Middle East
Dozens killed in suicide attacks ahead of Iraqi vote
Attacks including a spate of suicide bombings killed 57 people on Monday as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq\'s first ...Egypt sentences 683 Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters to death, a lawyer and prosecutor said.Deadly MERS virus still spreading in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, where MERS was discovered around two years ago and which remains the country most affected, has now had 339 confirmed ...Iran petrol prices surge as subsidies cut
Iranians see petrol prices surge Iran has cut state subsidies on petrol in a move that saw prices rise at midnight by ...Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinians after Fatah-Hamas deal
Israel on Thursday announced it has suspended the US-mediated peace talks with the Palestinians in response to a unity accord reached between ...Fatah and Hamas agree unity government deal
The Gaza-based Islamist group Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas\'s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed on Wednesday to implement a unity pact, both ...Syria announces presidential election for June 3
Syria will hold presidential elections that are expected to return President Bashar al-Assad to office on June 3, the country\'s parliamentary speaker ...Dozens killed in series of blasts in Iraq
A suicide bomber with an explosives belt attacked the main gate of a Shiite private college while three militants attacked the back ...80% of Syrian chemical weapons shipped out: monitors
The head of the international team overseeing the destruction of Syria\'s chemical arms says the country has shipped out or destroyed nearly ...Iran says reactor redesign ends dispute over plutonium production
Iran said it had completed watering down and converting more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) of enriched uranium under a deal reached ...