Hamas has warned that it would escalate hostilities against Israel unless tensions along the Gaza-Israel border were defused. Abu Obeida, the group’s spokesman said on Saturday that they would respond aggresively to Israeli attacks, adding that Israel was “playing with fire”.

The imam behind the controversial Park 51 Islamic community center and mosque in New York will begin a nationwide speaking tour next month to promote the project and encourage interfaith dialogue, a spokeswoman said Friday.

GAZA, (PIC)– Commander in chief of Al-Qassam Brigades Mohamed Al-Daif said that the Israeli occupation is weaker than ever to break the determination and steadfastness of Hamas Movement and its end is inevitable.

NAZARETH, (PIC)– More than half of Jewish settlements in Palestinian land are being expanded or built up 65 per cent faster than the previous year, the Israeli Peace Now organization reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON: US government agencies are on alert for militants trying to attack the United States over the Christmas holidays but are not aware of a specific plot, intelligence and law enforcement officials said.

The Obama administration is considering the creation of a “periodic review” process for Guantanamo Bay detainees who are deemed to be too dangerous to be released, but who cannot be tried in either civilian or military courts.

What is Tel Aviv to do now that it’s known Israelis and pro-Israelis ‘fixed’ the intelligence that induced the U.S. to war in Iraq? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Con me consistently for six decades and the relationship is over, as is Israel’s credibility as a legitimate nation […]

Seven people have been killed in an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale that struck Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman. “Considering the dimensions of the damage, the death toll is expected to rise,” IRNA quoted Kerman Governor General Esmail Najjar as saying on Tuesday.

About 150 people protested Saturday outside the site of a conference in Paris organized to criticize the “Islamization” of Europe. Protesters held banners reading “United Against Islamophobia” and “Fascists, get out of our neighbourhoods.” Socialist Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe had asked police to ban the conference, but police allowed it to go forward under surveillance.

British police have arrested 12 men in a large-scale “counterterrorism operation” after conducting raids on homes in three cities. West Midlands police they had detained five men from Cardiff in Wales, four from Stoke in central England and three from London, the capital, on Monday.