Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

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August 7, 2013
6:31 am

Illustrative photo of Palestinian terrorists training in the Gaza Strip (photo credit: Mohammed Othman/Flash90/File)

Alabama: Would-be terrorist changes plea to guilty

Authorities accuse defendant of plotting violent acts in the US and looking to join an overseas jihadist movement

August 7, 2013
6:18 am

People at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, look at the lifeless bodies of victims shot by gunmen, on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Arshad Butt)

Attacks kill 28 people across Pakistan

Bomb planted next to soccer field in Karachi leaves 11 dead, 24 injured — many of them young boys

August 7, 2013
5:23 am

US President Barack Obama, left, talks with Jay Leno during a commercial break at a taping of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in Los Angeles, in August 2013. (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Despite ‘disappointment,’ Obama will travel to Russia

White House evaluating ‘utility’ of separate meetings with Putin on the sidelines of international summit in St. Petersberg

By Julie Pace

August 7, 2013
4:57 am

Head of the Yesha Council Dani Dayan (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Settler leaders look to influence US policy

Sensitive to Republican mistrust of Obama’s foreign policy, Dani Dayan tells House leaders that the peace process would harm US interests

By Ron Kampeas

August 7, 2013
4:09 am

Illustrative photo of a Yemeni policeman sitting on an armored near the US Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, in August 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hani Mohammed)

US embassy closures a window into terror threat

Shutdown appears to affect the most vulnerable diplomatic posts; Obama urges Americans to ‘show some common sense’ while abroad

By Matthew Lee

August 7, 2013
2:54 am

The aftermath of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina (photo credit: La Nación (Argentina)/Wikipedia Commons/File)

US to reevaluate Iran’s influence in Latin America

Recent report by Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman points to Islamic Republic’s terrorist networks throughout region

August 7, 2013
2:35 am

Donald Duck (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Donald Duck tweets anti-Zionist vitriol

Egyptian man behind the Arab voice of the popular Disney character can’t keep his beak shut when it comes to Israel

August 7, 2013
2:18 am

A Libyan man investigates the inside of the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon/File)

Reports: US files first charges in Benghazi attack

Sealed complaint names Libyan militia leader; Obama administration not confirming reports

August 7, 2013
1:23 am

Mideast Syria_Horo

Al-Qaeda-linked rebels capture air base near Turkey

Car bomb rips through pro-regime district close to Damascus, killing at least 18

By Barbara Surk

August 7, 2013
12:49 am

Supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against members of the country's interim government in Cairo, Egypt, last week. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)

Egypt’s leader to declare crisis resolution has failed, says report

Despite international efforts, government looks poised to intensify crackdown on pro-Morsi Islamists

By Yoel Goldman and AP

August 6, 2013
10:36 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, welcomes Secretary of State John Kerry, left, to his office at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, May 6, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)

Kerry, Hagel to discuss Syria, Iran with Russians

Meeting to include US request that Snowden be handed over for prosecution

August 6, 2013
9:30 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves after his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament, in Tehran, August 4, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Rouhani calls for talks, Netanyahu for more pressure

Iranian president says country is ready for serious negotiations; Israeli PM wants increased sanctions

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 6, 2013
9:00 pm

Filipino penitent Ruben Enaje, who has portrayed as Jesus Christ for 27 times, grimaces as he is nailed to the cross during Good Friday rituals on March 29, 2013 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Kenyan suing Israel over Jesus’s death

Taking Rome and Jerusalem to the ICJ, Dola Indisis says the trial 2,000 years ago included ‘judicial misconduct, abuse of office bias and prejudice’

By Aaron Kalman

August 6, 2013
8:30 pm

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside an Iron Dome battery during Obama's visit to Israel, March 2013. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel may forgo millions in US missile defense budget aid

Ambassador Oren: ‘We must bear the burden that our American friends are bearing’

By Mitch Ginsburg

August 6, 2013
7:51 pm

Interim Vice President Mohamed Elbaradei, center right, meeting with U.S. senators John McCain, center left, and Lindsey Graham, fifth from left, with U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson, fourth from left, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

US lawmakers in Egypt urge return to civilian rule

McCain and Graham call for release of Brotherhood supporters in jail, but interim president decries foreign pressure

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

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