Middle East News

JERUSALEM (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday…

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police are improperly arresting Palestinian boys in nighttime raids in Jerusalem that involve assault rifle…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A traditional Islamic concept about protecting the faith and its followers has become a judicial…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The trial in Iran opened Tuesday for 12 suspects accused of torturing to death three anti-government protesters…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's political factions held a new round of national talks Tuesday, but Hezbollah made clear beforehand that its own…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's election commission says ballots are still being counted in the historic parliamentary elections and backed off…

JERUSALEM (AP) — David Kimche, the Israeli spy-turned-diplomat who played a key role in the Iran-Contra scandal that rocked President…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's male hairdressers have filed a complaint with a human rights group over a Hamas edict banning them…

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