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Saudi Arabia has confirmed that 282 people have been killed by the MERS virus, almost 100 more than initially thought
Health

MERS virus: Saudi Arabia confirms 282 deaths

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Hassan al-Nouri and Maher Hajjar are not widely known and have been unable to campaign on an equal footing with President Bashar al-Assad
Economy & Politics

Syria elections 2014: Presidential poll takes place amid heightened security

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At least four people have been killed and about 30 injured after a powerful sandstorm has hit Tehran
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Iran sandstorm kills at least four in Tehran

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The US state department has confirmed that a US citizen carried out a suicide bombing against Syrian troops in Idlib
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US citizen carried out suicide bomb attack against Syrian troops in Idlib

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Egypt’s former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi gained over 93 percent of the vote with ballots from most polling stations counted
Breaking News

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

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Pope Francis is expected to visit religious sites in Jerusalem and hold talks with Israel's chief rabbis
Middle East News

Pope Francis visits Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem

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Analysts predict an easy victory for Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who led the removal of Mohamed Morsi
Economy & Politics

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

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Pope Francis has prayed at Bethlehem wall during his three-day tour of the Middle East
Middle East News

Pope Francis prays at Bethlehem wall during Middle East tour

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Pope Francis is holding an open-air mass for 8,000 local Christians by Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity
Middle East News

Pope Francis calls for ending of Palestinian-Israeli conflict

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Pope Francis arrives in Jordan at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East which will also take him to Israel and the Palestinian territories
Middle East News

Pope Francis starts three-day visit to Middle East

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President Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to secure a third seven-year term in office after June 3 elections
Breaking News

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

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Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling public funds
Breaking News

Hosni Mubarak sentenced to three years in jail

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Divorce parties gain popularity in Iran's major cities as more marriages meet a premature end
Middle East News

Divorce parties gain popularity in Iran

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Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to six years in prison for bribery
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Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years in jail for bribery

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Mohammad al-Jayousi accused Shaker al-Johari of supporting the revolution in Syria, and was in turn accused of backing President Bashar al-Assad in exchange for money
Middle East News

Jordanian journalists fight with studio table on live TV

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Carlton Citadel Hotel and several other buildings have been destroyed by a huge explosion in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo
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Syria: Large explosion destroys Carlton Citadel Hotel in Aleppo

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Syrian rebels are being evacuated from their last stronghold in Homs
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Syrian rebels evacuated from Homs

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Human rights groups say that both the government of President Bashar al-Assad and rebels fighting to depose him are killing civilians
Breaking News

Syria: Two suicide bombings kill 11 children in Hama

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Iraq is voting in the first parliamentary elections since the withdrawal of US troops three years ago
Economy & Politics

Iraq elections 2014: Heavy security at first poll since US troops withdrawal

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Four mortar shells struck the mainly Shia Shaghour neighborhood of Damascus
Breaking News

Syria: Mortar attack kills 12 people in central Damascus

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Families outside the court were not told who of the 529 sentenced in March faced the death penalty
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Egypt: Mass death sentences on 683 Islamists

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Fatah and Hamas have announced reconciliation deal
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Fatah and Hamas announce reconciliation deal

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Syrian parliament announced the presidential election will be held on June 3
Economy & Politics

Syria announces presidential election for June 3

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Kuwaiti independent newspapers, Al Watan and Alam Al Yawm, published details of a videotape said to show former senior officials planning the overthrow of the Gulf state's leadership
Breaking News

Kuwait newspapers suspended for breaking news blackout about coup plot

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Nicolas Henin and Didier Francois, along with Edouard Elias and Pierre Torres, were greeted by their families and President Francois Hollande on arrival in France
Europe News

French hostage journalists speak about Syrian ordeal

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