Abbas vows to renew U.N. state bid if he doesn’t receive Israeli nod to peace plan
Abbas gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a month to respond to the Palestinian suggestions
Egypt’s Omar Suleiman Formally Joins Presidential Race
Egyptian ex-intelligence chief Omar Suleiman on Sunday formally joined the race for president.
Abbas Denies Upcoming Meeting with Netanyahu
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas denies reports of a meeting with Netanyahu, says a meeting Netanyahu is not on the agenda at the moment.
IAF Preempts Gaza Rocket Launch
A preemptive strike by the IAF averted a rocket launch from Gaza on Israel's south; 2 terrorists injured.
Iran Claims Validate Nuclear Threat
Israeli officials say an Iranian lawmakers claims Tehran could build a nuclear bomb proved something is rotten in Tehran
Mother of Egypt’s Abu Ismail is U.S. citizen: electoral commission
Under the country’s electoral law, all candidates for the presidency, their parents and their wives must have only Egyptian citizenship.
Israel’s president tells Egypt ‘no bikinis, no tourism’
“We offered the Arabs help but they declined, on their own account not ours,” Peres said during a joint military tour with IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz in the Golan Heights.
Imam blesses union of gay Muslim couple in France
Ludovic Mohamed Zahed, a French man of Algerian origin, and his South African partner Qiyam al-Din, were reportedly married in accordance to the Sharia (Islamic law) in the presence of a Mauritian imam named Jamal who blessed their union on February 12, 2012, according to a report in Albawbaba on April 2.
Egypt Denies Sinai Rocket Launch
Cairo claims three Grad rockets that hit Eilat were not fired from Egyptian turf as Israeli officials announce a more aggressive deterrence
Islamic laws dominate poll in Indonesia’s Aceh
The elections in Aceh are the second since the province suffered 170,000 fatalities in the Asian tsunami of 2004, and since a 30-year war against Indonesian rule ended in 2005, having claimed 15,000 lives.