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The number of asylum applications in the European Union reached 996,000 in 2022, the highest in six years, according to an annual report published by the European Union Agency...

Although geographically distant, Argentina has a history of solidarity with Palestine. Before the approval of the UN Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947, the South American country was a...

Many Ottomans who migrated from the Ottoman Empire to Latin American countries in the 19th century in search of a better life and were described as "Los Turcos" (Turkish...

The Palestinian Latin Forum has participated in the second conference of the Palestinian National Union (UPAL) held recently in Barranquilla, Colombia. The conference lasted for three days and was...

Panamanian authorities on Thursday evening detained President of the Brazil-Palestine Institute (IBRASPAL) Ahmed Shehada at Tocumen International Airport and withdrew his Brazilian passport, Quds Press reported. Shehada was travelling to Colombia...

VII Cumbre de la @PPT_CELAC | Unidos, podemos tener una fuerza arrolladora. Para lograrlo, toda América Latina y el Caribe deben integrarse en una sola región que defienda los...

The Municipal Council of the Colombian capital, Bogotá, approved on Thursday, by an overwhelming majority, a proposal to rename one of the city's main streets the "State of Palestine"...

Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed across the world over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to a report published by Reporters...

The acceptance of difference and respect for all, regardless of race or creed, are fundamental Brazilian values which have enabled immigrants to enter Brazil and blend into society with...

In Colombia, where  some 13,000 Palestinians reside, the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro has won the presidential election after he defeated his far-right rival Rodolfo Hernandez. The 62-year-old's victory represents...

Colombia yesterday recognised Morocco's sovereignty over the Western Sahara. During a visit to Rabat yesterday, Colombian Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marta Lucia Ramirez, highlighted her country's...

Egypt is one of ten countries where Apple Inc will not be offering its new private relay service, a feature which will prevent service providers and advertisers from being...

"The Palestinian cause is a trickling genocide, slow but relentless"

Organisations from across Latin America have come together to "strongly condemn brutal Zionist terrorism and the ongoing Israeli atrocities against believers and protesters in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound", they...

A new report by Amnesty International says that health workers, lawyers, journalists and rights activists in several countries including Egypt have failed to get support or funding from British...

A Colombian man of Lebanese descent will be extradited to the US to face money laundering charges, a Cape Verde court ruled on Monday. Special envoy to Venezuela Alex...

Colombian President Ivan Duque has accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of seeking to purchase missiles from its ally Iran. "There is information from international intelligence agencies which work with...

Unique in the modern era, there have been 11 presidents in Latin America with Arab origins (ten plus one President-elect), a result of more than a century of Arab...

Extending UNRWA’s mission is a pyrrhic victory

An ex-Israeli soldier wanted in Colombia for heading a child prostitution ring and sex trafficking offences has been arrested in Portugal. Forty-five-year-old Assi Ben-Mosh – also known as Assi...

Five foreign mine clearance experts were killed in an explosion in Yemen's eastern Marib city on Sunday, according to local sources. A number of mines exploded inside the Saudi...

Colombia's new government said it would review former President Juan Manuel Santos' recognition of Palestine after the previously unreleased decision was made public on Wednesday, Reuters reports. President Ivan Duque...

Three Israelis were arrested over the weekend in Colombia, along with 15 others, on suspicion of involvement in sex trafficking in the tourist city of Cartagena that included the...

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Colombia for the inauguration of the country's new President, Iván Duque Márquez, the international community should clarify its role once and for...

The Colombian government has denied having a diplomatic representation for the Polisario Front on its territory, reiterating its position on the Sahara issue in support of the United Nations...

A former Israeli soldier was deported from Colombia for alleged links to a criminal network suspected of drug trafficking, child prostitution and tax offenses that spanned across several countries...