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Iran seized ship in 'legal dispute'

999 days ago - BBC
The detention of a Danish cargo ship by the Iranian navy is linked to a long-running legal dispute, Iran's foreign minister has said.
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Egypt jails 69 for church attack

999 days ago - BBC
A court in Egypt sentences 69 Islamists to life in prison for looting and setting fire to a church in a town near Cairo in August 2013.
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VIDEO: Face to face with jihadists in Libya

999 days ago - BBC
BBC News gains rare access to the conflict in Libya's second city Benghazi - and meets alleged extremists.
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Saudis say 'killer' was IS agent

1004 days ago - BBC
Saudi Arabia says a young man arrested for the murders of two police officers has confessed to acting on orders from the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Qatar casts size aside with assertive foreign policy

1004 days ago - BBC
Tiny Qatar bolstering image with assertive foreign policy
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Saudis launch new Yemen air strikes

1005 days ago - BBC
Saudi-led coalition warplanes have struck Houthi rebels across Yemen in fresh raids, two days after announcing the end of a month-long air campaign.
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VIDEO: 'My shop was destroyed by a missile'

1005 days ago - BBC
Yemeni people in the capital of Sanaa explain how the ongoing conflict is destroying their city and affecting their daily lives.
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My country’s a mess and no-one understands

1005 days ago - BBC
BBC Trending: An idiot's guide to the Yemen conflict
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The Saudi prince who offered Bentleys to bombers

1006 days ago - BBC
Why did a Saudi prince's offer attract outrage on social media?
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Saudis halt Yemen air campaign with goals unfulfilled

1006 days ago - BBC
Saudi air campaign fails to restore Yemen’s president
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VIDEO: 'Iranians advising Houthis in Yemen'

1006 days ago - BBC
Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal has told the BBC that Iranians are on the ground in Yemen advising Houthi rebels.
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VIDEO: Libya the IS gateway to Europe?

1006 days ago - BBC
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast of Libya, looking at the fight against IS
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VIDEO: On the ground in Libyan fight against IS

1006 days ago - BBC
BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani gets exclusive access to the fight against so-called Islamic State in the Libyan city of Derna.
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India punishes al-Jazeera over map

1006 days ago - BBC
India takes Al Jazeera off-air for five days, claiming that it had shown wrong maps of Kashmir.
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Iran urges aid effort for Yemen

1007 days ago - BBC
Iran's foreign minister calls for "urgent humanitarian assistance" in Yemen after a Saudi-led coalition ended air strikes against Houthi rebels.
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VIDEO: The tribe defending Saudi-Yemeni border

1007 days ago - BBC
As Saudi Arabia ends its bombing campaign against rebels in Yemen, the BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen gives his analysis on finding a...
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VIDEO: What happened to Morsi? In 70 secs

1007 days ago - BBC
The fate of Egypt's deposed president, told in 70 seconds
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VIDEO: Aden's 'DIY' defence force

1007 days ago - BBC
Orla Guerin reports from inside Aden in Yemen, where poorly armed local militias - including teenagers - are fighting against Houthi rebels.
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US sends carrier to Yemen patrols

1007 days ago - BBC
The US sends an aircraft carrier to boost its patrols off Yemen, amid suspicions an Iranian naval convoy is carrying arms intended for Yemeni Houthi...
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My country’s a mess and no one understands

1008 days ago - BBC
'My country's a mess and no one understands'
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'Spy charge' for US reporter in Iran

1008 days ago - BBC
Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who was detained nine months ago in Iran, is facing four charges including espionage, his lawyer says.
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VIDEO: Patrolling the Saudi-Yemeni border

1008 days ago - BBC
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen has travelled to the Saudi-Yemeni border as Saudi troops protect Saudi borders against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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Mohammed Morsi verdict: 'The tables have turned'

1008 days ago - BBC
Egyptians anticipate first verdict in trial of Mohammed Morsi
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