BBC News – Middle East

Diplomat convoy hit by Somalia bomb

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The United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Somalia narrowly escapes an al-Shabab suicide attack that kills 12 people in Mogadishu, reports say.

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IS ‘reinforcing Raqqa’s defences’

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Islamic State (IS) militants are reported to be shoring up the defences of Raqqa, the northern Syrian city that acts as the group’s headquarters.

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Khamenei rejects US nuclear demands

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hardens his stance on the nuclear negotiations with world powers, as the deadline for a final deal nears.

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US-Qatar group reportedly in F1 bid

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The owner of the Miami Dolphins American football team is reportedly working with investors from Qatar to buy a stake in Formula 1 racing.

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VIDEO: ‘A family destroyed’ by Yemen airstrikes

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A BBC team has travelled to the heart of Yemen’s civil war, where the ongoing fighting has brought untold suffering to its people.

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Iraq crisis displaces three million

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More than three million people have been displaced since January 2014 by the conflict in Iraq between government forces and Islamic State, the UN says.

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VIDEO: Gaza: War crimes ‘by both sides’

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Both Israel and Palestinian militants may have committed war crimes during the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict, UN investigators have said.

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US says Benghazi suspect killed

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The US says an air strike in Iraq has killed an Islamic State militant linked to a 2012 attack on a US diplomatic compound in Libya.

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Kurds ‘take key Syrian base’ from IS

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Kurdish forces in northern Syria say they have captured a military base from IS north of the militants’ self-declared capital of Raqqa.

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