The Middle East is a transcontinental region which includes Western Asia, and all of Turkey and Egypt. The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East beginning in the early 20th century. The broader concept of the "Greater Middle East" also adds the Maghreb, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and sometimes even Central Asia and Transcaucasia into the region. The term "Middle East" has led to some confusion over its changing definitions.
Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz on Monday praised U.S. President Donald Trump for drafting a Middle East peace deal and committed to help implementing it after Israel's March election. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will announce his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal on Tuesday and that he believes Palestinians will eventually go along with it despite their.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration had readied a proposal meant to peacefully resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but acknowledged that Palestinians may reject the plan. Zachary..
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called a long-awaited peace plan the "closest it's ever come" to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but acknowledged that the Palestinians may at first..
Facebook is to increase its UK workforce by 1,000 by creating a host of new technology roles. As Adam Reed reports, vice-president for Europe, Nicola Mendelsohn, sees a bright future for Facebook in..
Iran said on Monday that it had not closed the "door to negotiations" in efforts to resolve a dispute over its nuclear agreement with world powers. Joe Davies reports.
After a record 2018, French carmaker PSA says global sales fell 10% last year to 3.49 million units, as it suffered declining volumes in China, the Middle East and Africa. Ciara Lee reports.
In a TV interview on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that victims of the Ukrainian airliner shot down in Iran last week would still be alive if there had been no tensions in the region. Eve..
President Donald Trump claimed there was a threat on multiple embassies. He reacted to that threat by ordering the killing of former Iraninan Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. According to Business Insider,..
The Prince of Wales offers his condolences following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman. The Prime Minister will also meet the new Sultan - Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. The Middle East's..
Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:40Published
The Dow Jones Industrial Average made history Friday when it hit 29,000 for the first time in history but a tepid jobs report and caution ahead of the weekend sparked a widespread sell-off. Conway G...
Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday said that the Trump administration has not provided evidence to 'justify' the killing of the top Iranian commander and urged Congress to pass a bill that..
Politicians and athletes should keep politics out of this year's Tokyo Olympic Games to protect the event's neutrality and its status as a peaceful meeting place, International Olympic Committee..
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has met with the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss matters in the Middle East. Mr Raab told reporters that they had a constructive meeting and said the UK..
Wall Street rallied on Wednesday with the Nasdaq setting a record closing high as tensions between the U.S. and Iran failed to escalate after Tehran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq. Conway G...
Iran has fired missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of top commander Qassem Soleimani last week. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called it 'a slap in the face', but..
European stocks recovered from early losses Wednesday as traders started to hope that Mideast tension might not slide straight into war. Julian Satterthwaite reports.
Boris Johnson has said that his government are trying to "dial this thing down" as he spoke in parliament about the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. His comment came after Jeremy Corbyn accused the..
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson against allegations of being "absent" during the Middle East crisis. He said: "the prime minister has been very engaged with..
