Tuesday, July 30, 2013

BBC News - Middle East

BBC News - Middle East


Mid-East talks to work towards deal

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:47 PM PDT

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will aim to reach a "final status" agreement in the next nine months to end their long conflict, the US says.

Ousted Egypt leader 'in good health'

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 04:23 PM PDT

Egypt's Mohammed Morsi is in good health, says the EU's Catherine Ashton, who is the first foreign diplomat to visit him since he was removed.

Kuwait emir pardons insult convicts

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 06:14 PM PDT

The emir of Kuwait Sabah al-Sabah announces a pardon for all those convicted of insulting him on the occasion of the last 10 days of Ramadan.

Kurdish politician killed in Syria

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 09:43 AM PDT

A leading Kurdish politician, Isa Huso, is killed in a car bomb attack in the border town of Qamishli in north-eastern Syria.

Lash and jail for Saudi web activist

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 09:04 AM PDT

A Saudi court sentences online activist Raef Badawi to seven years in jail and 600 lashes for posting comments on religion, his lawyer says.

VIDEO: EU chief in Egypt: BBC interview

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 08:41 AM PDT

The EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who met with Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi, has been speaking to the BBC.

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