Israeli soldiers shot two Palestinians in a Nakba day demonstration near Ramallah in West Bank. The Palestinians, twenty-year-old Musaab Nuwarah and seventeen-year-old Mohammed Udeh, died of their wounds in a Ramallah hospital on Thursday. The Palestinians were shot in the chest by Israeli Border Police forces during a demonstration held on Nakba, literally translating to catastrophe, remembering the day of …

The UK had changed the status of the London office of the Syrian opposition into a mission on Thursday. The National Coalition, led by Ahmed Jarba, was given a similar vote of confidence when the United Stated states gave it similar recognition 10 days ago. After a Friends of Syria group meeting in London, Foreign Secretary William Hague said that …

UK based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that 850 people have been killed in Syrian security forces facilities and prisons this year. The monitoring group said that the victims lost by executions, torture, due to poor conditions or maltreatment. Six women and 15 children were among the victims, the group added. The monitoring group, …

Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday began debating President Goodluck Johnathan’s request for a six-month extension on the state of emergency imposed a year ago in three north-eastern states most affected by lethal violence. The international community watches on in eager anticipation of Nigerian action as more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been in captivity for over a month …

Ukrainian leaders on Wednesday launched round-table “Unity” talks as a part of a Western push to prevent the country from falling apart. They vowed that they wouldn’t bow to “blackmail” by pro-Russian forces waging an insurgency in Eastern Ukraine. The “Unity” talks do not involve the pro-Russian forces battling in Eastern Ukraine, and are being held two weeks before Ukraine …

Lakhdar Brahimi, in a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, announced that he would resign from his position as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, and said that he was mostly frustrated by plans of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hold elections in June. In the press conference in New York, Brahimi said he would step down …

Pakistan late on Tuesday asked the two Indian journalists stationed in Islamabad to leave the country within a week. The Indian government has criticized the move, calling it a retrograde step which would affect any confidence-building measures between the two rivals and nuclear-armed neighbors. The civilian government in Pakistan has been having a strenuous relationship with its powerful military regarding …

On Tuesday, several coal miners were reported to have died in an explosion at a coal mine in the Manisa province in Western Turkey. According to unconfirmed reports, over 300 coal miners and other workers are trapped underground in the privately owned mine in Soma district. The people trapped are about 4 km away from the mine’s exit, and 2 …

BDS is a ” global movement for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel” which aims to force Israel to comply with international law by using   non-violent punitive measures,like the boycott against apartheid in South Africa. It was initiated by Palestinian civil society in year 2005, and coordinated by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which was established …

An audio tape allegedly made by Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), sharply criticized al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and rejected his call for the ISIL to leave Syria. The tape also urged him to remove Abu Mohammed al-Jolani as the leader of the al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda’s local affiliate in the country. …