Middle East news

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused Qatar and Saudi Arabia of hatching plots against his government to…

At least eight people have been killed in a car bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials have said. The…

A rocket was fired into southern Israel on Saturday but exploded in an area of open desert causing no damage or…

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has died, state media say. He was 77 or 78 years old.…

Fifty international aid groups and United Nations agencies issued a joint appeal on Thursday calling on Israel to…

A Tunisian military court sentenced ousted Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to 20 years jail in absentia…

A wave of bombings in six Iraqi provinces, including 10 locations in Baghdad, has killed 62 people and wounded…

Syria is now in a state of civil war and the government has lost control of "large chunks" of cities, the UN's head…

Tunisia and Switzerland signed on Monday a Memorandum of Understanding related to migration. The agreement, which…

Al-Qaeda fighters have withdrawn from the southern Yemeni town of Jaar after the army intensified its offensive to…