News: Middle East

The UK foreign secretary says Britain and China have "a shared goal" in solving the issue of Iran's nuclear programme.

Palestinians clash with Israeli police in East Jerusalem amid tension over settlements and a reopened synagogue.

Israel's foreign minister is reported to have boycotted a visit by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Israel's foreign minister is reported to have boycotted a visit by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The ruling follows a dispute in the State Council, the top administrative court, over whether women should be appointed to the courts.

Partial election results suggested a shift in power, with a secular candidate challenging the prime minister.

Judges are finding ways to factor stress and other burdens into sentences for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who break the law.

Israel officially inaugurated a rebuilt synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City, entangling what was intended to be a festive event with the diplomatic row over new Israeli construction.

The US says it is awaiting a formal response from Israel amid a row over its decision to build new homes in East Jerusalem.

In what appeared to be a strong warning to the opposition ahead of a traditional annual celebration, authorities announced death penalties for six people arrested during December protests.

The US military hands over control of a prison to the Iraqi authorities ahead of a larger troop withdrawal.

Has Israeli-US row brought ties to a 35 year low?

A political vacuum created by the delay in counting the ballots from the March 7 vote has proven fertile ground for conspiracy theories, the most attention-grabbing one being that Nuri Kamal al-Malki had been shot.

A nuclear submarine commander whose vessel ran aground in the Red Sea is reprimanded by a court martial.

The Israeli military has ordered two West Bank villages at the centre of protests against the "separation wall" are off-limits.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel did not indicate that new housing plans in East Jerusalem would be canceled.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton begins a Middle East tour amid tension over an Israeli housing project in East Jerusalem.

Will Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki hold on to an early lead?

Israeli designer aims to 'recolour' grey public space

Explosives packed in a parked car detonated Monday on a busy street in Fallujah, a town in a once dangerous and still unsettled region of western Iraq.