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Chavez left behind a wealth of bizarre and often humorous quotes.

The president wants a Democrat-controlled U.S. House in 2014. That may be getting in the way of solving the sequester crisis.

Weeks ahead of Passover, locusts have returned in full force to Egypt, providing Twitter with many disgusting pictures to share.

A newly elected Obama chose to go tough on Israel in 2009, hoping it would work. A new book reveals how that idea backfired on the White House.

Among active world leaders, only Israel's Shimon Peres is older than Robert Mugabe.

Iran continues to back Assad's regime as the U.S. and the West pledge more money and supplies to the rebels.

Comparing Zionism to a "crime against humanity," as Erdogan did yesterday at the U.N., is par for the course in Turkey these days.

Anonymous has released 16 gigabytes of data, code and software on Bank Of America, claiming it used security firms to spy on private citizens.

Rumors are flying in the country and the Hezbollah leader is having none of it.

During the talks, the six world powers -- France, Germany, the U.S., China, Russia and Britain -- offered to lift some sanctions if Iran curtailed its nuclear activity.

The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, voting 58 to 41 on Tuesday.

Newly-elected Knesset Member Moshe Feiglin, the freshest face in the Likud list, gave a celebratory party in Queens last night.

Chuck Hagel's confirmation as Secretary of Defense clears hurdle, heads to full Senate for final vote.

A 2009 report co-authored by the defense secretary nominee provides yet more fodder for his Israeli and American critics.

Palestinians and Israeli settlers are compelled to live under the same roof. Mayhem ensues. It's not a reality show -- it's everyday life in a suburb of East Jerusalem.

Rubio has affirmed America’s resolve to keep Iran from attaining nuclear weapons, but the hour is late. Quite possibly, it’s too late.

British left-wing MP George Galloway stormed out of a debate at Oxford yesterday, after he discovered his debate opponent was Israeli.

Marco Rubio, the Republican Party's new 'It' person, is in Israel, where he's already making the rounds like a top statesman.

On the whole, approximately 1.5-million Poles (including Jews) were deported to the Soviet Union.

The false claim that Chuck Hagel had been endorsed for defense secretary by a nonexistent group called “Friends of Hamas” began as a ridiculous hypothetical, says the reporter who first floated it.

U.S.-born spy Jonathan Pollard is a hot-button issue in Israel, but they're unlikely to get him anytime soon.