ISRAEL

As Israel and Gaza escalate their attacks, world leaders begin to choose sides in this latest Mideast gladiator fight.

More than 200 rockets have been lobbed into Israel, killing three. Dozens of strikes on Gaza killed 13. Is this the Gaza War, the sequel?

The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data and the Consumer Price Index for September.

The United Nations has called for an end to the U.S. embargo of Cuba that has been in place for over half a century.

An Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman position paper reveals the ways Israel may "punish" the Palestinians for seeking statehood at the U.N.

An Israeli air strike in Gaza has killed Hamas military chief Jabari.

On Tuesday, Palestinians began the two-week process of exhuming former President Yasser Arafat's body, under suspicion he may have been poisoned to death.

Palestinian Authority will ask the United Nations to admit Palestine as a “non-member observer state."

Israel spent the weekend returning fire coming at it from two sides: Gaza and Syria. More than 100 rockets have landed in Southern Israel, and the IDF scored at least one "direct hit" on a Syrian military vehicle.

In Doha, Syrian opposition groups in exile formed the new Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, which will incorporate the SNC.

Israeli forces responded to threats from Syria in the Golan Heights and rockets from Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

The Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egypt government has had its ups/downs with Obama. Now, Cairo's message is clear: help improve our economy.

Netanyahu, who so vocally backed Romney in the U.S. contest, now has some reshuffling to do as the Israeli elections draw near.

Iran has reacted cooly to Barack Obama's reelection as U.S. president, citing his support of crippling economic sanctions.

Messages from the world leaders have started pouring in congratulating U.S. President Barack Obama on winning a second term, even as nations weigh in on what his victory could mean to them.

Obama has been reelected. Ohio put the Democrat over the 270 electoral vote threshold. Check back with the live blog for the latest updates.

In a development that has dealt a severe blow to the worsening relations with Israel, Turkey will put four former Israeli military commanders, including the head of the army, on trial in absentia this week for the 2010 killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship.

Israel is believed to possess at least 200 nuclear warheads in its arsenal.

The first cardinal rule is, and always has been, the big boys will have their way.

Obama and Romney appear to evince rather similar foreign policy views.

Yasser Arafat's remains are scheduled to be exhumed on Nov. 26, pending an investigation into his death.