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John Kerry flew to Israel to brief Prime Minister Netanyahu, who expressed skepticism over the U.S. deal to secure Syrian chemical weapons.

As Iran and Britain plan to mend wounds, U.S. President Obama says he has communicated with Iran’s new leader.

The tiny island nation of Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, has found huge offshore natural gas reserves in the Levant Basin.

Off Syrian shores, large oil and gas deposits are waiting to be extracted, but the crisis has stalled the development of natural resources.

Fun facts and trivia surrounding Friday the 13th and its alleged bad/good luck.

Here's how the Eastern Mediterranean Sea can shape the natural gas market and diversify Europe's energy mix.

Russia and the United States have had the two largest chemical weapons stockpiles ever owned.

Read the full text of Obama's speech on Syria.

Brazil and Portugal meet in an international friendly in Massachusetts.

Western nations have reacted with extreme caution to the Russian-Syrian proposal, even if Assad seems sincere.

U.S. military strikes in Syria cannot be justified under the rubric of protecting the Syrian people, because more than 100,000 have already died.

BP continues to explore and search for oil and gas in the Delta Nile region even as the Middle East tenses up.

Google said it has accelerated efforts to build new encryption software that's impenetrable to the government agencies.

Intel’s research and development department in Haifa, Israel, is developing a 3D camera for laptops and tablets that has the ability to decipher a user’s emotions.

Misch could not reconcile the Hitler he knew with the atrocities the Nazi chief ordered.

If the U.S. were to attack Syria, Iraqi militant groups, prompted by Iran, could target U.S. interests in Baghdad, an intercept reveals.

The new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran never wished Jews a happy Rosh Hashanah on Twitter: the eyebrow-raising tweet fooled the media.

Even though it's Rosh Hashanah, some Twitter users were confused why "Happy New Year" was trending on Twitter.

30 alleged former Auschwitz guards might be brought up on charges of accessory to murder, 70 years after the end of the Second World War.

As President Obama moves closer to Congressional approval for a military strike, Ban Ki-moon calls for Security Council-sanctioned action.

Besides Syria there is another growing tension in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.