Middle East News

Egypt elections 2014: Abdul Fattah al-Sisi wins presidential poll with 93% of votes

Egypt’s former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won an overwhelming victory in the country's presidential election, according to partial…

10 years ago

Pope Francis visits Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem

Pope Francis is visiting Yad Vashem - Israel's national Holocaust memorial - on the final leg of his three-day Middle…

10 years ago

Egypt elections 2014: Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s victory predicted

Egypt is voting in new presidential election, for the second time in two years. A huge security operation has been…

10 years ago

Pope Francis prays at Bethlehem wall during Middle East tour

Pope Francis has prayed at Bethlehem wall during his three-day tour of the Middle East. The unscheduled stop came after…

10 years ago

Pope Francis calls for ending of Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Pope Francis has urged for an end to the "increasingly unacceptable" Palestinian-Israeli conflict during a visit to the West Bank…

10 years ago

Pope Francis starts three-day visit to Middle East

Pope Francis arrives in Jordan at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East which will also take…

11 years ago

Syria: Mortar attack on pro-Bashar al-Assad rally kills at least 20 people in Daraa

A mortar attack on an election rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad has killed at least 20 people in…

11 years ago

Hosni Mubarak sentenced to three years in jail

Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison after a Cairo court found him guilty…

11 years ago

Divorce parties gain popularity in Iran

Divorce parties gain popularity in Iran's major cities as more marriages meet a premature end. According to the conservative Jomhuri-ye…

11 years ago

Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years in jail for bribery

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to six years in prison for bribery and fined 1 million shekels…

11 years ago