NewsmaxWorld RSS FeedSun, 19 May 2013 09:47:55 EDTPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:28:22 EDTSeveral Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after the June 14 presidential election.Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:50 EDTSyrian troops backed by tanks and warplanes launched an assault Sunday on a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, pounding the area with airstrikes and artillery salvos that killed at least 30 people. Sun, 19 May 2013 08:18:05 EDTIranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency reported.Sun, 19 May 2013 07:56:59 EDTEgyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday, security sources said.Sat, 18 May 2013 11:25:58 EDTEgypt's main opposition bloc said on Saturday that a Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill to regulate human rights groups and other private organizations was an attempt to stifle their work.Sat, 18 May 2013 09:43:02 EDTThe office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province.Sat, 18 May 2013 09:01:26 EDTA wave of kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels after clashes killed at least four militants earlier this week, activists said Saturday.Sat, 18 May 2013 08:22:50 EDTBlasphemy charges were not uncommon in Egypt under the now-ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak's regime, but there has been a surge in such cases in recent months, according to rights activists. Sat, 18 May 2013 07:15:31 EDTGunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni military intelligence officer who had been targeted for assassination by al-Qaida-linked militants, a local security official said.Sat, 18 May 2013 07:01:06 EDTTwo bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence. Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:00 EDTThe website and Twitter feed of the Financial Times were hacked on Friday, apparently by the "Syrian Electronic Army," a group of online activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The group posted links on the newspaper's Twitter feed to a YouTube...Fri, 17 May 2013 08:25:04 EDTAt least 32 people were killed in two explosions outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in Baquba, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Baghdad, after Friday prayers, police and medics said.Fri, 17 May 2013 07:53:58 EDTAn Israeli defense official says CIA chief John Brennan has made an unannounced visit to Israel. According to The Guardian newspaper, Brennan was probably sent to Israel "to coordinate a joint policy between the two countries and prevent Israel from taking action on its own in Syria."Fri, 17 May 2013 03:37:51 EDTA human rights group says it has found documents and physical evidence indicating Syrians were arbitrarily detained and tortured in government prisons in the eastern city of Raqqa.Thu, 16 May 2013 17:27:50 EDTThousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested in Jerusalem Thursday against plans to enlist men from their community into the military, a proposal supported by the secular majority pushing for a more equal share of the burden on Israeli society.Thu, 16 May 2013 11:42:51 EDTIncreasing numbers of Egyptians think their country is not heading in the right direction as political divisions deepen and the economy falters, according to a new poll released by the Pew Research Center.Thu, 16 May 2013 11:01:52 EDTEgypt’s opposition has called for rallies next month and is amassing signatures to force President Mohammed Morsi from office and hold early presidential elections.Thu, 16 May 2013 04:06:24 EDTDesert locusts in Israel hatched and formed groups of juveniles known as hoppers for the first time in more than 50 years, threatening crops, the U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported.Thu, 16 May 2013 03:47:20 EDTOfficials say a car bomb explosion in a sprawling Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad has killed at least five civilians.