Palestinians vow revenge at Gaza funeral for 18 Tens of thousands of grieving Gazans, weeping in anguish and screaming for revenge, crammed into a cemetery on Thursday to bury 18 civilians killed by an errant Israeli artillery.
Abbas talks to Mashaal, in sign of progress for unity gov't Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas' exiled leader, Khaled Mashaal, spoke to each other for the first time in months on Thursday.
Nation on highest alert with 80 attack warnings Israel police will be on highest alert Thursday around the country following the fatal shelling attack on Beit Hanoun which killed 18 Palestinians.
Gay Parade Canceled, Stadium Rally to be Held Instead In light of dozens of terrorist warnings and hundreds of thousands of expected protestors, the homosexual parade scheduled for Friday has been replaced by a rally.
British Leader: Iraq at Critical Point Iraq is at a critical point and faces a real risk of violence escalating further.
Russia, China Plan Joint Space Projects Russia plans to cooperate with China in robotic missions to the moon and Mars and other space projects.
Brussels to take more self-protecting approach to enlargement Drawing on tough lessons from past enlargements, the EU will from now on take an extra cautious approach to future expansion of the bloc with its own welfare becoming a major factor.
German Study Reveals Increasing Anti-Semitism A new study conducted by professors at Leipzig University shows that anti-Semitism is once again rearing its head in a population that still yearns to be a world power run by a dictatorship.
Sanhedrin' to police: Protecting gay march sinful A panel of rabbis made a halachic ruling Wednesday demanding police refuse orders to protect the gay pride parade slated to take place in Jerusalem Friday.