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Obama no longer backs Mubarak regime: White House

President Barack Obama no longer backs Hosni Mubarak's regime in Egypt, according to a White House statement released on Sunday.

Who is Omar Suleiman?

The man named as the new vice-president of Egypt and now likely successor to President Hosni Mubarak is a long-time trusted associate of Mubarak

Brief facts on Egypt: President, geography, politics, religion

The following is a brief summary of facts about Egypt and its President, Geography, Politics, Religion, and recent history.

Egyptians defy curfew, call for Mubarak to go

Thousands of angry Egyptians defied a curfew on Saturday for the second day in a row and stayed on the streets to push their demand that President Hosni Mubarak resign.

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WikiLeaks documents reveal U.S.’s contradictory relationship with Mubarak

U.S. diplomats were gravely concerned about Egypt’s poor human rights record (including the use of torture by police and the jailing of dissidents) and expressed misgivings about President Hosni Mubarak’s plans to allow his son to succeed him, according to cables released by WikiLeaks.

OPINION: Merry Christmas, Michele

It’s only January and already the whole world knows what to get Rep. Michele Bachmann for Christmas – a history book, or two.

Pay tribute to Holocaust victims on Google-Yad Vashem online archive

This Holocaust Memorial Day, people across the globe can pay tribute to the victims of one of the most ghastly events in human history - all thanks to Google-Yad Vashem museum online archive.

Studio used by Al Jazeera ransacked in West Bank

Armed men damaged a studio used by Al Jazeera television in the West Bank on Wednesday, witnesses said, linking the attack to the channel's coverage of documents that have embarrassed Palestinian leaders.

Is Davos 2011 the greatest concentration of wealth in history?

The gathering of business elites at Davos may witness the greatest concentration wealth in any one locale in history.

Google widens access to Israel's Holocaust archives

Search engine giant Google launched a massive archive retrieval project with Israel's national Holocaust museum on Wednesday with the aim of easing public access to Nazi-era documents and photographs.

Hezbollah-backed Mikati named Lebanon prime minister

Hundreds of angry protesters burnt tyres and blocked roads across Lebanon Tuesday after a Hezbollah-backed politician was named prime minister, shifting the balance of power in the country towards Syria and Iran.

UN Secretary General Ban answers questions during a briefing at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

U.N. chief condemns rights expert's 9/11 comments

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned preposterous comments by a U.N.-appointed expert on Palestinian rights that there was a cover-up over the Sept. 11 attacks, Ban's chief of staff said on Monday.

Iran executes someone every nine hours

Iran has hanged two men for their activities during the turmoil following President Ahmadinejad’s controversial election victory in 2009. Iran has now executed 64 people is just the past twenty-four days, or on average one person every nine hours.

Israel launches Persian-language site on Holocaust

Israel's Holocaust museum launched a YouTube channel in Farsi on Sunday with the aim of countering Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's public denials that acts of genocide ever happened in World War Two.

Cellcom and Iway launch Internet system for cars

Start-up Iway Mobile and Cellcom, Israel's largest mobile phone operator, launched on Sunday a communications, Internet and entertainment system for the automobile.

Iran draws red lines at outset of nuclear talks

Iran gave no sign of making concessions to world powers bent on coaxing it to curb its nuclear programme at talks on Friday, saying it would not discuss suspending sensitive uranium enrichment.

Sonia Peres, wife of Israeli President Shimon Peres, dies at 87

Sonya Peres, the wife of Israeli President Shimon Peres, died in Tel Aviv on Thursday.

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian gunman-army

A Palestinian gunman opened fire at Israeli soldiers, who shot back and killed him, near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Thursday, the military said.

PLO flies flag in D.C.

The flag of the Palestinian Liberation Organization was hoisted above the PLO's offices in Washington, D.C. Tuesday and the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee quickly criticized the act.

Palin defends use of 'blood libel' term

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defended her use of the term 'blood libel' on Monday, saying she meant what she said when she chided critics for accusing conservative media figures of having played a role in instigating the recent Arizona shootings.

Intel to invest $2.7 billion in Israel chip plant

U.S. chipmaker Intel will invest $2.7 billion over the next two years upgrading its chip plant in southern Israel to produce 22 nanometer technology.

Israel's Barak breaks away from Labour party

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak broke away from his centre-left Labour Party on Monday in a move Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said made his government stronger and more stable.

Israel woos tourists with Virgin Mary sites

From her birth place near Nazareth in Northern Israel to her tomb near Jerusalem, a new travel itinerary developed by the country’s tourism ministry is wooing tourists to visit the sites where Virgin Mary once lived, including the sites in West Bank as well as Bethlehem.