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Cyprus has launched a second licensing round for offshore exploratory drilling as hopes grow that potential fossil fuel deposit discoveries will buoy the eurozone country's sagging economy, even though the efforts are raising tensions with Turkey.

Lawyer Mahmoud Hassan says a military court judge refused the appeal Monday. Hassan says his client, Khader Adnan, will be detained until May 8. Adnan is a member of militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.

Israel said an attempted car bombing in Georgia was thwarted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly accused archenemy Iran, and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah.

Israeli settlers say they have reached a deal with the country's government to allow them to stay in their West Bank outpost for two more years, despite Supreme Court orders for evacuation next month.

Former Shin Bet chief MK Avi Dichter announces candidacy for Kadima leadership and declares: I'll join Netanyahu's coalition.

In recent weeks, the Israeli media has been posing the challenging question of why we are not hearing any condemnations from the leadership of the Israeli Arabs in general, and the Arab MKs in particular, of the massacre that is being carried out by Syrian President Bashar Assad against his own people.

Love beats action as 'The Vow' bows at No. 1 with $41.7M; 'Safe House' is No. 2 with $39.3M Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday Feb.

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, the leader of the 2,500-strong group of vegan polygamists, told Channel 2 TV Sunday that he considered Houston his "spiritual daughter." In 2003, she visited the Black Hebrews in the desert town of Dimona.

Israeli authorities temporarily blocked Jews and foreign tourists from entering some of Jerusalem's most visited holy sites Sunday after leaflets called for causing disturbances there, police said.

A rare public rift broke open Sunday in the usually tightly disciplined Islamic movement Hamas over a reconciliation deal that would require it to relinquish key areas of control in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, says the terrorist group will "never recognize Israel" and "the resistance will continue." Gaza de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who is running as a candidate to replace Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal in the group's upcoming elections, says the terrorist group will "never recognize Israel." ... (more)

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Palestine prisoner's rights group Addameer released the statement below on February 9 on the condition of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan.

Two Palestinians were wounded as dozens clashed with Israeli soldiers Saturday in front of an Israeli prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, witnesses said.

Traditionally known as F*ckFBIFriday, this weekend's eve turned into F*ckCIAFriday, as hacktivists downed the official website for the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States cia.gov. Concerned with the continuous acts of police brutality perpetrated by law enforcement in Oakland, California, the online group Anonymous has published the ... (more)

TEHRAN: Iran will soon unveil "big new" nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday while reiterating Tehran's readiness to revive talks with the West over the country's controversial nuclear program.

Madonna performs during the Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show; her Israeli fans want their government to hold off on war at least until after she plays a spring concert.

Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, said Chinese cyber warfare against the government and U.S. companies is the country's greatest national security threat while speaking at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids on Friday.

An Israeli fashion magazine called BelleMode is set to publish a provocative spread that will surely upset the conservative Haredim, or ultra-Orthodox contingency.

During the depths of the Great Depression, Rose Nisenbaum's bank refused to allow her to withdraw the $400 emergency fund she had spent her life carefully saving.