To overcome somewhat negative perception, US President will need to give an uncompromising pledge to stand behind Israel

Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel (NY) proposes legislation to provide funds to opposition against President Bashar Assad

Libyan security forces allegedly detain, abuse dozens of Copts in Benghazi

Egyptian army working around the clock to destroy underground smuggling shafts after a court ruled to shut them all down, Xinhua reports

Vehicle, en route to the Allenby Bridge crossing into the West Bank, was filled with Palestinian pilgrims returning from Mecca

In his first papal appearances, Pope Francis doesn’t seem the type to demand thrones and chauffeurs or use the royal ‘we’

On upcoming visit, the US president’s goal will be to keep the region’s problems from boiling over rather than seek grand resolutions

Islamist regime ‘won’t make it’ to the bomb, Efraim Halevy tells UK Zionist Federation; former MI6 head compares Iran to ‘dangerous adolescent’