Middle East
Attempts to free sailors run aground
Diplomatic overture rebuffed as Iran threatens 'hard and serious measures' if captured Britons had 'evil intentions'
Inside Middle East
EU Palestine move enrages Israelis
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Draft proposal talks of recognising a Palestinian state when 'appropriate'
Sacked by text, the Indian workers who built Dubai
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Andrew Buncombe: Arab paymasters treated them as slave labour
Iran speaker critical of nuclear treaty
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Iran sees little point to staying in the Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior official said yesterday, a day after announcing plans to build 10 more nuclear sites.
Iranian navy seizes British sailors
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Five Britons held captive after their racing yacht is intercepted by gunboat. Foreign Office admits vessel may have strayed into Iranian waters.
Terri Judd: A stretch of sea where disputes escalate
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The capture of five British sailors by the Iranians carries strong echoes of the moment two-and-a-half years ago when 15 Navy sailors and Royal Marines were detained.
Defiant Iran set to build 10 new nuclear plants
Monday, 30 November 2009
The Iranian government approved a plan yesterday to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion, in defiance of UN demands that it halt the programme.
Israel confirms Shalit swap plan
Monday, 30 November 2009
Israel has for the first time formally confirmed that it is contemplating the release of 980 prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit, the soldier seized nearly three-and-a-half years ago by militants in Gaza.
Israel to enforce freeze on new settlements
Monday, 30 November 2009
Israel's Defence Minister has ordered his office to triple the number of construction inspectors in the West Bank to enforce a new settlement freeze declared by the government, while settler leaders vowed to defy the edict.
Iran MPs urge government to reduce IAEA cooperation
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Lawmakers urged Iran's government today to submit a plan on reducing cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after the UN body rebuked Tehran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret.
Dubai Babylon: The glitz, the glamour – and now the gloom
Sunday, 29 November 2009
The Gulf state's dash for intense economic growth at breakneck speed was a project that was bound to fail. Karen Attwood and Mark Leftly report on an extraordinary tale of success leading to excess.
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