Middle East Politics News

A closed-door meeting of six world powers signaled growing impatience with Iran's inscrutability on its nuclear program, coming a day after US President Barak Obama in Asia said Iran would face "consequences" if it refused to show good faith. The...

The new Lebanese government would do well to put high on its agenda one of the chronic stress points in the country, but one that now shows glimmers of hope of being resolved: Palestinian-Lebanese relations. This is one of the...

Qatar is set to sign a deal worth a whopping $25bn for an integrated railway project with German rail and logistics giant, Deutsche Bahn (DBN.UL) tomorrow. The signing ceremony will be held at the Qatari Diar headquarters. Wire agencies reporting...

The government of Pakistan is expected to hand the alleged perpetrators of an October bombing in southern Iran over to Tehran, Iranian leaders said. Pakistani ties with Iran soured in the wake of an Oct. 19 bombing at a conference...

Opposition chief Tzipi Livni reiterated her support on Friday for a Palestinian state and the resumption of peace talks, as she made a rare foray by an Israeli leader into the Arab world. Speaking at a forum in the coastal...

Police suspect that a 16-year-old youth who allegedly stabbed an Arab man in Jerusalem Thursday is a serial attacker of Arabs. At court on Friday, police representatives requested the extension of the boy's remand, saying they suspected him of additional...

By CHIP CUMMINS and JAY SOLOMON Iran's foreign minister appeared to renege on a pact that the U.S. had hoped would curtail the Islamic Republic's ability to build a nuclear bomb, dealing a blow to the Obama administration's efforts to...

No reason was given for the move to dismiss charges against Nicholas Slatten, of Tennessee. But prosecutors left open the option of reinstating proceedings at a later date. Four other men are due to face trial in February over the...

In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan , the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools...