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BREAKING NEWS

04:17
Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in Thursday speech (Reuters)
01:23
Boston bombing suspect killed three in 2011, former friend tells police (DPA)
01:21
Congo fighting persists as UN chief Ban Ki-Moon arrives for visit in nation's capital (AP)
00:13
U.S. official says four Americans killed by drone strikes since 2009 (AP)
23:56
Argentine dictator Videla's burial protested (AP)
23:53
Congress moves to tighten sanctions on Iran (Reuters)
21:44
Palestinians hurl molotov cocktails at soldiers near Hebron, no injuries reported (Haaretz)
21:17
Update: Britain calls emergency meeting after man killed in London (AP)
20:35
UK official: London shooting could be terror-related (AP)
19:59
Iran's Ahmadinejad to challenge decision to bar his ally from presidential race (DPA)
18:59
UN is receiving increasing reports of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, (Reuters)
18:50
Assad must hand over full executive powers to proposed transitional gov't, French FM says (Reuters)
18:36
Rescuers search Oklahoma tornado town ruins as recovery starts (Reuters)
17:47
Pope issues first appeal for Chinese Catholics (AP)
17:38
Dubai authorities seize shipment of 259 elephant tusks (Reuters)

More Breaking News

Middle East

Kerry: Assad's achievements in recent days only temporary

Speaking in Amman before a meeting of the Friends of Syria group of nations, the U.S. secretary of state says that if the Syrian leader believes the counter-offensives against rebels will be decisive, 'then he is miscalculating'.

By Reuters | May 22, 2013 | 10:50 PM

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaking in Amman

U.S. willing to keep Assad in the picture to avoid threat of all-out Mideast war
By Zvi Bar'el | 6

Syria conflict

U.S. willing to keep Assad in the picture to avoid threat of all-out Mideast war

Due to the lack of U.S. policy on Syria, encouraging a negotiated solution between Assad and the rebels now appears to be the West's least dangerous course of action.

By Zvi Bar'el | May 22, 2013 | 05:05 PM | 6

Syrian fighters praying near the town of Yayladagi, at the Turkish-Syrian border.

Turkey shuts Syria border crossing after bombings that killed 51

Yayladagi gate is last crossing controlled by Assad; bomb-detecting equipment to be stationed at gate; 12 people facing charges over bombings that killed 51; U.K.'s Hague: Iran, Hezbollah 'propping up' Assad.

By Reuters | May 22, 2013 | 03:15 PM

Ahmadinejad visits Natanz facility - AP - 2008

Iran has installed 700 nuclear centrifuges this year, diplomats say

Tehran quickly expanding its uranium enrichment, already has 100 more centrifuges than it did in mid-April, diplomats say; new centrifuges are believed to be able to enrich uranium two to five times faster than the old machines.

By The Associated Press | May 22, 2013 | 01:39 PM

Egyptian soldiers are deployed in the area of the Rafah Crossing.

Islamist militants release seven members of Egyptian security forces kidnapped in Sinai

Six Egyptian policemen and a soldier were freed following talks with kidnappers, who demanded the release of convicted militants, sources say.

By Reuters | May 22, 2013 | 09:32 AM

A Free Syrian Army fighter holding his weapon in Raqqa

U.S. Senate panel backs arming Syrian rebels fighting Assad

As Washington struggles with Syria policy, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes 15-3 for legislation to arm moderate opposition groups.

By Reuters | May 22, 2013 | 02:23 AM | 7

UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi (C) before a meeting on January 11, 2013 at the UN.

Syrian government, rebels planning to attend peace conference, says UN envoy

A senior member of the Syrian opposition who is taking part in preparations for the conference told Haaretz that the date the parties are trying to reach agreement on for the opening of the conference is June 10.

By Jack Khoury | May 21, 2013 | 09:48 PM

Ahmadinejad and Rafsanjani

Report: Iran bars ex-President Rafsanjani from participating in election

The exclusion of Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a former chief of staff to Ahmadinejad detested by the clerical establishment, would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives close to Supreme Leader Khamenei.

By Reuters | May 21, 2013 | 07:13 PM | 4

Lebanese Sunni gunmen ride on motorcycles during the funeral of one of their colleagues

Three killed during Syria-related clashes in Lebanese city

Security sources say 60 people, including civilians, had been wounded over the past four days of violence in Tripoli, where an Alawite minority lives on a hill overlooking the mainly Sunni Muslim port city.

By Reuters | May 21, 2013 | 06:59 PM

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia welcomes the Gulf Arab leaders in Riyadh, May 14, 2012.

Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis and displays corpses

The Yemeni nationals were indicted according to Islamic sharia law for forming a criminal gang, robbing shops in different parts of the country and killing a Saudi national, SPA reported.

By Reuters | May 21, 2013 | 06:13 PM | 2

The suspected uranium-enrichment facility of Fordow

IAEA report: Iran taking steps to expand sensitive nuclear capacity

Next quarterly report on Iran's nuclear program by the IAEA is likely to show continued installation of the centrifuges used for enriching uranium, diplomats say.

By Reuters | May 21, 2013 | 05:20 PM

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Diplomacy & Defense

Senators Robert Menendez (R) and Lindsey Graham speak to reporters just after the Senate voted 99-0

U.S. Congress committee approves measure to back Israel in case of nuclear Iran attack

By Reuters | 02:28 AM

Iran’s Natanz reactor

IAEA: Iran expanding sensitive nuclear capacity, but remains below Israeli 'red line'

By Reuters, The Associated Press | 06:58 PM | 4

A Syrian rebel in Aleppo

Report: German intelligence revises estimate, says Assad regime growing stronger

By Gili Cohen | 06:13 PM | 2

National

Ashdod port.

In step toward reform, Israel to build two new ports without consulting workers

By Daniel Schmil | 10:38 PM

Soldiers searching for remains of fellow soldier in minefield .

Soldiers: IDF could have prevented deadly mine explosion in Golan Heights

By Amir Oren | 04:27 AM

Bank Hapoalim Beer Sheva

New restrictions help banks collect; and helped trigger Be'er Sheva man's rage

By Sivan Aizescu | 03:22 AM

The Iran Debate

Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in Almaty

No agreement reached in Iran nuclear talks, says UN official

By Reuters | 08:34 PM | 7

Iran nuclear talks

UN watchdog, Ashton to press Iran on nuclear program

By Reuters | 12:41 PM | 7

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (C) is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Waste not, strike Iran not

By Uri Misgav | 10:07 AM | 10

World

Ibragim Todashev pictured in a mug shot taken on May 4th, 2013.

Boston bomber's friend, slain in Florida, eyed in Jewish murders

By The Forward | 03:26 AM

British soldier hacked to death in suspected London terror attack

By Reuters | 01:02 AM

Man hacked to death in London 'may be terror attack,' authorities say

By The Associated Press | 09:36 PM

Features

Hasidic Jews

This day in Jewish history / The founder of modern Hasidism dies

By David B. Green | 07:54 AM

The quintessential hatich.

Word of the day / Hatich

By David Sarna Galdi | 05:43 AM

President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi: The Israeli president who earned less than his driver

By Ofer Aderet | 01:05 AM | 3

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