Middle East
Israelis vote in tight race as Netanyahu fights for survival
Israelis voted Tuesday in a close-fought election pitting the centre left against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is fighting for his political ...Israelis vote in parliamentary elections
Israelis head to the polls Tuesday in a vote seen as a referendum on embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who ruled out ...Netanyahu says no to Palestinian state if re-elected
Israel\'s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a final bid to shore up right-wing support ahead of a knife-edge vote on Tuesday, said ...US, Iran nuclear talks resume in Switzerland
The United States and Iran inched closer to a political deal that would set the stage for a landmark nuclear agreement but ...Syria enters fifth year of bloody civil conflict
Syria\'s conflict entered its fifth year on Sunday with the regime emboldened by shifting international attention, and a growing humanitarian crisis exacerbated ...US shuts Saudi embassy over security fears
The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said it had suspended consular services in the kingdom for two days due to "heightened security ...Egypt sacks 41 judges for supporting Brotherhood
An Egyptian disciplinary court ordered 41 judges into compulsory retirement on Saturday for supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, judicial sources said, the ...Egypt announces plans to build new capital
Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within five to seven years at a cost of $45 billion.Syria Kurds urge US-led strikes as IS forces mass
Syrian Kurdish fighters urged the US-led coalition Friday to launch new air strikes on the Islamic State group as the jihadists brought ...Iraqi troops clash with ISIS in Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi\'ite militia exchanged fire sporadically with Islamic State fighters in Tikrit on Thursday, a day after they ...




