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Police contain riot at sensitive Jerusalem holy site

Israeli police fired tear-gas and stun grenades on Sunday to disperse some 150 Palestinians who began hurling stones as foreign tourists visited a sensitive religious site in the Old City.

Iran test-fires missiles amid nuclear tension

Iran test-fired missiles on Sunday to show it was prepared to head off any military threat, four days before the Islamic Republic is due to hold rare talks with world powers worried about its nuclear ambitions.

Could Israel strike Iran over nuclear concerns?

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Saturday a newly disclosed nuclear facility in Iran was proof the Islamic Republic was seeking nuclear weapons.

Palestinians want peace deal but don't reject Hamas

Most Palestinians who want a state of their own would like to achieve it through a peace deal with Israel but there is still substantial support for the Islamist Hamas group which favors resistance, according to a new opinion poll.

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India increases security after Israel, Australia warnings

The government said on Tuesday it was increasing security to thwart possible militant strikes in the country days after Israel and Australia issued warnings to its citizens to avoid travelling to Indian cities.

How's Obama doing on world stage this week?

President Barack Obama is engaged in a week of diplomatic activities in New York and Pittsburgh to tackle many of the world's major challenges. How's he doing?

Obama star power faces new test at U.N meeting

U.S. President Barack Obama makes his United Nations debut on Wednesday, hoping his international star power can throw new muscle behind a policy agenda that is already struggling to deliver.

Al Qaeda releases new 9/11 video showing Zawahri

Al Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahri appeared on Tuesday in an apparent new video marking the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States, according to the SITE Institute, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring service.

Obama issues stern challenge on Mideast peace

An impatient U.S. President Barack Obama scolded Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday for not doing more to unblock the peace process and urged them to relaunch negotiations soon.

Lebanon's Madoff embarrasses Hezbollah

Those who know wealthy Lebanese Shi'ite financier Salah Ezz el-Din say he is a deeply pious, humble man whose close links to Hezbollah made his credentials impeccable as he allegedly embezzled their savings.

Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian motorist

Troops shot dead a Palestinian motorist in Israel on Tuesday, saying he failed to stop at a border checkpoint coming from the West Bank and later drove at soldiers seeking to detain him at a fuel station.

Ahmadinejad warns against any attack on Iran

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a military parade in Tehran on Tuesday Iran would cut off the hands of anyone who attacked the country.

Hopes low for Obama-led Mideast summit in New York

President Barack Obama will broker his first summit of Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday but is given little chance of achieving a breakthrough toward relaunching long-stalled peace talks.

Israel says still has military option on Iran

Israel has not given up the option of a military response to Tehran's nuclear programme, senior officials said on Monday, after Russia's president said his Israeli counterpart assured him it would not attack Iran.

Israel says will not strike Iran: Russia's Medvedev

Israel told Russia it would not launch an attack on Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a CNN interview released Sunday, in which he described such an attack as the worst thing that can be imagined.

U.S. says no breakthrough on Mideast peace deal

U.S. peace envoy George Mitchell did not win any breakthroughs in shuttle diplomacy between Israel and the Palestinians this week but the process will continue, the State Department said on Friday.

Ahmadinejad says Holocaust a lie, Israel has no future

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a lie Friday, raising the stakes against Israel just as world powers try to decide how to deal with the nuclear ambitions of an Iran in political turmoil.

Iranian president raises stakes against Israel

Iran security forces clashed with supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi and arrested at least 10 of them during annual anti-Israel rallies in Tehran on Friday, a witness said.

Israel defense chief: Iran not an existential threat

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak was quoted on Thursday as saying he does not view Iran as a threat to the existence of the Jewish state, a view that would seem to depart from Israeli statements of the recent past.

IAEA's poor nations split on Iran's attack ban bid

An Iranian attempt to ban attacks on nuclear sites suffered a setback on Wednesday when fellow developing nations declined as a bloc to endorse a draft resolution, diplomats said.

No sign of settlement deal after U.S.-Israel talks

The United States and Israel ended another round of talks on Wednesday with no sign yet of a deal on a West Bank settlement freeze, but a U.S. envoy planned to meet again with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday.

Tarantino sees Basterds saving Weinstein brothers

The storming success of World War Two shoot-'em-up Inglorious Basterds is the ticket out of financial difficulty for its backers, the Weinstein Co., director Quentin Tarantino said on Tuesday.

Activity adds years to life, even for octogenarians

Old people who are physically active are apt to live longer than their couch-potato peers, and are more likely to maintain their independence, new research from Israel shows.

U.S. envoy presses for deal on Israeli settlements

U.S. envoy George Mitchell and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended more than two hours of talks Tuesday without any sign of a deal on a settlement freeze crucial to restarting Middle East peace talks.

Netanyahu says won't freeze building in settlements

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would not freeze all building in West Bank settlements as demanded by Washington but could limit its scope to help to restart peace talks with the Palestinians.

Iran's talks with world powers to start next month

Iran and world powers seeking to resolve a dispute over Tehran's nuclear program will start talks on October 1, in what a senior U.S. official described as an important first step.