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TRUMP MIDDLE EAST ADVISORS' DREAM OF WAR WITH IRAN JUST INCHED CLOSER TO REALITY
Trump Middle East advisors' dream of war with Iran just inched closer to reality... READ MORE›
5 POLICIES TRUMP SHOULD ADOPT IN THE MIDDLE EAST - BOTH FOR RUSSIA AND AMERICANS BACK HOME
One area where he cannot afford to clash with Putin is the Middle East. Here's what Trump should do in Syria and Russia... READ MORE›
TURMOIL IN EAST ASIA: SENSITIVE MOMENT FOR REGION UNSETTLED BY TRUMP
Trump also suggested at one point in the presidential campaign that South Korea and Japan acquire their own nuclear weapons to deter North Korea... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP AND THE MIDDLE EAST
King Salman of Saudi Arabia wished Trump success in his mission to achieve security and stability in the Middle East and around the world ... READ MORE›
'ARAB SPRING' COST MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIES $600BN
ESCWA 'Arab Spring' cost Middle East economies 600bn... READ MORE›
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JAPAN PM ABE IN 'IS HOSTAGES' VOW
Daily express unforgivable japanese pm vows to save islamic state hostages after video threat 1 hr ago... READ MORE›
REVEALED: THE ?1BN OF WEAPONS FLOWING FROM EUROPE TO MIDDLE EAST
Valero told BIRN and OCCRP that countries exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia from eastern Europe should feel ashamed... READ MORE›
ABBAS WARNING OVER HOLY SITE CLOSURE
Some districts of East Jerusalem have seen nightly clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces since the Gaza conflict last summer... READ MORE›
AN EPIC MIDDLE EAST HEAT WAVE COULD BE GLOBAL WARMING'S HELLISH CURTAIN-RAISER
Can people live in fire? Mustafa Salim in Baghdad and Sheikha al-Dosary in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contributed this report... READ MORE›
A DISFIGURING TROPICAL DISEASE IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
Hundreds of cases have also been reported in Turkey and Jordan... READ MORE›
IRAN ACCUSES SAUDI ARABIA OF MISSILE STRIKE ON ITS YEMEN CAPITAL-BASED EMBASSY
Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of launching an air strike on its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a... READ MORE›
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL US CONSERVATIVES CONDEMN AGREEMENT
US conservatives strongly criticise the deal reached between major world powers and Iran that limits Iranian nuclear activity in return for the lifting of sanctions... READ MORE›
UAE SENDS F-16 SQUADRON TO JORDAN
It is not clear if the UAE squadron will be carrying out raids on IS from Jordan... READ MORE›
HOW A BLOND AMERICAN KID BECAME A HUGE STAR IN SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Say the name Joshua Van Alstine in Saudi Arabia and the likely response is a blank stare... READ MORE›
A CROSS TO BEAR: THE VANISHING CHRISTIANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Rifugio Christians of the Middle East by Linda Dorigo and Andrea Milluzzi Schilt Publishing, 29.95, Amsterdam ... READ MORE›
TALKS 'FAILED TO SAVE IS HOSTAGE'
Mr Cohen said negotiations with Islamic State, formerly known as Isis, had been sandbagged by the Jordanian government ... READ MORE›
THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF EUROPEAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Some 40,000 European refugees found shelter in the Middle East during World War II... READ MORE›
FOUR GIVEN BAIL AFTER TERROR RAIDS
South Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland denied Cardiff was a hotbed of terrorism... READ MORE›
OBAMA SCHOOLED ON TWITTER ABOUT MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
US president's State of the Union comment that Middle East conflicts dated back millennia met with online ridicule... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF INDIAN WORKERS STRANDED IN SAUDI ARABIA WITHOUT PAY OR PROVISIONS
Indian community groups in Saudi Arabia distributed vegetables, lentils and oil to the starving workers under the supervision of the consulate in Jeddah on Sunday... READ MORE›
THE RISE OF IS - AND HOW TO BEAT IT
This is where he was able to meet jihadist militants of al-Qaeda in Iraq AQI and to build a broad network of like-minded religious extremists... READ MORE›
CHRISTIANS FLEE GROWING PERSECUTION IN AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST
Open Doors also reported violence against Christian farmers by Hausa-Fulani tribesmen, conservatively estimating more than 1,500 religiously motivated killings... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WATER SHORTAGES TO DELIVER 'SEVERE HIT' TO ECONOMIES, WORLD BANK WARNS
The Middle East, north Africa, central Asia and south Asia due to suffer biggest economic hit from water scarcity as climate change takes hold, report finds... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA LEADS SURGE IN ARMS IMPORTS BY MIDDLE EAST STATES
Britain sold more weapons to Saudi Arabia than to any other country... READ MORE›
IRAN-SAUDI CRISIS 'MOST DANGEROUS FOR DECADES'
With tensions spiralling following the execution by Riyadh of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are at their worst for nearly 30 years... READ MORE›
HOW POWERFUL IS THE A??ISLAMIC STATEA?? AND WHAT THREAT DOES IT REALLY POSE TO WEST?
