Dubai: Center of the world (again)?
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‘Dozens killed’ in Syria village
3 May 2013
Last updated at 15:34 GMT
This picture provided by activists purports to show Syrian soldiers at the scene of the killings
More than 40 people have been killed by government forces in a village in north-western Syria, [...]
Syria: We won’t use chemical weapons
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Female bloggers fight to be heard
(CNN) — Farnaz Seifi was arrested as she waited to fly out of a Tehran airport in 2007. Her crime? A blog calling for women’s equality in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Originally on her way to a cyber-journalism workshop in India, [...]
Invisible female terrorist hunters
Editor’s note: Susan Hasler spent 21 years at the CIA in many roles, including counterterrorism analyst, and is the author of “Intelligence: A novel of the CIA.” She is among the analysts featured in a new HBO documentary, [...]
Syrian troops reclaim parts of Homs
(CNN) — Syrian troops took control of large swaths of territory in the flashpoint city of Homs on Thursday, encircling an opposition suburb, an activist group said.
The Syrian Coalition reported government forces targeted a suspension [...]
Bloggers on World Press Freedom Day
3 May 2013
Last updated at 07:14 GMT
World Press Freedom Day celebrates its 20th anniversary on Friday. It was first officially proclaimed during the UN General Assembly in 1993.
The theme for 2013 is Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom [...]
Prospects of fragmentation in Iraq
2 May 2013
Last updated at 23:48 GMT
By Jim Muir
BBC Middle East correspondent
Protests swept Iraq after security forces killed 23 Sunnis in Kirkuk province
Some observers see [...]
VIDEO: US considering arms for Syria rebels
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has acknowledged his government is no longer ruling out arming Syrian rebels.
It is the first time a senior US official has said openly that the US is reconsidering its opposition to supplying weapons to rebel [...]
UN records surge in Iraq deaths
2 May 2013
Last updated at 17:47 GMT
Heightened tensions between Iraq’s Sunni and Shia led to a peak in violence last month
April 2013 was Iraq’s deadliest month since June 2008, the United Nations mission in Iraq [...]
Google edition adopts ‘Palestine’
3 May 2013
Last updated at 12:34 GMT
Previous tagline (left) and current tagline on google.ps
Internet giant Google has changed the tagline on the homepage of its Palestinian edition from “Palestinian Territories” [...]
US considering arms for Syria rebels
2 May 2013
Last updated at 23:04 GMT
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Hagel: ‘You’re always… going to continue [...]
Palestinian and Israeli killed in spate of violence
Jerusalem (CNN) — The body shrouded in white with blue trim passed through the crowd of mourners who wept openly. Hearts broke as a small child was held up to kiss his deceased father goodbye for the last time. The boy was one of five [...]
Human trafficking probe at Saudi diplomat’s U.S. home
Washington (CNN) — Federal authorities are investigating a potential case of human trafficking at the suburban Washington home of a Saudi diplomat, officials said Wednesday.
Authorities were called Tuesday afternoon to an upscale neighborhood [...]
April the deadliest month in Iraq in years
Read a version of this story in Arabic.
(CNN) — More people died violently in Iraq in April than in any other month in nearly five years, the United Nations said Thursday.
A total of 712 people died and 1,633 more sustained injuries [...]
Sculptor of Saddam Hussein
(CNN) — For the generation of Iraqi artists who came of age under Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1980s, one common subject was the dictator himself, often depicted holding a sword or riding an Arabian horse.
Politics aside, those [...]
Syria: Obama and Assad share red line
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Saddam Hussein’s sculptor
(CNN) — For the generation of Iraqi artists who came of age under Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1980s, one common subject was the dictator himself, often depicted holding a sword or riding an Arabian horse.
Politics aside, those [...]
‘Towering inferno’ fears for Gulf
1 May 2013
Last updated at 23:51 GMT
By Bill Law
Gulf analyst, BBC News
There were no casualties in the Tamweel Tower blaze in Dubai, but the building was gutted
Fears of [...]
Syria presents tough choices for Obama
2 May 2013
Last updated at 12:02 GMT
By Jonathan Marcus
BBC Diplomatic Correspondent
Barack Obama is seen as reluctant to get embroiled in military action in Syria
In [...]
Fake bomb detector seller jailed
2 May 2013
Last updated at 12:29 GMT
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Det Spt Nigel Rock told the BBC’s Daniela Relph: [...]
Iranians guilty of Kenya terror plot
2 May 2013
Last updated at 15:54 GMT
Sayed Mansour (L) and Ahmed Mohammed are suspected of belonging to a vast terror network planning to attack US, British and Israeli targets in Kenya
A Kenyan court has found two Iranian men [...]
Saif Gaddafi given Libya lawyers
2 May 2013
Last updated at 12:03 GMT
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was captured in November 2011 while allegedly trying to flee the country
The son of deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, has briefly appeared in [...]
Saudi Sars-like virus ‘kills five’
2 May 2013
Last updated at 10:33 GMT
The World Health Organisation says it is closely monitoring the novel coronavirus
Five people in Saudi Arabia have died from a Sars-like virus and two more are seriously ill, officials say.
The [...]
‘Towering inferno’ fears for Gulf’s high-rise blocks
1 May 2013
Last updated at 23:51 GMT
By Bill Law
Gulf analyst, BBC News
There were no casualties in the Tamweel Tower blaze in Dubai, but the building was gutted
Fears of [...]
Blasts leave 16 dead in Iraq
Baghdad (CNN) — Attackers killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 30 others in Iraq on Wednesday, police and health officials said.
The violence comes amid growing tensions, particularly between Sunnis and Shiites. Scores of [...]
Obama’s no-win options in Syria
Editor’s note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him on Twitter.
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Assad makes rare public appearance
(CNN) — Syria’s president made a rare public appearance Wednesday.
Bashar al-Assad visited the Umawyeen Electricity Station at Tishreen Park in Damascus to commemorate Workers’ Day. He congratulated the station’s [...]
al-Assad makes rare public appearance
(CNN) — Syria’s president made a rare public appearance Wednesday.
Bashar al-Assad visited the Umawyeen Electricity Station at Tishreen Park in Damascus to commemorate Workers’ Day. He congratulated the station’s [...]
Growing signs of Hezbollah role in Syria conflict
1 May 2013
Last updated at 13:45 GMT
By Wyre Davies
BBC correspondent on Lebanese-Syrian border
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