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will announce his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal on Tuesday and that he believes Palestinians will eventually go along with it despite their.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the White House would release his long-delayed Middle East peace plan at noon (1700 GMT) on Tuesday. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to disclose details of his Middle East peace plan to Israeli leaders on Monday as Palestinian officials decried it as a bid "to finish off" the Palestinian.. Reuters - Published
More than two years after he first proposed a plan to revive the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal is finally set to be announced. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to disclose details of his Middle East peace plan to Israeli leaders on Monday as Palestinian officials decried it as a bid "to finish off" the Palestinian.. Reuters - Published
Sweeping cyberattacks targeting governments and other organizations in Europe and the Middle East are believed to be the work of hackers acting in the interests of the Turkish government, three senior.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump will hold back-to-back meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz on Monday as he prepares to release his long-delayed.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump will hold back-to-back meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz on Monday where he will likely share some.. Reuters - Published
Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz said on Saturday he had accepted an invitation to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss a peace plan for the Middle East. Reuters - Published
The heir to the British throne expressed sadness on Friday over the suffering and hardship faced by Palestinians and called for "a just and lasting peace" in the Middle East on the third day of his.. Reuters - Published
As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli leaders in Washington to reveal details of his long-delayed Middle East peace plan, Palestinians warned on Friday that no deal could work without.. Reuters - Published
Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif skipped this year's Davos, but Tehran was still a hot topic for many Western and Middle Eastern powers hoping for detente less than three weeks after the United.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release details of his long-delayed peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release his long-awaited peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington next week. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz to Washington next week to discuss the White House Middle East peace plan, Vice.. Reuters - Published
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on Tuesday, the White House said in a statement on Thursday, and a source familiar with the situation said U.S. officials would most.. Reuters - Published
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is due to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz to Washington next week to discuss a U.S. Middle East peace plan, a U.S... Reuters - Published
The United States, locked in a tense confrontation with Iran in the Middle East, has barred Iranians from entering the country on trade and investment visas from Thursday. Reuters - Published
Iran welcomes dialogue with its Gulf neighbors, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday, amid heightened tension in the Middle East. Reuters - Published
President Emmanuel Macron said France was determined Iran would never gain a nuclear weapon but it wanted to avoid any military escalation in the Middle East, after he met with Israeli Prime Minister.. Reuters - Published
Goldman Sachs said a potential drop in oil demand from top energy consumer China due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus could hurt crude prices by about $3 per barrel, countering concerns about.. Reuters - Published
A European-led naval mission in the Straits of Hormuz - a vital shipping route for world transport that has been impacted by military tensions in the Middle East - has won more political support from.. Reuters - Published
France will deploy the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and its battle group from January to April to support French military operations in Middle East, Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Japan's Defense Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday defended Tokyo's decision to send forces to the Middle East to help ensure the safety of merchant ships, saying it was in the Japanese people's interest,.. Reuters - Published
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet decided on Tuesday to use about 507 million yen ($4.6 million) from this fiscal year's budget reserves for the Self-Defense Forces in the Middle East, the.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about security in the Middle East, Libya and other issues, White House spokesman Judd Deere said on Monday. Reuters - Published
Maple Leaf Foods Inc Chief Executive Officer Michael McCain criticized the U.S. government for escalating tensions in the Middle East, after an Iranian missile accidentally shot down a Ukrainian.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet in Iran reinforced the importance of de-escalating tensions in the Middle East. Reuters - Published
Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, one of the Middle East's longest serving rulers who maintained the country's neutrality in regional struggles, died on Friday and his cousin Haitham bin Tariq al-Said was.. Reuters - Published
Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, one of the Middle East's longest serving rulers who maintained the country's neutrality in regional struggles, died on Friday and state media said his cousin Haitham bin.. Reuters - Published
The United States wants a thorough and independent investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Iran that killed 176 people, the State Department's top diplomat for the Middle East.. Reuters - Published
Iraq's top Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned the U.S.-Iranian military confrontation taking place on Iraqi soil, saying it risked plunging the war-ravaged country and the wider Middle East into.. Reuters - Published
