The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey, and Egypt. Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest Middle Eastern nation while Bahrain is the smallest. The corresponding adjective is Middle Eastern and the derived noun is Middle Easterner. The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East beginning in the early 20th century.
Palestinians on Wednesday poured scorn on the Trump administration's $50 billion investment plan to help achieve Middle East peace, but U.S. Gulf Arab allies said the economic initiative had promise if.. Reuters - Published
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Wednesday the economic issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were solvable and he will put out a political plan when the time is right. Reuters - Published
According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, Palestinians poured scorn on the Trump administration's 50 billion-dollar investment plan to help achieve Middle East peace, however US Gulf Arab allies..
According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, Palestinians decried the Trump administration's 50 billion-dollar investment plan to help achieve Middle East peace, however US Gulf Arab allies claimed..
The Trump administration is chasing support for an economic plan that it says will be a foundation for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But the Palestinians - and many other Arabs - don't think their pitch..
According to a report by Reuters, on Tuesday, a US middle east peace plan stirred anger and apprehension in Palestinian refugee camps around the region by raising the possibility that a long-..
According to a report by Reuters, on Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani as part of a French initiative to prevent an escalation of tensions in..
Hundreds of Palestinian protesters in various West Bank locations on Tuesday rallied against this week's economic conference in Bahrain that will kick off the Trump administration's plan for peace in..
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Palestinians staged protests on Tuesday across the West Bank and Gaza as the first stage of President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan was launched at a conference the White House touts as a bid..
According to Reuters, U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials with new U.S. sanctions on Monday. Trump signed an executive..
According to a report by Reuters, on Sunday, Iran's parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, said that the US Middle East peace plan was 'toying with a nation's dignity' and would lead to stronger resistance..
President Donald Trump has warned military action against Iran is still an option for its downing of an unmanned US military aircraft, but amid heightened tensions he dangled the prospect of eventually..
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The Trump administration created a $50 billion Middle East economic plan. The plan calls for creating a global investment fund to lift the Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic vision as part of the wider plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has gone over like a lead balloon. According to Reuters, Trump's son-in-law Jared..
According to Politico.com, "The White House on Saturday released the first of a two-part Middle East peace plan, outlining the Trump administration’s “economic vision” for Palestinian territories..
Reuters White House correspondent Steve Holland interviews senior adviser Jared Kushner about the June 25-26 gathering in the Gulf kingdom that has been billed as an economic overture to its..
According to Reuters.com, "Britain’s Middle East minister Andrew Murrison will visit Iran on Sunday for “frank and constructive” talks, Britain said, as tensions between Tehran and Washington..
According to Reuters, a U.S. official said on Friday said that the United States is “very pleased” that Saudi Arabia is making sure that the global oil market is well supplied. The statement comes..
Oil prices added to recent gains recently on fears any U.S. military attack on Iran. The attack would disrupt flows of crude from the Middle East, reports Reuters. Global stock markets edged back from..
According to a report by Reuters, on Friday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres commented on the situation in the Middle East, saying “I have only one strong recommendation: nerves of steel.”..
The US could be on the brink of war with Iran after weeks of rising tensions. The US has sent bombers, an aircraft-carrier strike group, and more to the Middle East recently. The Iranian government has..
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said Iran made “a very big mistake” by shooting down a U.S. military drone that Tehran said was on a spy mission over its territory, in an incident that..
According to a report by Reuters, on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran made 'a very big mistake' by shooting down a US military drone that Tehran claimed was on a spy mission over its..
Lt. General Joseph Guastella, commander of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command in Southwest Asia, says Iran shot down a U.S. military drone in international air space in what the Pentagon is calling an..
According to Reuters, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a U.S. military attack on Iran would be a catastrophe for the Middle East that would trigger a surge in violence and a..
An Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is needed to bring lasting investment to the Middle East region, the International Monetary Fund's head said on Wednesday. Reuters - Published
Palestinians poured scorn on a $50 billion economic formula launched by the Trump administration for Israeli-Palestinian peace as the United States sought on Wednesday to win support for the plan as a.. Reuters - Published
The Lebanese government and parliament both oppose a U.S. plan for settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Wednesday, the National News Agency reported. Reuters - Published
The Trump administration sought on Wednesday to win support for an economic plan it says will be the foundation for Israeli-Palestinian peace but which Palestinians and many Arabs have dismissed as.. Reuters - Published
Bahrain's king met on Tuesday with the U.S. delegation participating in a workshop in Manama discussing a U.S. economic plan for the Palestinians. Reuters - Published
President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday as part of a French initiative to prevent an escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Macron's office said in a.. Reuters - Published
More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, its first phase was launched on Tuesday at an economic workshop in Bahrain. Reuters - Published
The Trump administration launched a $50 billion economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace on Tuesday, saying an investment-driven pathway forward for the Palestinians was a necessary precondition.. Reuters - Published
Blackstone Group chief executive Stephen Schwarzman said on Tuesday that an economic plan presented by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner for the Palestinian territories was "not unachievable". Reuters - Published
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that prosperity for the Palestinians was not possible without a fair political solution - but that agreement on an economic way forward was a.. Reuters - Published
A U.S. Middle East peace plan is stirring anger and apprehension in Palestinian refugee camps around the region by raising the prospect that a long-cherished dream of returning to former homes in what.. Reuters - Published
Wall Street's main indexes slipped on Tuesday, hit by trade jitters and rising tensions in the Middle East, while investors focused on speeches by Federal Reserve officials for clues on monetary.. Reuters - Published
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday it was important "to pursue peace efforts to realize the vision of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and.. Reuters - Published
U.S. stocks opened flat on Tuesday, as rising tensions in the Middle East and signs that U.S.-China trade talks may generate little progress kept investors on the sidelines, ahead of a handful of.. Reuters - Published
The Trump administration prepared to launch its $50 billion economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace in Bahrain on Tuesday but the Palestinian leadership reiterated its disdain for the plan and.. Reuters - Published
The United Arab Emirates seek a de-escalation of tension in the Middle East, the head of state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said on Tuesday, after Iran accused the United States of.. Reuters - Published
The Trump administration launches its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on Tuesday with a bid to drum up $50 billion dollars to fund investment in the region, although the political details remain a.. Reuters - Published
The first stage of U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan will be launched in Bahrain on Tuesday at a conference the White House touts as a bid to drum up $50 billion in investment but.. Reuters - Published
The first stage of President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan will be launched on Tuesday at a conference the White House touts as a bid to begin drumming up $50 billion in investment but which.. Reuters - Published
The U.N. Security Council on Monday condemned the attacks on oil tankers in the Middle East as serious threat to international peace and security. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for Mideast peace has hit a raw nerve in Lebanon, reviving fears of any plan that would permanently settle Palestinian refugees in the country and shift its.. Reuters - Published
Iran said on Monday U.S. cyber attacks on its military had failed, as Washington sought to rally support in the Middle East and Europe for a hardline stance that has brought it to the verge of conflict.. Reuters - Published
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that other countries, including China and Japan, should protect their own oil tankers in the Middle East. Reuters - Published
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday the U.S. Middle East peace plan that is set to be presented at an international conference in Bahrain this week is "shameful" and "doomed to failure". Reuters - Published
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