Middle East News
Tutankhamun’s beard glued back on with epoxy after suffering damages during cleaning
Tutankhamun’s blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of the pharaoh was stuck on with epoxy after it was knocked during cleaning,...
Yemen’s presidential palace seized by Shia Houthi rebels
Yemen's presidential residence in capital Sanaa has been attacked by Shia Houthi rebels. President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi is inside the palace, reports suggest. It came after...
ISIS releases 200 members of Yazidi religious community in northern Iraq
At least 200 members of the Yazidi religious community, mainly elderly people, have been released by the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group in northern...
Mardom e-Emruz: Iranian newspaper shut over George Clooney’s Je suis Charlie picture
An Iranian court has ordered the closure of Mardom e-Emruz (Today's People) newspaper after publishing a picture of George Clooney wearing a badge backing...
Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak: Yemen president’s chief of staff kidnapped in Sanaa
Yemen president's chief of staff Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak has been abducted by gunmen, officials have said. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak and two of his...
Hosni Mubarak’s embezzlement conviction overturned by Egypt’s Court of Cassation
Egypt’s Court of Cassation has overturned the convictions for embezzlement of former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons and ordered a retrial. Hosni Mubarak,...
Lebanon restricts entry for Syrian refugees
Lebanon has imposed stricter conditions for Syrians entering the country in a bid to slow the flow of asylum seekers trying to escape the...
Israel withholds Palestinian tax revenues following bid to join ICC
Israel has frozen the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinians following their bid to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli officials say. They...
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia suffers from pneumonia
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is suffering from pneumonia and has been breathing with the aid of a tube, Saudi officials have said. The King,...
Christmas Eve Mass held in Bethlehem
A Christmas Eve Mass has been held by in Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Christian pilgrims from across the world came to Bethlehem to...
Ziad Abu Ein: Palestinian minister dies after confrontation with IDF at West Bank protest
Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein has died after a confrontation with Israeli troops at a protest in the West Bank. Ziad Abu Ein had died...
Syria crisis: UN appeals for record $16 billion to fund humanitarian operations in 2015
The UN has appealed for a record $16 billion to fund its humanitarian operations in 2015, with almost half the total going to help...
Canadian embassy in Cairo closed due to security concerns
Canada has decided to shut its embassy in Cairo due to "security concerns", a day after the UK closed its own diplomatic mission in...
Israel carries out two airstrikes near Damascus international airport
Syria has accused Israel of carrying out two airstrikes near Damascus. Israeli planes bombed the area near Damascus international airport and the town of Dimas,...
Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie killed during Yemen rescue bid
Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid. The military operation on...
Luke Somers: US and Yemen in new bid to rescue American hostage
US and Yemeni forces have launched a new military operation to rescue American hostage Luke Somers held by al-Qaeda militants, reports say. Details of the...
Luke Somers’ family in video appeal to AQAP to release American photojournalist
Luke Somers’ family has appealed in a video to al-Qaeda militants in Yemen to "show mercy" and release him. In the online statement, the mother...
Iran nuclear deal: Deadline extended until June 2015
The deadline for Iran nuclear deal has been extended until June 30, 2015, after talks in Vienna failed to reach a comprehensive agreement. Six world...
Bahrain elections 2014: Shia-led opposition boycotted vote
Bahrain has voted in the country's first parliamentary elections since protests erupted in the wake of the Arab Spring in 2011. The government called on...
Bahrain holds first legislative elections since Arab Spring
Bahrain is voting in its first parliamentary elections since Arab Spring protests broke out in 2011. The government has called on all of the country's...
Michael Dos Santos: Second French jihadist identified in ISIS video
A second Frenchman features in a video showing the beheading of Syrian prisoners, and US hostage Abdul-Rahman Kassig killed by Islamic State (ISIS). The Frenchman...
Jerusalem synagogue attack kills at least four Israelis
Four Israelis have been killed and eight injured as two men armed with a pistol, knives and axes attacked a West Jerusalem synagogue, police...
Peter Kassig’s death: ISIS killed US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig
The death of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, whose killing was shown in a video posted by Islamic State (ISIS), President Barack Obama has confirmed. Barack Obama called...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: ISIS releases message from leader after death reports
Islamic State (ISIS) militants have released an audiotape they say was recorded by the group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, days after reports that he...
Jerusalem car attack kills at least one person
At least one person has been killed after a Palestinian driver has rammed a car into several pedestrians in Jerusalem, hours after clashes erupted...
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