Judicial

BRUSSELS, The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday unanimously confirmed the admissibility of the case against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi .The ICC in a press release said the Court rej…

BERLIN, Kuwait is a key factor to the stability of the Middle East region, DUE TO its balanced foreign policy, said Vice President of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) Thomas Oppermann Monday.This came during Oppermann’s reception of Kuwait’s A…

KUWAIT: Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) on Sunday referred director general of a public authority to the general prosecution to cross examine charges by Minister of Awaf and Islamic Affairs (justice) Fahad Al-Afasi against him.Dr. Mohammad Bo…

RAMALLAH, Israeli forces early Friday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards and attacked worshippers for the second time, same as last week Friday.The Islamic Endowments department published a video showing the storming of Al-Aqsa.Witnesses said that hundr…

RAMALLAH, Extremist Israeli settlers on Friday set fire to the Shurfat village mosque, near the town of Beit Safafa, south of occupied Jerusalem and wrote racist slogans.Parts of the mosque were damaged in the fire, the official Palestinian Wafa news a…

JEDDAH, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday called for lifting Sudan from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism.The call came during a meeting held between Saudi Minister of the State for African Affairs Ahmad Qattan and visiting US Envoy to …

BEIRUT, Lebanese activists demanding administrative reforms and uprooting corruption have stepped up their demonstrations protesting delay and procrastination of forming a new government.The protestors, according to official and media reports, have cut…

Kuwait, State-run Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) has referred the case of its Twitter account being hacked to the public prosecution, the agency’s Director General and Chairman Shaikh Mubarak Duaij Al Sabah has said.Prosecutors will “thoroughly” investigate…

LONDON, Britain has summoned Iran’s ambassador to the country to protest against the short-lived arrest of London’s envoy to Tehran on Saturday, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.”This was an unacceptable breach of the Vienna Convention…

WASHINGTON, The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), marking the International Human Rights Day, took action on Tuesday against 18 individuals located in Burma, Pakistan, Libya, Slovakia, Democratic Republic of the Congo…

WASHINGTON, The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), marking the International Human Rights Day, took action on Tuesday against 18 individuals located in Burma, Pakistan, Libya, Slovakia, Democratic Republic of the Congo…

BEIJING, Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday highlighted the need to uphold constitutional law in the special administrative region, saying basic law and the constitution form the bedrock of the government.In remarks amid a seminar coinci…

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi parliament on Tuesday postponed a scheduled session to work on reforming the electoral law and the high electoral commission.The presidency of parliament said in a statement, the parliamentary committees needed more time to work out …

BEIJING, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng on Thursday summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad in protest against Washington’s recent law that backs Hong Kong protesters, according to China’s Xinhua news agency.”China strongly urges the…

LONDON, Britain on Thursday stressed that its stance regarding the Israeli settlements is firm and clear, saying the settlements are illegal in accordance with international law.The Israeli settlements constitute a barrier towards achieving peace, and …

MOSCOW, The Israeli attack on Syria is in clear violation of the basic tenets of international law, said Russian on Wednesday.An official from the Russian Foreign Ministry deemed the attack as a violation of global conventions, saying that it might inc…