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An explosion hit a natural-gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel on Sunday, witnesses and state television reported. Also supplying gas to Jordan, the pipeline has come under attack at least 12 times since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year.

Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude-oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. But Rostam Qasemi also called on the European Union to review its recent decision to ban Iranian oil imports as of July 1.

The supreme leader of Iran warned on Friday that war would have devastating consequences, adding to rising tension as American officials expressed alarm at Israeli saber-rattling.

Two middle-aged women from the U.S. were kidnapped from a tourist bus by Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

It's no joke: Roseanne Bar, the comedian best known for '80s sitcom Roseanne, is running for the Green Party's nomination in a bid to become President of the United States. What's her platform? How is she ranked among the other Green Party candidates? And does Roseanne Barr actually have a chance?

Brent crude rose above $112 on Friday as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the Iran would retaliate over an oil embargo at the right time.

US defence secretary Leon Panetta claims growing possibility Israel will attack Iran in nuclear row.

As a tie-up between trader Glencore and miner Xstrata is hammered out in coming days there is plenty of scope for hard bargaining between the two sides' highly competitive South African bosses.

In most European polls, and in an ever-increasing number of American surveys, Israel is viewed as evil and very “self-serving,” as opposed to being open-minded like the rest of the world’s nations.

Newt Gingrich unloaded on Mitt Romney in his Florida concession speech after he lost to his Republican rival by 14.5 points Tuesday night.

Such an event would clearly pose a dire threat to Israel and its mandated Jewish identity.

Apparently Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister and former prime minister, is having some sleepless nights. Should Israel preemptively strike Iran?

This border proposal would likely fail to receive Palestinian approval since they would have to cede the holy city of Jerusalem to the Israeli side of the border.

Pfizer remained profitable despite a reported drop in quarterly earnings, beating analysts' dire predictions of lost revenue to generic versions of its best-selling drug Lipitor through its non-pharmaceutical units and cost cutting.

Actor Jon Voight offered his support to Mitt Romney for the 2012 GOP presidential bid in front of a crowd of hundreds at a Pensacola, Fla. seafood restaurant Saturday. Rallying alongside Romney and Sen. John McCain, the academy award winning actor claimed Newt Gingrich falls short of Romney in many ways, in hopes that Romney will win the Fla. primary.

More than a year after a wave of popular uprisings swept across the Arab world, the White House spent Monday responding to the chaos the Arab Spring has unleashed in Syria and Egypt.

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Recently, Ron Paul was asked a hypothetical question concerning Israel’s security. Would he, as president, provide Israel with military assistance if they were attacked with nuclear weapons from Iran?

Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a test of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran warned on Friday it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ailing European economies.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich blamed Palestinian leadership for the conflict in Israel, claiming that Palestinians refuse to have a two-state solution while Israel does.

Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum faced off last night in the final GOP debate in Florida before the Jan. 31 primary. Here, find out what statements from the primary debate were true and which got the facts wrong, from Santorum on Latin America to Mitt Romney's involvement in Freddie Mac.