Iraq's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned mutual U.S. and Iranian attacks on Iraqi territory and warned of deteriorating security in the country and the wider Middle East as a result.. Reuters - Published
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will go ahead with a planned trip to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman from the weekend despite heightened tensions in the Middle East, while Tokyo also.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran as the Middle East remained tense after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian.. Reuters - Published
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is proceeding as planned with a trip to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman from the weekend, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. Reuters - Published
The U.S. military is weighing adjustments to its defensive posture in the Middle East after Iran upended assumptions by staging a missile attack in Iraq, a country where it wields influence, a U.S... Reuters - Published
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to provide $3.3 billion in annual aid to Israel, seeking to put into law an aid agreement between the two countries reached in.. Reuters - Published
Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trump's call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North American Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations, as the United States seeks to limit its troop footprint.. Reuters - Published
Pope Francis on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue "dialogue and self-restraint" to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East. Reuters - Published
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is proceeding as planned with a trip to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman from the weekend, public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
![Trump says Palestinians may reject his long-awaited peace plan [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200127/2001272054-Trump-says-Palestinians-may-reject-his-long-awaited.jpg)
![Trump: Palestinians may reject Mideast peace plan, but 'it's something they should want' [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200127/2001271738-Trump-Palestinians-may-reject-Mideast-peace-plan-but.jpg)
![Facebook targets UK growth with 1,000 hires this year [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200121/2001211732-Facebook-targets-UK-growth-with-000-hires.jpg)
![Iran still open to nuclear negotiations - official [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200120/2001201250-Iran-still-open-to-nuclear-negotiations-official.jpg)
![France deploys aircraft carrier for Middle East operations [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200120/2001201045-France-deploys-aircraft-carrier-for-Middle-East-operations.jpg)
![PSA Group 2019 sales slump 10% after record 2018 [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200116/2001161147-PSA-Group-2019-sales-slump-10-after-record.jpg)
![Rouhani warns foreign forces in Middle East 'may be in danger' [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200116/2001160639-Rouhani-warns-foreign-forces-in-Middle-East-may.jpg)
![Trudeau blames 'tensions' for 57 Canadian deaths [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200114/2001140855-Trudeau-blames-tensions-for-57-Canadian-deaths.jpg)
![Defense Secretary Mark Esper Admits To Not Seeing Specific Evidence Regarding Qassem Soleimani [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200112/2001121819-Defense-Secretary-Mark-Esper-Admits-To-Not-Seeing.jpg)
![Charles meets Oman's new sultan [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200112/2001121600-Charles-meets-Oman-new-sultan.jpg)
![Merkel meets Putin to discuss Middle East crisis [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200111/2001112034-Merkel-meets-Putin-to-discuss-Middle-East-crisis.jpg)
![Dow stumbles after touching 29,000 for first time ever [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200111/2001102315-Dow-stumbles-after-touching-29-000-for-first.jpg)
![Donald Trump wants NATO expanded to Middle East and renamed NATOME [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200110/2001101814-Donald-Trump-wants-NATO-expanded-to-Middle-East.jpg)
![Middle East crisis: EU's delicate balancing act between Washington and Tehran [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200110/2001101503-Middle-East-crisis-EU-delicate-balancing-act.jpg)
![Trump administration is 'misleading us on Iran': Sanders [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200109/2001091716-Trump-administration-is-misleading-us-on-Iran.jpg)
![Keep politics out of 2020 Tokyo Games, says IOC's Bach [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200109/2001091638-Keep-politics-out-of-2020-Tokyo-Games-says.jpg)
![UK Foreign Secretary meets with US Secretary of State [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200109/1301213324-UK-Foreign-Secretary-meets-with-US-Secretary-of.jpg)
![Nasdaq closes at record on fading Iran fears [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200108/2001082258-Nasdaq-closes-at-record-on-fading-Iran-fears.jpg)
![Iran retaliates with 'slap in the face' missile strike on U.S. troops [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200108/2001081402-Iran-retaliates-with-slap-in-the-face-missile.jpg)
![War and peace: shares ride Mideast rollercoaster [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200108/2001081407-War-and-peace-shares-ride-Mideast-rollercoaster.jpg)
![Johnson: We are trying 'to dial this thing down' [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200108/1301150654-Johnson-We-are-trying-to-dial-this-thing.jpg)
![Khamenei says US presence in the Middle East is 'unacceptable' [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200108/2001081013-Khamenei-says-US-presence-in-the-Middle-East.jpg)
![Barclay defends PM over Middle East crisis [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200108/1301134079-Barclay-defends-PM-over-Middle-East-crisis.jpg)
Send us your feedback | LIKE us on Facebook FOLLOW us on Twitter • FOLLOW us on Pinterest