Middle East

A probe into the catastrophic Beirut port explosion was frozen on Tuesday for the second time in less than three weeks after two politicians wanted for questioning filed a new complaint against the lead investigator Judge Tarek Bitar. The…
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Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at a newly agreed coalition which looks set to remove him from power after 12 years as prime minister. Mr Netanyahu called on right-wing members of parliament to block the…
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Scores of people have been injured in clashes in East Jerusalem between far-right Jewish activists, Palestinians and Israeli police. The violence erupted as police tried to keep Palestinians and…
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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by Donald Trump's administration. Speaking at a televised cabinet…
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The leader of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah has denied accusations it is involved in amphetamine production. Sheikh Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, a staunch ally of the Syrian regime, said there was "no credibility" to the…
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An Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, after an altercation over a portable electric generator, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Video of the incident, which…
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Iran intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, the UN's atomic watchdog says - its most significant breach of an international nuclear deal so far. This remains short of the 90% required to make a nuclear bomb.…
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At least 10 climbers in Iran have died in mountains north of Tehran in an avalanche and blizzards, officials say. The Alborz mountain range that towers over the capital city is popular with climbers and skiers but the…
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Doctors in the Yemeni capital Sanaa have called for urgent help to save the lives of conjoined twins who were born on Wednesday. The head of the al-Sabeen hospital where the boys were born said they were in a "critical…
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The lead suspect in the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was convicted at a tribunal in the Netherlands on Tuesday. Salim Jamil Ayyash was found guilty of being part of the "red cell phone…
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