Several 3,000-year old tombs were discovered in Minya, about 245 kilometres (152 miles) south of Cairo, Egyptian authorities announced Friday. Khaled al-Anani, the minister of antiquities, said in a statement that eight tombs containing 40 sarcophagi and roughly 1,000 figurines had been...

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmad Abu Al-Ghait on Saturday said the U.S. decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was a "provocation". Washington announced on Friday that it would move its embassy on May 14, to coincide with the day the state of Israel was established...

An initial inquiry suggested that a Palestinian whose beating by soldiers was caught on video died from tear gas inhalation, the Israeli military said Friday, ahead of a planned autopsy. However Channel 10 TV on Friday evening said the autopsy, attended by a Palestinian doctor, showed...

The U.S. will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14th -- the day the state of Israel was established and officially recognized by Washington in 1948. "We are planning to open the new U.S. Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May. The Embassy opening will coincide with...