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Power shifts fuel talk of change in Palestinian politics

Rumblings in Ramallah in recent weeks have raised expectations that Palestinian politics is in play,...

Jul 27, 2015 10:08 AM EDT

Republicans, pro-Israel groups step up campaign against Iran deal

Top Republicans vowed Wednesday to do their utmost to scrap President Barack Obama's nuclear deal wi...

Jul 23, 2015 07:51 AM EDT

New U.S. president would struggle to ruin Iran deal, experts say

Threats on Tuesday by U.S. Republican presidential candidates to scrap the Iran nuclear agreement lo...

Jul 15, 2015 09:23 AM EDT

Iran deal 'naked as emperor with no clothes', says Israel

Israel's nuclear affairs minister said his country was like the boy in the fairy tale who pointed ou...

Jul 15, 2015 08:57 AM EDT

Israel frees Palestinian hunger striker from jail

Israel on Sunday released an Islamic Jihad leader, Khader Adnan, from jail following a deal last mon...

Jul 12, 2015 10:04 AM EDT

Iran demands end to U.N. missile sanctions, West refuses

A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were am...

Jul 06, 2015 06:45 PM EDT

Israel concerned about U.S. arms to Gulf states to deter Iran

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon voiced concern on Tuesday that Washington's supply of advanced arms to...

Jun 09, 2015 10:43 AM EDT

Syrian rebels capture army base in south: rebels, monitor

Rebel fighters captured a major base from the Syrian army in the south of the country on Tuesday, re...

Jun 09, 2015 09:50 AM EDT

U.S. top court backs Obama, invalidates Jerusalem passport law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law that would let American citizens born in Jerusale...

Jun 08, 2015 05:54 PM EDT

France 'opposed' to Israel boycott amid Orange row

France's foreign minister sought to calm a row with Israel on Friday, saying Paris opposed any boyco...

Jun 07, 2015 08:56 AM EDT

U.N. report cites Israel crimes against children, no consensus on listing

U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims...

Jun 05, 2015 07:10 PM EDT

Ex-Israeli PM Olmert sentenced to more jail time for corruption

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced on Monday to eight months in jail for accept...

May 25, 2015 11:48 AM EDT

Vatican says has agreed first treaty with State of Palestine

The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognises the State of Palestine, with an agre...

May 13, 2015 06:12 PM EDT

Israel returns 15 seized fishing boats to Gaza

Israel has returned 15 fishing boats seized from Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, both sides said on ...

Apr 30, 2015 06:58 AM EDT

Kerry, Iran's Zarif to meet at UN anti-nuclear arms conference

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the op...

Apr 27, 2015 06:39 AM EDT

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