Category:Middle East
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This is the category for the Middle East news region. Our news regions often approximate, but do not always precisely follow, traditional regional boundaries. The Middle East is a region centered on the Arabian peninsula (itself sometimes considered a subcontinent) and overlaps parts of Africa, Asia, and a small part of Europe. Latest storiesRefresh this list to see the latest articles.
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This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 31 total.
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Pages in category "Middle East"
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- Man arrested in slaying of six-member family near Tel Aviv, Israel
- Man attempts to bring 700 snakes onto a plane
- Man commits suicide by jumping from Burj Khalifa
- Man who shot Pope released from prison in Turkey
- Manipulation alleged in the "Mohammad Cartoons" affair
- Mansour announces election plans for Egypt after violence and protests
- Many dead in Egyptian resort blasts
- Mass graves of thousands of ISIL victims found, UN reports
- Massive anti-government protests in Egypt continue into second day, several killed
- Masterminds of USS Cole and Limburg bombings escape from Yemeni prison
- Mauritania cuts ties with Israel, expels Israeli diplomats
- McGovern calls for whistleblowing before alleged US attack on Iran
- Mecca stampede kills hundreds
- Media reports: Israeli warplanes training in Iraq
- Michael Jackson shops in women's clothes
- Middle East peace conference begins in Annapolis, Maryland
- Middle Eastern troops enter Bahrain after protests
- Militant leader hanged by Iran
- Militants bomb Gaziantep, Turkey police headquarters
- Militants in Pakistan torch NATO, US military vehicles
- Militants of Palestine Deny Recent Ceasefire Claim
- Military plane crash in Iran, at least 100 dead
- Millions march in France and around the world in support of Charlie Hebdo
- Minibus bombing in Iraq kills nine, injures 24
- Minnesota Governor opposes state funds to Iran-tied company
- Mohamed ElBaradei: Highly enriched uranium found in Iran is "of little significance"
- Mokha, Yemen bomb kills photojournalist, at least five others
- More political, soccer-related unrest in Iran follows Bahrain victory
- More than 100 reported dead after Syrian troops move against protesters
- More than a dozen reported dead after Syrian protests
- Mother's plea to U.S. president gains widespread attention
- Mozilla, Creative Commons, Wikimedia Foundation announce Bassel Khartabil Free Culture fellowship following execution of open culture activist
- Mubarak arrested in Egypt ahead of corruption probe
- Mubarak refused permission to leave Egypt for treatment after heart attack
- Mubarak sentenced to life in prison over protester deaths
- Mubarak summoned by Egyptian prosecutors to face allegations of killings and corruption
- Mujahedeen Army issues threat of attack on Vatican City
- Mujahideen Shura Council claims responsibility for various attacks in Iraq
- Muqtada al-Sadr calls for end to fighting
- Musharraf denies government involvement in death of Bhutto
- "Muslim Brotherhood" facing troubled times
- Muslim opens first Arab Holocaust museum in Nazareth
- MV Rachel Corrie seized by Israeli Naval Forces
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- NATO and Iran talk for first time in 30 years
- NATO leaders meet for two day summit in Wales
- Nauru raises media visa application fee from AU$200 to $8,000
- Navigator of downed Russian jet found alive in Syria
- Nearly a dozen killed in suicide bomber attack in Iraq
- Negotiations for hijacked Saudi oil tanker begin
- Netanyahu calls for European Jews to move to Israel
- Netanyahu pushed previous prime minister Olmert to attack Iran, according to Wikileaks cables
- Netanyahu quits over Israel's pullout plan
- Netanyahu's Likud party wins election in Israel
- New flotilla planned to set sail for Gaza Strip
- New Ishaqi controversy set off by US air raid
- New ocean forming in African desert
- New photos of Abu Ghraib prison abuse
- New report details strain on US Army
