Middle East News - AFP

GAZA CITY (AFP) - Two more people died of swine flu in the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday, bringing to 10 the total number of Gazans who have been killed by the disease, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Full Story »

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Gulf leaders meeting on Monday will give the green light to a number of multi-billion-dollar economic projects, but it remains unclear whether they will also step in to ease the woes of debt-ridden Dubai. Full Story »

RIYADH (AFP) - Global media giant News Corp is close to buying 10 percent of Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Rotana entertainment group, a senior company official has said. Full Story »

JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday postponed a vote that would have granted millions of dollars in credits to "priority" Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, amid disagreements over which communities to include on the list. Full Story »

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah said on Sunday the emirate plans to spend 25 billion dinars (87 billion dollars) on oil projects until 2030. Full Story »

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Four people including a young girl and an army recruit were killed in bombings across Iraq on Sunday, police and medical officials said. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Lawyers for the overthrown Iraqi leadership have asked England's attorney general for consent to prosecute Tony Blair, claiming a new interview revealed offences contrary to the Geneva Conventions. Full Story »

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Militants in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip fired a rocket and a mortar round at Israel on Sunday, but the projectiles landed in the sea and an open field without causing casualties, the Israeli military said. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Iraq war inquiry said Sunday that former prime minister Tony Blair would be questioned "very much in public" amid fears that crucial evidence would only be heard in private. Full Story »

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Defence Minister Abdel Qader Obeidi on Saturday asked parliament for funds to recruit informers, saying that the authorities lacked sufficient information on insurgents. Full Story »