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Egypt: Military aircraft crashes near Libya border, 4 dead

The spokesman of Egypt's armed forces says a military aircraft crashed near the border with Libya because of a technical failure while on a counterterrorism mission, killing four crew members and wounding two. Brig. Gen. Mohamed Samir says on his Facebook page that the aircraft crashed Thursday...

2 Israeli Arabs arrested after failed bids to join ISIS

Two Israeli Arabs have been arrested after an unsuccessful bid to join the ranks of ISIS by passing through Turkey to Syria, security and judicial sources said Thursday. Adnan Salameh, from Ramleh near Tel Aviv, was arrested at that city's Ben Gurion airport on July 28 after having been...

Iranian-Americans forge a rare bond to support nuclear deal

 On the day U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a historic nuclear agreement last month, Hadi Partovi threw an impromptu party in his backyard outside Seattle, setting in motion a rare expression of solidarity among the country's most prominent Iranian-Americans. Partovi, who has invested...