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State Department: Kerry heading to Middle East this week
Middle East

State Department: Kerry heading to Middle East this week

US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia and Paris this week to discuss Middle Eastern issues,…
Millions of Middle East children out of school, UN warns
Life & Style

Millions of Middle East children out of school, UN warns

More than 12 million children in the Middle East are not being educated despite advances in efforts to expand schooling,…
Report: MENA IPO activity remains low
Business

Report: MENA IPO activity remains low

The first quarter pf 2015 ended with little progress in stock market activity, as only one IPO from Orascom Construction…
Egypt hopes Iran nuclear accord will lead to stability in Middle East
Egypt

Egypt hopes Iran nuclear accord will lead to stability in Middle East

 Egypt sees the framework nuclear accord that Iran reached with world powers this week as a first step towards a…
Analysis: Egypt embarks on ambitious anti-terror campaign
Egypt

Analysis: Egypt embarks on ambitious anti-terror campaign

 Egypt is making an ambitious bid to place itself at the center of the fight against extremism across the Middle…
Sandstorm lashes Middle East, halting Suez traffic
Egypt

Sandstorm lashes Middle East, halting Suez traffic

A fierce sandstorm lashed Egypt, Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Suez Canal and grounding domestic…
Rouhani: No end to Middle East strife without Iran
World

Rouhani: No end to Middle East strife without Iran

President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday the world needs Iran to help stabilise the troubled Middle East, in remarks pointing to…
Anger, calls for calm in Middle East over new Charlie cartoons
Egypt

Anger, calls for calm in Middle East over new Charlie cartoons

Muslim clerics in the Middle East who have denounced last week's attack on Charlie Hebdo criticised the French satirical weekly…
EU warns of Mideast violence without political progress
Egypt

EU warns of Mideast violence without political progress

The European Union's new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini warned Friday of a new wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence if there…
Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama
World

Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama

From marauding jihadists in Iraq to pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and beheadings of Americans in Syria, a world in crisis…
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