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French paper names Bashar Assad 'man of the year' (and 'mass murderer' of the century)
Sometimes it seems as if nothing is more agreeable than to read those
ubiquitous, mostly innocuous December-time lists compiling the best
songs, books and people of the past year.
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Egypt's Morsi signs Islamist constitution into law
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new
Islamist-drafted constitution he says will help end political turmoil
and allow him to focus on fixing the fragile economy.
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Court May Be Asked to Stop 'Destruction of History'
The High Court may be the last resort for archaeologists to order
Netanyahu to stop allowing the Waqf to destroy history at the holy site.
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Iraq: New protests break out in Sunni stronghold
Large, noisy demonstrations against Iraq's government flared for the third time in less than a week.
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Netanyahu visited Jordan with plans to destroy Syrian chemical weapons
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently held top-secret talks in
Jordan regarding possible methods for destroying Syria's sizable
chemical weapons stockpiles.
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'Little Chance of War in 2013,' Says Former IDF Intel Chief
Israel's enemies probably will not wage war in 2013.
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Air Force Says It's Slimmer and Stronger for 2013
The Israeli Air Force has cut manpower while advancing technologically towards 2013.
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'Kneeling Hitler' placed in Warsaw's Jewish ghetto
If you look through the bars of the locked gate at 14 Prozna Street in
Poland's capital, a place that was the center of the Jewish ghetto 70
years ago.
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US Delivers Two Naval Vessels to Iraq
The United States has delivered two naval support ships to Iraq, which
is seeking to boost its fledgling maritime capabilities, the US embassy
said.
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After upgrading status, UN officially switches from 'Palestine' to 'State of Palestine'
While legislative scholars and political pundits continue to debate the
exact meaning of the upgrade of the Palestinians to a nonmember observer
state, the United Nations last week officially changed the way it
refers to the body: it's now the "State of Palestine".