EGYPT

Israel and militant Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian-mediated truce to end four days of cross-border violence in which 25 Palestinians have been killed, a senior Egyptian security official said early Tuesday.

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The latest strike comes after four days of attacks that began Friday when an Israeli strike killed two suspected militants accused of planning a cross-border attack via Egypt.

Israel claimed it launched the attack to retaliate for prior rocket launches onto its territory by militants in Gaza.

While Egypt is seeking to negotiate an agreement between Israel and Gaza militants, Hamas warned on Sunday that Israel needs to hold its fire first for peace to return.

The Syrian crisis has pushed the Chinese to engage internationally significantly more than it has in the past. Some remain skeptical as to China's interest in Syria, but the recently released 6-point statement shows a China attempting to strike a middle-ground.

U.S. and UK intelligence officers had their fingerprints all over this forced “regime change” in Iran.

A lack of policy direction in North Africa is jeopardizing the already-sluggish economic recovery according to a report by Capital Economics.

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A Hong Kong dentist is wielding forceps to help reach for answers inside the last surviving example of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Deputy oil minister Abdo Hussameddin, the highest-ranking official to defect during the uprising, said in a YouTube video that he was joining the revolution of this dignified people.

Turkey has proved itself to be Somalia's best friend, and may the only country in the world actively trying to make Somalia a better place.

Egyptian MP, Anwar al-Bilkimy, of the ultra-conservative and religious al-Nour party violated party lines by not only undergoing plastic surgery for his nose but lying about it. Al-Bilkimy has submitted his resignation, which awaits parliamentary approval

Almost half of Egyptian gas is exported to Israel, much to the consternation of many anti-Israeli elements in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation

Sitting in the Oval Office before his much publicized, but private, meeting with President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has the right to “defend itself, by itself.”

Few close observers of the Syrian conflict believe the uprising that began nearly a year ago is anything like over, and nor do they believe that President Bashar al-Assad can use the siege of Homs as a springboard to regain full control of the country. Yet some experts believe the authorities' brutality will lead to a drawn-out Bosnia-style war.

Nearly 12 percent of Saudi Arabia's 20 million men are believed to be suffering from impotence and 80 percent of these cases are associated with psychological problems. Speaker of an Israeli legislative body is seeking to pass a bill which outlaws the use of images of extremely underweight models in Israeli media, reports said. Top Israeli model and actress Bar Refaeli has sued Suny Electronics Ltd., the authorized Israeli importer of Samsung mobile phones, for about $1.2 million in breach of...

Read Obama's address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, where he talks about his commitment to Israel and the dangers of Iran's nuclear program.

Tajikistan blocked local access to Facebook and two Russian-language sites that published an article critical of its long-serving president on Saturday, representatives of two Internet providers said.

Spanish court has agreed to the extradition of former Egyptian president's business partner and close associate, Hussein Salem.

Christians fear a radical Islamist government will take over once Assad is gone.