- New UK Jewish group formed; differs with Board of Deputies over Israel
- New video of captured British troops aired; protests at UK embassy in Tehran
- New video released shows BBC journalist Alan Johnston wearing 'explosive belt'
- New videotape of Ayman al-Zawahiri aired on Aljazeera
- New Zealand newspapers publish "Mohammad Cartoons"
- Newspaper alleges U.S. drawing up plans to attack Iran
- Newspaper editor shot dead in Iraq
- Nicaragua's Ortega visits Imam Khamenei in Iran
- Nigerian ex-governor James Ibori arrested in Dubai
- Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up airliner
- Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua reported dead
- Nine dead, scores injured after bombing in Iran
- Nineteen activists killed by Israeli commandos aboard aid convoy bound for Gaza
- Nineteenth Maccabiah Games open in Jerusalem
- Ninety New Zealanders evacuated from Lebanon
- No un-Islamic hairdo, makeup, or ties for Iranian men
- No-fly zone demanded by Syrian protesters
- Norman Kember returns home safely
- North Korea denies cooperation with Iran on nuclear programs
- Norway to withdraw troops from Iraq
- Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha
- Number of private contractors killed in Iraq and Afghanistan passes 1,000
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- Obama and Romney battle in second U.S. presidential debate
- Obama approval ratings hit new lows
- Obama commutes whistleblower's sentence: Chelsea Manning to walk free in 120 days
- Obama supports Middle East protesters in speech
- Obama to Muslims: 'Americans are not your enemy'
- Obama's private prayer published in Israeli newspaper
- Obama's suspension of Guantanamo repatriations criticized
- Obama, Romney battle over foreign policy in final U.S. presidential debate
- Observing the 2012 Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US, and wider world
- Officers reprimanded for crashing British nuclear sub
- Official: Iraqi elections now set for March 7
- Officials report 29 rebels killed in Yemen after clashes
- Officials say crashed Ethiopian plane didn't follow suggested tower directions
- Officials: Almost 100 killed in air raids in Pakistan
- Officials: Eight insurgents killed in Orakzai, Pakistan
- Officials: Two soldiers and over 30 insurgents killed in Pakistan
- Officials: US drone strike kills five in Pakistan
- Oil facilities in Saudi Arabia hit by drone attacks
- Oil falls $1.19 on news of al-Zarqawi death
- Oil for food scandal: UN releases third report
- Oil prices at new high on fears of Turkish attack in Iraq
- On the campaign trail in the USA, September 2020
- On the campaign trail, September 2012
- One of Saddam Hussein's defense lawyers thrown out of court
- One of the "Lackawanna Six" may have been among Yemeni prison escapees
- Opposition agrees to join Lebanese government
- Opposition calls for mass protests in Bahrain
- Orrin Hatch accidentally compares Iraq to Vietnam
- Osama bin Laden killed in U.S. operation in Pakistan, White House says
- Oscar Foreign Film race narrowed to nine films
- Over 100 Shiite rebels killed in Yemen, government says
- Over 270 civilians reported killed from shelling in Syria
- Over 30 killed in a Baghdad restaurant bombing
- Over 50 dead after Iraq bombing
- Over a dozen injured, one killed in bomb blast in Egypt
- Over a dozen killed in suicide bombing in Iran
- Over twenty dead after multiple bomb attacks in Iraq
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- Pakistan Navy fires test missiles
- Pakistan says senior al-Qaeda official killed in shootout
- Pakistan wins Fortune Cup defeating West Indies by 3-0
- Pakistan: Eight killed in hospital blast
- Pakistan: Peshawar hit by triple bomb blasts
- Pakistani court seeks Musharraf's arrest over Bhutto murder
- Pakistani Official claims 'foreign terrorists' among civilians killed in U.S. airstrike
- Pakistani Taliban threaten revenge attack after bin Laden death; CIA says retaliation is likely
- Palestine elected as G-77's presiding country, ambassador Riyad Mansour confirms
- Palestinian Authority accepted as observer state in ICC
- Palestinian Authority bans citizens from carrying weapons
