Middle East news

Officials in South Sudan say China has agreed to loan it $8bn (£4.9bn) for major development projects. A government…

At least seven militants linked to al Qaeda were killed in clashes in Yemen’s restive south, a regional tribal…

Saudi protesters have held anti-regime demonstrations in several towns in the Qatif region of the oil-rich Eastern…

The Lebanese army intercepted three containers of weapons on board of a ship intercepted in the Mediterranean which…

Jordan's Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh resigned on Thursday after barely six months in office, state media…

Uganda's economy is expected to grow by 5.4 percent in the 2012/13 (July-June) fiscal year from an estimated 5…

Libyan authorities have banned the formation of political parties based on religious principles ahead of elections…

The African Union (AU) is calling on Sudan and South Sudan to abide by a plan that will see both parties pull…

Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has turned into a “kind of Wild West” exploited by Islamist militants with Iranian help to…

Israel has expressed "deep concern" over Egypt’s termination of its gas export deal with the Tel Aviv regime. On…