Middle East
Israel struggles as Orthodox, secular communities confront conflicts
Israel's Haredim community is grappling with mainstream Israeli society in an effort to figure out how the two increasingly divergent lifestyles can co-exist in the same country.
Israeli businesses the target of spate of cyber attack
In Israel on Monday, El Al and the Tel Aviv stock exchange were hit by denial of service attacks, effectively shutting down the companies' websites. The attacker were allegedly the work of anti-Israeli Saudi Arabians.
Israel's secular and moderate majority struggling with ultra-Orthodox minority
There's growing tension in Israel between the most ardent, ultra-Orthodox Jews and the country's more mainstream secular and moderate communities. Some of the Haredim want to impose greater restrictions on the public space in the Jewish state.
Shay Charka uses pen to skewer all corners of Israeli society
Shay Charka is perhaps the only syndicated Israeli cartoonist living in a West Bank settlement. And while he's against giving the Palestinians land in exchange for peace, he doesn't fall in with the radical extremists either.
Iran threatens retaliation for assassination of nuclear scientists
In various media reportes Friday, Iran threatened tor retaliate against the west for what it says was the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.
VIDEO: Iranian nuclear scientist killed; Doomsday Clock ticks toward midnight
Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, an Iranian nuclear scientist, was assassinated in Iran on Wednesday, the latest sign of a covert campaign to subvert Iran's nuclear ambitions. Meanwhile, the Doomsday Clock has moved a minute closer to midnight.
VIDEO: Former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran
Amir Mirzaei Hekmati is accused of committing espionage against Iran when he traveled to the country in August 2011. On Monday, Iran announced it would put him to death.
Longtime Syrian dissident Kamal Labwani decries abuses by Assad government
Kamal Labwani spent the better parts of the past decade in a Syrian jail. We was freed last year, fled to Jordan and continue to agitate for the overthrow of the Syrian regime, led by Bashar al-Assad.
VIDEO: Car bomb blast kills dozens in Syria; expert says to expect more of the same
As the revolution in Syria continues into a new month, violence is seeming to escalate. A car bombing in Damascus that killed more than two dozen seems to indicate new tactics are being tried.
Arab League to send more monitors to Syria as protesters level criticisms
The Arab League has said it will send more monitors to Syria in an effort to ensure the government is living up to its commitments to end violence against protesters. Meanwhile, protesters say the monitors who are already there are being misled and are ineffective.
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