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The ruling came down Thursday in favor of the mayor of a French town who announced that Muslim and Jewish students would no longer be guaranteed a non-pork option at lunchtime in the coming school year.

The deal remains controversial as critics accuse the government of giving too much power to the energy companies.

“There was an effort to completely suppress not only any expression of religious conviction, but [also] any articulation of historical reality,” Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., said.

"There seem to be more than a few items that connect it with Zichron Yaacov, with the glass factory at Tantura, and with the baron’s ships,"  said University of Haifa researchers Monday.

Russian military data shows that the share of U.S. arms in the Saudi military is over 80 percent. That could be set to change.

The "Tel Aviv Sur Seine" party, scheduled to be part of the yearly Paris Beaches party, was criticized for being in poor taste.

Benzion Gopshtein has called for churches in Israel to be burned, claiming that “Idol worship must be destroyed."

United Nations health experts are concerned about the effects of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, where infant deaths have risen for the first time in half a century.

An attack last month which killed a Palestinian toddler and his father has prompted an unprecedented crackdown on nationalist Jewish militants in Israel.

A prominent U.S. think-tank on Friday questioned Tehran's explanation for activity at its Parchin military site visible in satellite imagery.

Suspected Jewish attackers torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, killing his 18-month-old child and seriously injuring his wife and a second son, an act that Israel's prime minister described as terrorism.

Allegations that Putin met with a Quds Force commander come as Obama compares GOP to such hardliners.

Of the nearly 8 million people living in Israel in 2013, 320,000 were Christians.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is expected to break with his party and oppose the controversial Iran nuclear deal, the Huffington Post reported exclusively Thursday night.

Saudi Arabia and Israel believe that Iran will increase oil production and begin spending heavily on weapons after economic sanctions are lifted.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has high hopes for the new Suez Canal construction — but critics fear it won't live up to the hype.

Experts say the new waterway is unlikely to meet Egypt's projections of higher traffic and increased revenue.

The accused man, identified only by his initials A.S., was sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of spying for Israel.

"When will everyone realize Pres Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing? Clearly the Iranians have figured this out," Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted.

"If the West and Iran come to a complete understanding and agreement on this issue, sanctions would be the first to be lifted," the editor of Iran Press newspaper said Wednedsay.

President Barack Obama defended the importance of the Iran nuclear deal Wednesday and attempted to counter intense criticism from opponents in the Republican-controlled Congress.