Scores killed in Iraq car bombing
Craig TaylorA car bomb in an Iraqi town rips through a market, killing 120 people and injuring about 130, officials say. BBC News – Middle East
Middle East
Yemen ministers return to Aden
Several ministers from Yemen’s exiled government return to the country for the first time since being forced to flee by Houthi rebels in March. BBC News – Middle East
UN ‘to vote on Iran deal next week’
The UN Security Council will vote next week on a resolution endorsing the nuclear deal with Iran, the Iranian foreign minister says. BBC News – Middle East
Iran nuclear agreement ‘reached’
A deal on limiting Iran’s nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions has been reached at talks in Vienna, diplomats say. BBC News – Middle East
Iran nuclear talks ‘in final phase’
Talks to strike a provisional agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme are in the “final phase”, the French foreign minister believes. BBC News – Middle East
Fighting breaks new Yemen truce
A UN-brokered humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen is broken shortly after it came into force, as air strikes are reported in the capital Sanaa. BBC News – Middle East