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In the January 22 election, Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu has a weak hand to play, but his opponents are even weaker.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday move ahead with settlement building in an occupied area near Jerusalem after security forces evicted more than 100 Palestinian protesters from the site.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is in Israel this week, despite the fact that some in the U.S. believe he holds anti-Israeli views.

The president on Monday officially announced his nominations for secretary of defense and CIA chief.

So far, President Obama's bipartisan move to tap the Republican Hagel to be DOD head isn't being warmly received by certain GOP members.

William Hilton Paul, the teenage son of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, was arrested Saturday on drinking-related charges.

President Barack Obama Monday nominated Chuck Hagel to head the U.S. Department of Defense and John Brennan to head the CIA.

The stars in the automobile-rental market have all embraced Zipcar’s business model. But can anyone make a profit?

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree to officially use the words “State of Palestine” on public documents.

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to nominate ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel as defense secretary on Monday. Then comes the battle.

This week, yellow Fatah flags were abundant in Hamas-controlled Gaza City, one month after Hamas held its own celebrations in the West Bank.

Damascus cannot afford to become entangled in any complex military adventure in a foreign country.

A Muslim Brotherhood leader predicts that Israel will be dissolved within a decade, raising concerns about Egypt's own future.

The FBI has labeled Mogilevich as the “most dangerous mobster in the world.”

The Iranian war games of Velayat 91 kicked off in the Strait of Hormuz this weekend.

The Senate passed an extension of the foreign intelligence law that permits tapping Americans' communications without authorization.

A statue of a praying Adolf Hitler at the gates of the former Warsaw Ghetto in Poland has touched off a storm of controversy.

UK private equity giant Permira Advisers completed the $1.6 billion acquisition of Ancestry.com (NASDAQ:ACOM), the most popular genealogy website.

Bnei Menashe members claim that their ancestors were exiled from Israel 700 years before the birth of Christ.

Schwarzkopf Sr. played a major role in this forcible 1953 “regime change” in Iran.

Svoboda gained more than 10 percent of the electorate in parliamentary elections, entering the legislature for the first time ever.