Tag: Middle East

American couple Grace and Matthew Huang arrive at the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

Kerry demands Qatar allow American couple to return home

Sean Higgins · November 30, 2014 10:43 pm

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 86, lies on a gurney, next to his son Gamal, second left, in the defendants cage, during a court hearing in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Tarek el-Gabbas)

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Egypt’s Mubarak may soon be a free man, lawyer says

Sean Higgins · November 30, 2014 6:31 pm

Pope Francis delivers his speech during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Pope Francis condemned the Islamic State assault on Christians and other religions minorities in Iraq and Syria as he arrived Friday in neighboring Turkey to encourage Muslim leaders to take a stronger stand against extremists who twist religion to justify terrorism. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Pope Francis: Christians, Muslims must unite to fight Islamic State

Brian Hughes · November 28, 2014 5:44 pm

British Royals Refuse to Visit Israel

Daniel Halper · November 28, 2014 1:44 pm

This handout image supplied by the IIPA (Iran International Photo Agency) shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on Aug. 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran. (Photo by IIPA via Getty images)

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Obama, Congress dig in on Iran sanctions

Charles Hoskinson · November 28, 2014 10:00 am

"I'm going to be working as hard as I can to get a veto-proof majority in the Senate and the House," Sen. Mark Kirk, lead co-sponsor of the legislation, told the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo)

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Obama headed for defeat on Iran sanctions

Charles Hoskinson · November 26, 2014 7:11 pm

Delegations of US Secretary of State John Kerry, Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, , left side from left, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center right, and former EU foreign pilicy chief Catherine Ashton, center, sit around the negotiations table during their talks on Iran, in Vienna, Austria, Monday. (AP/Joe Klamar)

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Extending Iran nuclear talks could fuel new sanctions

Charles Hoskinson · November 24, 2014 10:12 pm

Caving to Iran

Lee Smith · November 24, 2014 5:00 am

In this photo provided by the Presidential Press Service, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speak during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer, Turkish Presidential Press Service, HO)

Biden encourages Turkey, Cyprus to start talking again

Jennifer Peebles · November 23, 2014 11:34 pm

Mourners attend the funerals of Aryeh Kupinsky, Cary William Levine, and Avraham Goldberg, three of the four people killed in a shooting attack in a synagogue in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 18. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

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Palestinian terrorists have killed more Americans than ISIS

alex-vanness · November 23, 2014 10:00 am

Druze men and relatives attend the funeral of Druze Israeli police officer Zidan Sif in the Druze village of Yanuh-Jat, northern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Sif, 30, died of his wounds on Tuesday after two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the city's bloodiest attack in years. Police killed the attackers in a shootout. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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NYT Jerusalem bureau chief defends coverage of Jerusalem terrorist attacks

Becket Adams · November 21, 2014 10:00 am

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Obama condemns attack on Jerusalem synagogue

Susan Crabtree · November 18, 2014 6:02 pm