Middle East

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Iran and world powers will meet in Moscow next month for more talks to try solve a longstanding dispute about Iran's nuclear energy programme, Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign-policy chief, has said.

Read more: More talks on Iran nuclear issue planned

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Polling stations have reopened on the second day of Egypt's first free presidential election, 15 months after the government of former president Hosni Mubarak was toppled.

Read more: Egypt returns to polls in landmark elections

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Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has told the nation's new parliament that his government will be able to find a way out of the crisis currently gripping Syria.

Read more: Assad says Syria 'able' to get out of crisis

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An Iranian delegation official has said world powers are hindering talks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, with Iran over its nuclear programme, creating a "difficult atmosphere" as the negotiations come down to the wire.

Read more: Iran nuclear talks in Baghdad go down to wire

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A Syrian activist group says troops opened fire on protesters after about 1,500 people took to the streets in the country's second city for an anti-government rally.

Read more: Syrian activists report troop shooting

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Wealthy donor nations, with Saudi Arabia in the lead, have pledged $4bn in aid to Yemen as it grapples with a fragile political transition and struggles to contain the growing threat by al-Qaeda.

Read more: Donors rush to avert Yemen 'food crisis'

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World powers and Iran have "not yet sufficient" grounds for an accord permitting another round of talks after the current round in Baghdad, an Iranian official has said as negotiations looked set to enter a second day.

Read more: Iran says nuclear talks lack common ground

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Egyptians are heading to polling stations across the country in the country's first democratic presidential election.

Read more: Egyptians vote to elect new president

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Iran and six world powers have started talks aimed at defusing the long-running escalating crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme, an official said.

Read more: Iran nuclear talks open in Baghdad

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Several members of a group of Lebanese Shia Muslim pilgrims caught up in a kidnapping in Syria have returned to the Lebanese capital, sources say.

Read more: Returning Lebanese tell of kidnapping