Middle East News

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem.

Israel charges two of soldiers over the use of a Palestinian boy as a human shield during its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

A human rights organisation in Egypt accuses the interior ministry of manipulating the legal system to target a blogger.

The UN's top humanitarian official strongly criticises Israel's Gaza blockade and its expanding settlements.

First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.

Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.

At least one person is killed in clashes between police and separatists in southern Yemen.

Egypt's top Muslim cleric, Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.

Iranian President says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.

An Israeli supermarket chain uses spoof surveillance footage, parodying that of the alleged assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai, in a TV advert.