- Palestinian election ends, exit polls give Abbas lead
- Palestinian Foreign Minister: No peace with Israel
- Palestinian group claims murder of BBC reporter
- Palestinian gunmen assassinate ex-security chief
- Palestinian legislators approve new cabinet for Abbas
- Palestinian official newspapers: Israel uses super rats against Jerusalem Arabs
- Palestinian PM: Israel aims to topple government
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies at age 67
- Palestinian president Abbas has "no desire" to seek reelection
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cuts ties with Israel
- Palestinian president pleads with UN Security Council for help in Gaza
- Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan stops hunger strike, due to be released
- Palestinian protester killed by Israeli soldiers
- Palestinian released from Israeli prison following eight-month hunger strike
- Palestinian rocket attack kills Israeli woman
- Palestinian security chief quits, says too little is being done to curb lawlessness
- Palestinian security forces clash with militants, Palestinian Interrior Minister Nasser Yousef declares state of emergency
- Palestinian state set to be abandoned, says Erekat
- Palestinian teenager killed in Israeli airstrike
- Palestinians get interim aid
- Palestinians to elect new president on January 9
- Palestinians, Israelis clash in Jerusalem over construction at Temple Mount
- Paralympic table tennis silver medalist Piotr Grudzien beats Poland's Richard Csejtey
- Passenger plane traveling to Iran crashes in Kyrgyzstan, killing 68
- Peace activist claims Iran keen to compromise on nuclear issue, Cheney, Rumsfeld allegedly block negotiations
- Peace talks: Syria's President calls upon France to intervene whilst rejecting direct talks with Israel
- Pentagon announces 2,000th U.S. military death
- Pentagon releases video of incident involving Iranian ships in Persian Gulf
- Pentagon report to Congress mentions "conditions that could lead to civil war" in Iraq
- Pentagon: Russia provided information to Iraq
- Petition calls for Trump UK ban
- PFLP leader Ahmed Saadat captured by Israeli forces
- Pickens County, South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower US flag to honor Mandela
- Pilgrims journey to Jerusalem for Good Friday
- Pilot error blamed for July crash of Aria Air Flight 1525 in Iran
- Pirate attacks bring UN aid to Somalia to a halt
- Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker
- Pirates kill four American hostages
- Plane crash in Iran kills 80
- Plane crashes in Khartoum
- Plane flying from Cyprus to Istanbul, Turkey hijacked
- Poll: Arabs discouraged by US policies, back nuclear-armed Iran
- Polling data on President Bush's approval rating indicates recent decline
- Pope invites Palestinian and Israeli presidents to mutual prayer at Vatican
- Portugal formally commits to participate in UN's force
- Portuguese troops leave for Lebanon in October
- Poverty rises as food prices increase
- Prayers on TV mandatory in Iran
- President Bush and Democrats seek compromise
- President Bush and Saudi Arabia's Prince Abdullah meet in Crawford ranch
- President Bush signs $162 billion war funding bill
- President Bush urges progress on Palestinian state
- President of Iran warns universities to stay out of politics
- Prime Minister Blair flies to Washington
- Prime Ministers of Greece and Turkey meet in Thessalonika
- Prince Harry prohibited from going to Iraq
- Prisoner exchange in Yemen ends after freeing over 800
- Pro-government forces in Iraq launch operation to reclaim Ramadi from Islamic State
- Pro-Palestinian graffiti sprayed on the wall of Israeli embassy in Denmark
- Prominent Iranian judge assassinated
- Proms performance by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra disrupted
- Protest outside Cole inquiry
- Protester killed in West Bank; world reacts to Gaza conflict
- Protesters in Israel call for resignation of Prime Minister
- Protesters mark 3rd anniversary of Iraq invasion
- Protests over housing costs sweep across Israel
- Putin pledges to help Palestinians
- Putin promises to complete Iran's nuclear reactor
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