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Joe Biden is assuring older Jewish voters that Barack Obama will be strong on protecting Israel.

This file picture of 1956 shows the WWII war criminal Josef Mengele. The Israeli agents who kidnapped Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960 knowingly let the notorious death camp doctor Josef ...

An Israeli court has convicted two border guards over the unlawful killing of a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank town of Hebron in 2002.

Syria's leader is looking to rebuild some trust with the West, and this week French President Nicolas Sarkozy, along with other U.S. allies, is testing out whether new warmth with Damascus can bring progress in ...

Convicted Lebanese murderer Samir Kuntar said Tuesday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas requested a recent meeting between the two that has angered Israel.

Young Americans studying Arabic like to joke that Jordan is 'Middle East Lite' _ a safe way into a tumultuous region without Lebanon's violence, Syria's tense relationship with the U.S. or the Gulf's conservative culture.

Drawn by that reputation, an increasing number of Americans interested in Arabic have been flocking to Jordan.

The capital, Amman, lacks much of the history and color that attract Americans to Cairo, the most popular destination for foreign students who want to learn Arabic. But Amman comes without the air pollution and crowds that plague Egypt's capital. It also feels more Western with its clean streets and numerous American shops and fast-food restaurants.

An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth.

The popularity of the Islamic Hamas movement is steadily declining among Palestinians, while that of its rival - the secular Fatah movement - remains unchanged, a new public opinion poll published Monday ...

Security officials expressed concern Monday over statements reportedly made by US Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Biden regarding Iran's nuclear program.

Most of the Muslim Mideast began the first day of Ramadan on Monday, but Iraqi Shiites, some Lebanese Shiites and Iran will start observing the holy month of fasting on Tuesday.

Ramadan begins the day after the sighting of the crescent moon that marks the beginning of a new lunar month. Some Muslim countries use astronomical calculations and observatories, while others and particular sects in some countries rely on the naked eye alone, leading to different starting times.

Libya, for example, started the fasting period Sunday, and the state-run Libyan news agency reported that religious officials there had already spotted the first tiny sliver of the moon.

Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman held talks on Sunday with a delegation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on means to settle the current inter-Palestinian crisis, the Egyptian MENA ...

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chose to dedicate Sunday's cabinet meeting to the new school year which, if all goes well, will be officially inducted on Monday morning.

The names of the Shura Council members are kept secret, although it is believed that some of them are based in a number of Arab countries.

Hamas says it won't negotiate on demands for an exchange of more than 1,000 prisoners for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Aug. 31 - Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem stock up ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.

By Anne Harding

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women who experience more than one stressful life event are at greater risk of developing breast cancer, but a general feeling of happiness and optimism may help guard against the disease, Israeli researchers report.

The findings shouldn't be interpreted to mean that optimism is all you need to prevent breast cancer, Dr. Ronit Peled of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, study's lead author, told Reuters Health. The best way to protect oneself against the disease is still to eat well, be physically active, and follow screening recommendations, she said in an interview.

Two Israelis were arrested by the Shin Bet earlier this month for allegedly setting up an Islamic Jihad cell near Ramallah and planning to assassinate air force pilots and scientists, it was released for ...

They live just a couple of miles from each other along a country road winding through parched fields, but they are worlds apart.

Avinadav Vitkon, an Israeli freelance writer, is putting down roots in this strip of West Bank land known as the Jordan Valley, helping to establish a new Jewish settlement with his government's backing. Palestinian farmer Jasser Daraghmeh is barely hanging on to the 10 acres he says have been in his family for years.

Vitkon, 29, lives in a trailer, but will eventually move with his wife and four young children into one of 20 homes to be built on an adjacent hill. Daraghmeh, a 34-year-old father of six, expects the Israeli military to demolish his family's wooden shack because it was built without a permit.

Amidst all of the controversy surrounding the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict and the possible creation of a Palestinian state, the very precarious lives of gay men and lesbians living in what is called the West ...

Israel opened crossing points into Gaza Strip on Thursday, after closing them for two days because of rocket attacks from the salient.