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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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Pages in category "Middle East"
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- U.K. soldiers arrested over Iraqi abuse video
- U.N. to begin forming response to Iranian nuclear program
- U.S. actor Charlie Sheen questions 9/11 theories
- U.S. Army identifies remains of last U.S. soldier unaccounted for in Iraq
- U.S. Army Surgeon General: Many soldiers with personality disorders can perform well
- U.S. calls for sanctions against Iran
- U.S. claims of Iraqi bioweapons labs contradicted in classified Pentagon report filed on 27 May 2003
- U.S. did not inform Pakistan of bin Laden mission because of suspicions he was being harbored by government
- U.S. drones reported in Iranian airspace
- U.S. expedites bombs shipment to Israel, outcry in the Muslim world
- U.S. General David Petraeus accuses Iran of fueling war in Iraq
- U.S. helicopter crash in Iraq kills 7
- U.S. improving Persian Gulf missile defense
- U.S. launches airstrikes against Basra militants
- U.S. military confirms Qur'ans were kicked, stepped on and splashed with urine at Guantanamo
- U.S. Navy finds soldier shot wounded Iraqi at Fallujah in self defense
- U.S. Nuclear submarine collides with Japanese tanker
- U.S. offers direct talks on nuclear issue; Iran dismisses as 'propaganda'
- U.S. Officials: U.S. soldiers plotted rape, murder
- U.S. Pentagon conference says weapons entered Iraq from Iran
- U.S. poll numbers sink on Iraq
- U.S. President Trump defends decision to share classified information with Russians
- U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter introduces bill to cut federal funding for Columbia University
- U.S. reported to mount covert operations in Iran
- U.S. says Israel has agreed to suspend air strikes for 48 hours after deadly strike on Qana
- U.S. soldiers engaged in gore-for-porn swap
- U.S. soldiers kill 9 suspected al-Qaeda members near Baghdad
- U.S. Vice President Cheney warns Iran about nuclear weapons
- UAE launches national authority for scientific research
- UAE President Sheikh Khalifa dies at 73
- UK bans export of fraudulent bomb detector; arrests director of manufacturer
- UK begins airstrikes against IS in Syria
- UK freezes business arrangements with Iran; detained sailors and marines shown on TV
- UK House of Commons vote against Syria intervention
- UK naval crew describe their capture and detention by Iran
- UK PM Brown meets with US President Bush at Camp David
- UK politician foresees nuclear Iran triggering new Middle Eastern cold war
- UK prepared to go 'into different phase' if sailors and marines not released by Iran within days
- UK Prime Minister David Cameron calls for British air strikes against IS in Syria
- UK reverses position on Navy personnel selling their stories
- UK War Crimes court hears evidence from dead victim
- UN calls for further Syrian cooperation
- UN calls on international community to increase aid for Iraqi refugees
- UN calls on Israel, Palestinian groups to end their conflict, urges enquiry into Israeli actions
- UN chief visits Gaza, demands investigation into attacks on UN facilities
- UN convoy targeted in Syrian province of Idlib
- UN criticises Israel's latest settlement plan, angry reaction from US and UK
- UN demands return of aid seized by Hamas
- UN dismisses first official over oil-for-food scandal
- UN endorses Israel-Palestinian war crimes report
- UN General Assembly opens with rhetorical appeals by both Bush and Ahmadinejad
- UN halts aid to Gaza after tons of food aid is seized
- UN holding recruitment exams in under-represented countries
- UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths urges guarantees of safe passage for aid amid Sudan conflict
- UN inquiry finds mismanagement and failure of oversight
- UN nuclear chief says negotiations with Iran at 'dead end'
- UN observers in Syria fired upon as report alleges US warplanes readying attack
- UN official: Gaza faces humanitarian catastrophe
- UN officials push for humanitarian access in Lebanon
- UN passes LGBT rights resolution
- UN pressures Iran with nuclear compromise plan
- UN publishes report on 2014 Gaza conflict
- UN report says 80 per cent of world's refugees live in poor countries
- UN report says number of "abject poor" tripled in Gaza
- UN reports condemn West Bank settlement
- UN rights council endorses Gaza report
- UN sanctions prompt Iran to limit cooperation with IAEA
- UN says polio eradicated in Egypt and Niger
- UN Security Council calls for release of British soldiers in Iran
- UN Security Council calls on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment
- UN Security Council imposes more sanctions against Iran
- UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution
- UN sponsored ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon begins
- UN warns neighbours of Turkey about bird flu
- UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Gaza
- Unconfirmed: 20 dead, hundreds hurt after protest in Iranian city of Ahwaz
- UNESCO votes in favor of Palestine membership
- Unexploded bombs found in Beirut
- UNHCR: 200,000 people displaced by violence in Yemen
- United Kingdom will compensate Iraqi victims of abuse
- United Nations condemns Palestinian rocket attacks and Israel's 'disproportionate' response
- United Nations passes Declaration on human cloning
- United Nations suspends operations in Gaza after schools and trucks are hit by Israeli forces
- United States and Iran hold talks on Iraq security
- United States House votes against setting date for withdrawal from Iraq
- United States military kills Qasem Soleimani
- United States President George W. Bush makes speech to rally support for war in Iraq
- Up to 74 reported dead after Iraq bombings
- Up to ten reported dead, 50 injured after pipeline blast in Iran
- US admits use of white phosphorus in Iraq
- US allegedly committed acts of violence in Iran using ex-members of MEK during past year
- US and France ask Syria to leave Lebanon
- US and France to work together for new Iran sanctions
- US and Iraqi forces kill 250 militants in Najaf fighting
- US army admits to private security contract in Iraq
- US Army Chaplains adopt new program to aid personnel in spouse selection
- US Army General requests more troops for Diyala Province, Iraq
- US army whistleblowers allege widespread torture of Iraqi detainees
- US bomber aircraft catches fire after landing at airbase in Qatar
- US claims Iraqi militants armed with Iranian weapons
- US claims North Korea helped Syria build reactor bombed by Israel
- US closes embassy in Yemen
- US combat forces pull out of Iraq
- US Congress debates Iraq funding
- US Congressional panel claims Turkey committed genocide
- US criticizes Iran for remarks at nuclear conference
- US Defense Secretary evaluates Iraq and the political climate
- US denies arrest of al-Masri, al-Qaeda in Iraq leader
- US denies plans for attack on Iran amid report of hunt for evidence against Iran
- US Dept. of Justice IP address blocked after 'vandalism' edits to Wikipedia
- US drone strike kills eight in Pakistan's tribal region
- US federal judge dismisses targeted killing lawsuit
- US freezes assets of suspected terrorist
- US General in Iraq Claims Employment can Undermine Insurgency
- US government stops looking for weapons of mass destruction
- US helicopter crashes in Iraq; 2 unaccounted for
- US hikers freed after two years of custody in Iran
- US House of Representatives rejects resolution to order troop withdrawal from Syria
- US House votes to bring troops home from Iraq
- US intelligence analyst arrested over Wikileaks video
- US interrogators complain of "sickening" pressure for evidence on Iran
- US lawmakers to question Pentagon officials about war costs
- US Maj. Gen. Kelly: 'unbelievable over crowding' in Fallujah city jail
- US marines may face death penalty for "massacre" of civilians in Iraq
- US military admits to accidentally killing Iraqi child
- US military to carry out review following Wikileaks release of classified 2007 video
- US millitary says it killed approximately 40 'insurgents' in Iraq
- US official warns of Hezbollah missile threat
- US President George Bush discusses 'war on terror'
- US President George Bush may reduce amount of troops in Iraq
- US President Obama authorizes airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq
- US President Obama considering supplying arms to Libyan rebels
- US President Trump announces troop withdrawal from Syria
- US raids Iran 'liaison office', Russia says it is unacceptable
- US says Egypt and UAE responsible for air attacks on Tripoli
- US says Israel hit Syrian targets in airstrike last week
- US Senate says no to pullout of US troops from Iraq
- US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence finds no link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda
- US Senate to vote on troop pullout from Iraq today
- US Senate votes to repeal authorizations of use of force against Iraq
- US Senators, EU voice support for Iran sanctions
- US sergeant pleads guilty to four murders in Iraq
- US soldier arrested for rape and four murders in Iraq
- US soldier charged with murder in shooting of contractor in Iraq
- US Soldier gets life in prison for Iraq rape-slayings
- US State Department accuses Iran of being top state sponsor of terrorism
- US stock markets tumble on 'Black Monday' anniversary
- US strikes suspected Iraqi insurgents
- US Supreme Court upholds right to picket military funerals
- US swimmer dies in open-water race
- US to host Middle East summit on November 27
- US to sell precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia
- US turns security for Karbala over to Iraqi forces
- US vice president Biden says Iran sanctions likely by early May
- US Vice President Pence speaks to Israeli Knesset: US embassy to move to Jerusalem
- US White House correspondent Helen Thomas retires
- US, UK persuade Russia and China of laptop authenticity
- US: Iran nuclear weapons initiative ended in 2003
- US: Navy, UK navy respond to merchant vessel distress call in Strait of Hormuz
- US: Russian fighter jet's flare damaged drone over Syria
- USA leaving Abu Ghraib
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- Van Gogh painting stolen again
- Vatican to Palestinians: Remove us from your Draft Resolution to UN General Assembly
- Veteran sergeant accounts US torture coverup
- Veteran U.S. attorney appointed to oversee Plame inquiry
- Vettel becomes youngest Formula One champion
- Video details tortures by Saddam’s soldiers
- Video of kidnapped BBC journalist released
- Video released with demands for exchange of BBC correspondent
- Violence continues in Baghdad, suspected al-Quaeda leader arrested
- Violence in Iran increases
- Visa now compulsory for Qataris to enter Egypt, foreign ministry says
- Voting underway for successor to Yasser Arafat
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- Wail of sirens marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel
- War spending bill rejected by White House
- Warrants issued for 28 in Iraqi corruption scandal
- Waves of arrests in Turkey on suspicion of involvement in 'Ergenekon' organization
- Weapons storage facility in Syria explodes killing 15 soldiers
- Web site claims Abu Ghraib attack for Al Quaida
- White House discussing troop withdrawals of up to 50% in Iraq
- White House diverted $1.6b war funds to border security
- White House press center evacuated after bomb scare
- White House, Kerry criticizes comments made by televangelist Pat Robertson
- White House: attacks in Syria 'won't deter' US mission
- Widespread insurgencies in Iraq
- Wikileaks cable disclosure shows Arab fears of Iranian ambitions
- WikiLeaks releases Iraq War logs
- Wikimania 2008 opens at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
- Wikimania jury chooses Alexandria for 2008 location
- Wikinews interviews academic Steve Redhead about Australian women's soccer
- Wikinews interviews Amir Abbas Fakhravar about Iranian nuclear intentions
- Wikinews interviews Dr Thomas Scotto and Dr Steve Hewitt about potential US military intervention in Syria
- Wikinews interviews Israeli mathematician and writer Aner Shalev
- Wikinews interviews Scott Lucas, Eyal Zisser, Majid Rafizadeh about risks of US military intervention in Syria
- Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad
- Wikinews Shorts: April 20, 2007
- Wikinews Shorts: April 22, 2007
- Wikinews Shorts: April 24, 2007
- Wikinews Shorts: April 27, 2007
- Wikinews Shorts: April 28, 2008
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