refugee camps. Several hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled civil war in their country and sought refuge in neighboring Turkey for the past three years after …

Over 25 prominent Sunni tribes have armed themselves to combat extremists sweeping through Iraq, a tribal leader said on Friday. The uprising in the province of Anbar, where extremists from the Islamic State (IS) hold important territory, came only a day after incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is vilified by Iraqi Sunnis, abandoned his attempt for a third term …

At an emergency meeting of the EU on Friday saw EU ministers agree to provide arms to Iraqi Kurd fighters being overwhelmed by extremists from the Islamic State (IS). Ministers gathered in Brussels in a rear summer meeting, facing calls to stop what Germany has called as a slaughter of civilians. “Iraq is on the brink of a true catastrophe. …

Late on Wednesday night, Israeli police arrested 52 Palestinians in East Jerusalem for alleged rioting, taking the total number of such arrests to over 600 since early July. On Thursday, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that more arrests are to be expected. “The majority of the incidents occurred in east Jerusalem against police officers who were on patrol; throwing …