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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hastily departed to the Middle East Tuesday from her Asia tour with President Barack Obama attending the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, to join efforts to broker truce between Israel and Palestinian militants.

Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, a police spokesman said.

Russia accused the U.S. Monday of blocking U.N. Security Council attempts to condemn the escalating conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip adding that other council members were trying to “filibuster” the issue.

Israeli bombs and Hamas rockets continued to fly as Netanyahu's Cabinet considered a truce offer.

Believe it or not, there are new smells that can be discovered and one new smell has been recently been sniffed. Scientists have named the new smell “olfactory white.”

Now in week two of the conflict, negotiations in Cairo have broken down, as the death toll in Gaza climbs to 100.

News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch caused controversy on Twitter (yet again), when he complained about how the "Jewish-owned" press is covering the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The summer is past and cooler temperatures prevail throughout the Middle East. What a season for a good fight.

With fighting in the Gaza Strip entering its fifth day and Palestinian rockets landing deeper into Israel than ever before, travelers who had hoped to visit the Holy Land are starting to think twice.

Eleven civilians, including nine members of a family, were killed Sunday in the deadliest single strike by the Israeli air force since the cross-border firing started Wednesday between the Palestine Hamas and Israel in the Gaza strip, news agencies reported.

Crude oil prices advanced in Asia Monday on fears that growing tensions in the Middle East may threaten supplies.

Two advocates of freedom of the press have sounded alarms over Israel's deliberate targeting of two media centers in Gaza City.

A Hamas spokesman reportedly says Israel and Hamas have agreed on “90 percent” of a ceasefire deal in Egypt.

A senior Israeli official arrived in Cairo Sunday morning for talks on reaching a cease-fire, Egyptian officials said.

Israel continued to bomb Palestinian targets in Gaza, including the media operations of Hamas, from the sea and air for the fifth day.

"There are some indications that there could be a cease-fire soon," Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said, but there are "no guarantees."

Israel made nearly 200 airstrikes in Gaza early Saturday, the Israeli military said, destroying the prime minister's headquarters.

Kim Kardashian deleted a tweet supportive of Israel on Friday after she received dozens of anti-Semitic tweets from some of her 17 million followers.

The IDF claims more than 500 missiles have hit Israel and has called up 75,000 reservists to prepare for a possible ground attack on Gaza.

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil arrived in Gaza Friday to show solidarity with the Palestinians after Israel pounded more than 130 targets overnight, escalating the two days of fighting between the Hamas militants and the Israeli military.

U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open Friday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report.