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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday defended his showing in the first 100 days in office and listed his government’s accomplishments to a cheering crowd of mainly Muslim Brotherhood supporters at a gathering in Cairo.

Two charities tied to Hamas in Gaza, al-Waqfiya and al-Quds, now have sanctions on them imposed by the U.S. Treasury for supporting Hamas families and projects.

Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday alleging various human rights abuses by Hamas against Palestinians living in the Gaza strip.

Crude oil prices declined Wednesday as sentiment was dampened after official data showed a slowdown in China's nonmanufacturing activity.

Iran has threatened to enrich uranium up to 60 percent if current talks with several Western heavyweights fail.

The former Secretary of State saw the Republican presidential candidate speak last week at the Clinton Global initiative. She is not thrilled.

Israel's foreign minister seemed to contradict Netanyahu by asserting that sanctions against Iran are succeeding.

Romney and Obama both have chats scheduled with the Israeli leader.

Israeli PM Netanyahu brought a simple drawing of a bomb into the U.N. chambers Thursday, sparking a small twitter kerfluffle.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shifted his tone from explosive to relatively reconciliatory at the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday while his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi, in his debut address, called for a negotiated settlement in Syria, which countered with the comments of the Qatari leader who called for armed intervention to end the crisis.

Noted anti-Semitic Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad gave a speech to the U.N. on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year.

For several months now, political pundits around the globe have been speculating on when Israel would take some kind of military action against the nuclear sites in Iran. Israel may indeed attack. But even if she does, Iran will not be significantly injured.

Iran claims it has developed a drone missile with a range of 1,250 miles, enough to cover the Middle East region.

Addressing the U.N., President Obama touched on Syria, Iran's nukes and the "crude and disgusting" film "Innocence of Muslims."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again appeared at a U.N. General Assembly in New York, spewing an inflammatory speech and generally outraged and alienated anyone within hearing distance.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, has made innumerable outrageous comments over the years, particularly with respect to Israel and Jews.

At the Clinton Global Initiative, Romney lists assistance, increased trade and growing businesses among Middle East foreign policy plans.

A controversial advertisement by an extreme right wing American group hit New York subway stations Monday. The pro-Israel ad that equates "jihad" with "savagery" made more news on Twitter than in the busy subway where people rushed past the ads unconcerned.

The head of the U.N.'s Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization spoke to reporters about preventing another Cuban Missile Crisis.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he doesn't take an Israeli attack threat seriously and is willing to negotiate the nuclear issue.

An Egyptian court on Monday upheld the sentence on 14 militants for the deaths of 13 people in the attacks that happened in the Sinai desert in 2011.