Islamists based in northern Mali, under daily bombardment by France's warplanes, have vowed to avenge the assault on French soil as well as in Africa.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on Sunday heralded “a new chapter” in Egypt’s history following a meeting with Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, as he called on the Islamist President to use his success in brokering November’s Gaza ceasefire as motivation “to take bold steps towards peace in the Middle East”.

Tzipi Livni party leader focuses on diplomatic issue in final push before election, blaming PM for stalemate in peace process.

Influential US columnist Jeffrey Goldberg reports that US president says in private conversations that Netanyahu leading Israel down a path toward near-total isolation by advancing settlement plans.

Citing ''privileged and protected'' information, judge orders memo connecting PA to suicide bombing returned or destroyed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an IDF base on Mount Avital on the Golan Heights.

Congressional report suggests Revolutionary Guards has operated an intelligence base near Israel since 2006.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon equated genocidal anti-Semitism and Islamophobia with the Middle East conflict.

The European Union is drawing up a detailed new plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and expects to present it after the general elections in Israel later this month, Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot reported.

Former FM responds to his party's number-two politician Yair Shamir, who recently called on any convicted politician to resign.