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February 28, 2013

The laptops were taken from Shaul Horev’s family home, a military censor kept the news of the theft from the Israeli public on Monday. (Image courtesy: Haaretz)
09:55 GMT

The head of Israel’s nuclear program, who has top secret information, the highest security clearance and free access to the country’s most guarded sensitive sites, recently had his second laptop stolen, Israeli media reported Thursday.

Smoke rises from the site of a missile attack in Hawiqah neighborhood in the eastern Syrian town of Deir Ezzor on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO/ZAC BAILLIE)
06:27 GMT

According to the White House spokesman, the U.S. will be increasing aid to Syrian rebels to speed up a political transition.

Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah.
05:19 GMT

Hassan Nasrallah says rivals are trying to push Lebanon into a Sunni-Shia regional war.

February 27, 2013

Talks on IRan's nuclear programme ended with no agreement, but officials plan more meetins next month
09:45 GMT

Two days of discussion on Irans nuclear programme have reached a stalemate but more talks are planed in March, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said after talks in Kazakhstan.

The US is looking at providing Syrian rebels with 'non-lethal' aid in the form of training and equipment
09:34 GMT

The United Sates is moving to provide Syrian rebels equipment such as body armor and armored vehicles, and would also offer them military training, American and European officials have said.

Israel’s settlement construction in annexed east Jerusalem is part of a strategy aimed at preventing the Holy City from becoming the capital of two states, an internal EU report found on Wednesday.
08:07 GMT

Israel’s settlement construction in annexed east Jerusalem is part of a strategy aimed at preventing the Holy City from becoming the capital of two states, an internal EU report found on Wednesday.

The UN has expressed fears that Lebanon could be dragged in the Syrian civil war
07:11 GMT

The United Nations warned Tuesday that Lebanon could be dragged into the bloody conflict in Syria, as rival Lebanese politicians struggled to agree on a new electoral law for the June 9 elections.

Egyptian anti-government protestors shout slogans against Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi during a demonstration in Cairo's landmark Tahrir square. (AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)
05:00 GMT

The Egyptian president calls for everyone to join the talks but the opposition boycott means the dialogue is a fairly one-sided affair.

February 26, 2013

A new round of talks between world powers and Iran opened on Tuesday in Kazakhstan, to discuss the Persian nation's controversial nuclear program. STANISLAV FILIPPOV / AFP POOL / AFP.
13:14 GMT

Fresh Negotiations between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group started on Tuesday in Kazakhstan, over the Islamic Republic's contests nuclear programme.

A rocket fired from Gaza hot southern Israel early on Tuesday. [File photo]
10:33 GMT

As unrest continues in the West Bank, a rocket from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel early Tuesday morning, Israeli and Palestinian media report. The Grad rocket landed in south of Ashekelon and inflicted no injuries.

Syria's umbrella opposition group has said it will now attend talks in Rome later this week
09:08 GMT

Syria's opposition leaders have said that they will now attend an international conference in Rome this week, after the US and UK 'promised specific aid' to the Syrian people.

At least 19 tourists have been killed in a hot air balloon crash in the Southern town of Luxor in Egypt
07:54 GMT

At least 19 tourists have been reportedly killed in a hot air balloon accident in the southern town of Luxor in Egypt.

Protests erupted across the West Bank in support of Arafat Jaradat, who died in Israeli custody
06:17 GMT

Israel on Monday demanded that the Palestinian Authority act "responsibly" and rein in unrest, as Palestinian protesters vowed revenge over the death of a Palestinian prisoner allegedly under Israeli torture.

Egyptian protestors shout at a soldier standing in an armored personnel carrier as they demonstrate in the streets of the canal city of Port Said. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
05:00 GMT

The former presidential contender says it's time for Islamist rule to come to an end as Morsi's Egypt groans under the strain.

February 25, 2013

Lebanese activists took to the streets on Sunday.
13:37 GMT

Hundreds of protestors took to the streets of Beirut on Sunday to demonstrate for a parliamentary ruling to outlaw domestic violence.