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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a statement on Friday denying a newspaper report that claimed he had agreed in principle to return the Golan Heights completely to Syria in return for diplomatic recognition.

Hezbollah says it will send more drones into Israel, and tensions rise higher in Turkey, this time with Russia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied a newspaper report on Friday that said he had agreed in principle to hand back land annexed from Syria as part of secret U.S.-mediated peace talks that broke off last year.

All the details ahead of the vital 2014 World Cup qualifier in Moscow between Russia and Portugal.

Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the surveillance drone that breached Israeli airspace this weekend.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed Lebanon's Hezbollah for the drone that breached Israeli airspace this weekend.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the Knesset will be dissolving and early elections will take place next year.

“It’s clear that the risk of conflict in the [Middle East] region is higher now than when the president took office,” Romney said.

Around 20 Egyptian security personnel were killed on Monday when a car rolled over in the Sinai.

Israel practices maneuvers over Lebanon after the IDF shot down a Hezbollah-launched drone. Hamas and the IDF are trading mortar shots.

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.