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Jerusalem, Sep. 26 (ANI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has 'advised' US President Barack Obama not to push Tehran over its secret uranium enrichment plant.

Tehran (Iran), Sep 25(ANI): Iran has reportedly disclosed the existence of a second uranium enrichment plant to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei.

Cairo, Sep. 25 (ANI): Ancient coins bearing the name and image of biblical Joseph have been found from the Museum of Egypt, contradicting claims made by some historians that coins were not used for trade in olden Egypt.

Jerusalem, Sep. 25 (ANI): Ehud Olmert who became the first Israeli prime minister to be prosecuted on criminal charges has said that he is certain to come out clean after an "inhuman witch hunt" that lasted almost three years.

New York, Sep 23(ANI): United States President Barack Obama has said that he would continue with his administration's diplomatic efforts for Middle East peace until negotiations are relaunched between Israel and Palestine.

Dubai, Sep.23 (ANI): After a failed suicide bomb attack targeted Saudi Arabia's Deputy Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef last month, the Al-Qaeda has warned of more such attacks in that country.

Jerusalem, Sep.22 (ANI): The tripartite meeting between US President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the United Nation's General Assembly in New York on Tuesday (today) is expected to kick off talks between the three stakeholders amid the renewed diplomatic process.

London, Sep.22 (ANI): Israel has rejected reports which suggested that it has ruled out using military power to counter Iran's nuclear weapon programme.

Jerusalem, Sep. 21 (ANI): Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has asked the US to work towards halting North Korea's nuclear weapons program before Iran's, as the move would have a big influence on the Islamic republic.

Jerusalem, Sep 20 (ANI): In an effort to renew the peace process in the Middle East, President Barack Obama will host a tripartite meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday.

Jerusalem, Sep 20 (ANI): Following the US and UK deploring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 'Holocaust- a myth' remark, Russia too has called his statement "totally unacceptable."

Jerusalem, Sep 19 (ANI): The United States and Britain have both condemned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent "hateful" speech in which he had said the Holocaust was "a false pretext to create Israel."

Tehran, Sep. 18 (ANI): The father of an Iranian student, who died in jail after being arrested for protesting against President Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election, has claimed that his son was beaten, got his bones broken and toenails pulled out while in prison.

Jerusalem, Sep.17 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has termed the controversial Goldstone report as a "prize for terrorists" and described the commission, headed by South African Constitutional Court Judge Richard Goldstone, as a "kangaroo court" whose conclusions were drawn up before the hearings even started.

Jerusalem, Sep.16 (ANI): Israel has said that it does not need lessons in morality from a committee established by Syria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Somalia.

Baghdad, Sep.15 (ANI): Muntazar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist, who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush during his last visit to the Iraqi capital last year, has claimed that while in jail, he was tortured with electric shocks.

Jerusalem, Sep.15 (ANI): Israeli diplomatic officials have said that Tuesday's meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US envoy George Mitchell may not lead to any declaration of a US-Israel agreement on the settlement issue.

Washington, Sep.15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has provisionally agreed to go to Israel in late October or early November for a meeting of the U.S.-Israeli strategic dialogue, American and Israeli sources have told Politico.