BBC News: Middle East

21 May 2012 Last updated at 10:05 ET

'Al-Qaeda attack' causes Yemen carnage

More than 90 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack claimed by al-Qaeda on soldiers in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, security officials say.

At least two people are killed and 18 injured in clashes overnight in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the first there since the Syrian conflict began.

IAEA head Yukiya Amano begins talks in Tehran, after voicing optimism about reaching agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.

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