Isis, a year of the caliphate How powerful is the a??Islamic Statea?? and what threat does it really pose to West?... READ MORE›
MIDDLE EAST STOCK MARKETS CRASH AS IRAN ENTERS OIL WAR
Saudi Arabia's stock market crashed yesterday as nuclear sanctions on Iran were lifted, clearing the path for an all-out oil war between the Middle Eastern rivals... READ MORE›
OBAMA RIDICULED FOR SAYING CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST "DATE BACK MILLENNIA." (SOME DON'T DATE BACK A DECADE.)
The Middle East is going through a transformation that will play out for a generation, rooted in conflicts that date back millennia, Obama said... READ MORE›
MOSCOW AND KIEV IN 'POSITIVE MOOD' OVER TALKS TO END EAST UKRAINE CONFLICT
Moscow and Kiev in 'positive mood' over talks to end east Ukraine conflict... READ MORE›
TOP US COMMANDER MAKES SECRET VISIT TO NORTHERN SYRIA
He met US military advisers and the leaders of the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, made up of Kurdish and Arab rebel forces... READ MORE›
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER - AND TOP ARMS SALESMAN
Obama the super-salesman pours fuel on a Middle East in flames... READ MORE›
UN CONDEMNS ATTACK ON SAUDI EMBASSY IN IRAN
Great rivalry explained Why don't Iran and Saudi Arabia get along?... READ MORE›
HOW THE MIDDLE EAST WAS INVENTED
The Near East was, well, nearer than the Middle East, and the Middle East was in the middle of the Near and Far Easts... READ MORE›
THE WORLD WATCHED AS 3 JOURNALISTS WERE SENTENCED IN EGYPT
As mob surrounds Amal Clooney, student defendant Shadi Ibrahim awaits his fate reading Quran... READ MORE›
THE MIDDLE EAST SUFFERED ITS WORST DROUGHT IN 900 YEARS
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HOW NORTH KOREAN SEAFOOD ENDS UP IN COUNTRIES THAT BAN IT
Reuters could not independently confirm that North Korean seafood from Yanji or nearby towns is being exported to South Korea, Japan and the United States... READ MORE›
U.S., S. KOREA, JAPAN VOW COOPERATION OVER N. KOREA SANCTIONS
South Korea banned its citizens from engaging in financial dealings with dozens of high-profile North Korean officials and entities... READ MORE›
OBAMA ENDS HIS LAST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPE
After meeting with Angela Merkel and other European leaders in Berlin, Barack Obama ended his last visit to Europe as US President... READ MORE›
U.S. CHALLENGES CHINA'S IMPORTS OF NORTH KOREAN COAL AMID U.N. SANCTIONS
China announced in April that it would ban North Korean coal imports to comply with U.N... READ MORE›
IRAN 'WANTED EGYPT AT SYRIA TALKS' AS MIDDLE EASTERN ALLIANCES SHIFT
Since then, Saudi Arabia has sent billions of dollars to Egypt, which have helped keep its faltering economy afloat... READ MORE›
AMERICAN PSYCHO SYSTEM A 'CO-WORKER OF GOD'
US President Barack Obama made his eighth - and final - address to the United Nations General Assembly this week... READ MORE›
SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR IS A MELEE OF FIGHTING FACTIONS AND ALLIES
Allies include Saudi Arabia and Turkey Enemies include Assad, Iran, Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State... READ MORE›
OBAMA HOSTS SAUDI PRINCE SALMAN AT WHITE HOUSE
WATCH What does Saudi Arabia want for Yemen and Syria?... READ MORE›
IS AUSTRALIA TOO WORRIED? ISRAELI EXPERT PROFESSOR EFRAIM INBAR THINKS SO
Islamic State Is Australia too worried? Israeli expert Professor Efraim Inbar thinks so... READ MORE›
MEMO FROM BEIJING PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA IS ALL BUSINESS IN MIDDLE EAST VISIT
China was a major supplier of arms to Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war when the United States and Europe imposed an arms embargo... READ MORE›
ISIS MAGAZINE CONFIRMS JIHADI JOHN WAS KILLED
As a British citizen, he personified the concerns of security forces worried about a resurgence in homegrown radicalism inspired by the hard-line ideology of the Islamic State... READ MORE›
IRAN PAVES WAY FOR SANCTIONS TO BE LIFTED WITH NUCLEAR DEAL COMPLIANCE
Iran has met the terms of the International Nuclear Agreement, according to verification by the UN's nuclear agency, and the U... READ MORE›