Amrutha Gayathri

In a bid to pressurize Iran into giving up its nuclear weapons ambitions, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said a naval blockade of Iranian oil exports should precede a U.S.-Israel joint military action against the Islamic nation.

Long-serving Syrian deputy oil minister Abdo Hussameddin became the highest-ranking official in the country to join the anti-regime movement when he gave up his portfolio Thursday.

In a scientifically unsubstantiated claim, Pakistan Ministry of Interior has said that Pakistani children grow up faster than children elsewhere due to the hot climate and spicy cuisine of the country.

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu was sportive enough to post a YouTube viral video which spoofed his address to the chief American-Israel lobby group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), on his official Facebook page.

Responding to a recent op-ed by GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, a former director of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad said the Republican candidate is making it more difficult for the U.S. and Israel administrations to contain Iran's nuclear weapons ambition.

Gauging U.S. presidents on the basis of how much weight they are willing to throw behind its Middle East ally Israel is a political tactic which has been around for long.

Britain's most senior Catholic leader Cardinal Cardinal Keith O'Brien has said that by legalizing gay marriage nations are going against the natural law which would lead to further degeneration of society into immorality.

The U.S. intelligence community is convinced that the Israeli administration has decided to launch an attack on Iran, over the Islamic state's nuclear weapons ambition, an Israeli news channel reported Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel cannot afford to wait any longer to see if the international sanctions have desired effect on Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Philippine authorities have requested an apology from Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch for an erroneous statement which wrongly implicated airport officials of Philippines, while the actor hasn't been to the country at all.

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has said that Iran will acquire a nuclear bomb if President Obama is re-elected.

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...

In the light of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the U.S. to discuss strategies regarding Iran's allegedly clandestine nuclear weapons program, President Obama has made it clear that the U.S. will strive to protect its ally Israel, though he would persuade the Jewish state to postpone its war plans.

Two former U.S. senators, who led inquiries into the 9/11 attacks, have said that the government of Saudi Arabia, despite being an ally of U.S in the fighting terrorism, may have played a key role in the bombing of the twin towers a decade ago.

Chief Rabbinate of Israel has ordered Kashrut supervisors to remove the popular American drink Dr. Pepper from stores, because the production of the drink is not being reviewed for compatibility with Jewish dietary laws, an Israeli blogger has found. A group of anti-war activists in Utah have put up a billboard with the words Bomb Iran supposedly to create awareness among the citizens against a potential war with Iran, involving Israel. The Women's International Zionist Organization, ...

FHM Philippines, the top selling men's magazine of the country, was forced to withdraw the front cover of its March issue following the accusation that the featured photograph was racist and insensitive.

Montana's U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Cebull apologized on Wednesday for sending a racist email joke about President Obama from his official email address.

Egypt's first presidential election since the Egyptian revolution which toppled the dictatorial Hosni Mubarak regime in February last year is scheduled to begin in May, the head of the electoral commission has said.

Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it will honor the commitment of $3.75-billion financial aid to Egypt, responding to complaints from Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri.

While the international community and the U.N. nuclear watchdog allege that Iran is operating a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the latter has gone a step further in denial to condemn the production of atomic weapons as a great sin.

A senior Muslim Brotherhood member and the head of the foreign affairs committee in the Egyptian parliament said on Monday that the popular political uprising that swept across the Middle East last year, overthrowing many dictatorial regimes including that of Egypt, is headed to Iran.

Israel may be planning to launch an attack on Iran, without warning its most important ally the U.S., a U.S. intelligence official familiar with the bilateral discussions between the two nations told the Associated Press.

In an amusing development, the Iranian government has hailed the country's first win at the Oscars, beating four contenders including one from Israel, as a victory over its rival Jewish state.

Turkish authorities confirmed the discovery of a 1,500-year-old Gospel which is believed to have foretold the coming of Prophet Mohammed to Earth, attracting the attention from Vatican, recent reports said.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's referendum for a new constitution allegedly contrived with the predominant aim of staying in power until 2028 was referred to as a sick joke by his opponents in the wake of bloodshed that coincided with the vote.

A Separation by Asghar Farhadi became the first Iranian film to win the Academy Award for the best foreign language film. Israeli media didn't digest the news well with many of them publishing articles about Iran's Oscar moment with sarcastic and bitter undertones.

Israeli and Iranian filmmakers whose movies were competing in the foreign language film category shared certain moments of awkwardness during a pre-Oscars symposium, in the wake of Tehran's directive to its citizens to avoid contact with Israelis.

Yemen's former vice president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was sworn in as the new President Saturday, formally ending his predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh's decades of rule.

Hinting at the possibility of a military strike, the Pentagon is bolstering the U.S. defenses in the Persian Gulf as a preemptive measure to counter any attempt by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz.