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Tornadoes from huge Midwest storm system level homes in Oklahoma, cut power in other states EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor ...

A Syrian supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, holds a placard with his picture and the national flag as he participates in a protest outside the US Embassy in central London, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town

Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. With the regime scoring gains on the ...

File - In this Jan.16, 2013 file photo, Yair Lapid, popular former TV anchorman and head of the new centrist party Yesh Atid, poses for a portrait at his house during an interview for the Associated Press, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Lapid, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s senior coalition partner, said in a published interview Sunday, May 19, 2013, that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and that the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. Finance Minister Yair Lapid's assessment, delivered in a published interview Sunday just days before the arrival of U.S. ...

CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit

An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel. The official says CIA chief John Brennan met Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. He did not disclose other details. The official spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because he was ...

Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man during clashes that erupted during a rally marking Nakba Day in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Palestinians annually mark the "nakba," or "catastrophe" — the term they use to describe their defeat and displacement in the war that followed Israel's founding in 1948. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Watchdog: Israel trying to legalize settlements

An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission. The government announced its move this week in a filing to the ...

FILE - In this Monday, April 8, 2013 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during the annual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. On the surface, the Arab League’s new peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of _ normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land. But two weeks after Secretary of State John Kerry persuaded Arab leaders to reissue their 2002 offer with new incentives, Israel is maintaining a striking silence and critics are accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of tragically missing a historic opportunity. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

Critics assail Israeli silence on Arab peace plan

On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of — normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land. But two weeks after U.S. Secretary ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands by his wife Sara as she casts her ballot at a polling station in Jerusalem. As his government is slashing welfare benefits and hiking takes for the working class to overcome a huge deficit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is finding himself under fire again for his lavish lifestyle. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, File)

Israeli leader under fire for costly lifestyle

For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saddled with an image of a cigar-smoking, cognac-drinking socialite. Now a new disclosure about his soaring spending on housekeeping, furniture, clothing and other expenses is increasing pressure on him in a country whose leaders once were known for washing their own ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Putin is hosting Netanyahu for talks focusing on the situation in Syria, amid concerns that Moscow could soon provide Damascus with advanced missiles. (AP Photo/ Maxim Shipenkov, Pool)

Putin, Netanyahu meet to discuss Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for talks that focused on the situation in Syria, amid concerns that Moscow could soon provide Damascus with advanced missiles. Israeli officials have asked Russia to stop what they say is an imminent delivery of Russian S-300 air ...

FILE In this Monday, May 4, 2009  file photo a Russian army S-300 anti-aircraft rocket launchers drive in a street during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9, in central Moscow. Israel expressed concern on Monday, May 13, 2013, over what its officials say is an imminent sale of Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)

Putin and Netanyahu to discuss Syrian conflict

President Vladimir Putin's talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Russia on Tuesday will focus on the situation in Syria, the Kremlin said, amid growing concerns that Moscow may soon provide Damascus with an advanced anti-aircraft weapon. Israeli officials say Russia is on the verge of selling S-300 anti-aircraft ...

Israel minister criticizes Russia over Syria arms

An Israeli Cabinet minister is accusing Russia of destabilizing the Middle East by selling weapons to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. Monday's remarks by Tourism Minister Uzi Landau are likely to raise tensions with Russia on the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Moscow. Netanyahu is expected to ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third from left, speaks to Chinese President Xi Jinping, unseen, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool)

Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized bed on a recent flight to London, officials close to the Israeli leader said. Netanyahu found himself facing a public uproar on Sunday after Channel 10 TV reported over the ...

Syrian rebels, government fight over key highways

Syrian rebels on Saturday cut a newly built bypass road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while state media reported that government troops have secured a strategic highway between the capital and the southern city of Daraa. The reported fighting came as ...

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video during a conference, held in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday May, 9, 2013. Nasrallah said Syria will supply `game-changing' weapons to the Lebanese militant group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah: Syria to supply weapons to militia

Syria will supply "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus targeted alleged shipments of advanced Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah. Israel has signaled it will respond with airstrikes to any future weapons shipments, meaning it ...

Italian military officers greet US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, on his arrival at Chiampino International Airport in Rome, Wednesday May 8, 2013. Kerry arrived in Rome from Moscow on a two-day visit where he is scheduled to meet new Italian Premier Enrico Letta amongst other appointments. (AP Photo/Mladen Antonov)

Kerry to return for a new effort on Mideast peace

ROME (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he would depart in two weeks on another trip to the Middle East to push peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Speaking to reporters alongside Israeli peace negotiator Tzipi Livni, Kerry said he'd depart on his fourth trip to the ...

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, gestures to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China greets Israeli prime minister in Beijing

Chinese leaders welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Beijing on Wednesday as China tries to bring its growing international influence to an area where it has had little impact — the Middle East peace process. Greeting the Israeli leader at the Great Hall of the People, Chinese Premier Li ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, meets rabbis as he visits the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum at former site of Ohel Moshe Synagogue in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a Shanghai neighborhood where European Jews found refuge during World War II, saying Israel's strong military would ensure they would never again have to seek such protection from others. Netanyahu's visit to China's eastern financial hub on Tuesday followed Israel's weekend airstrike on a ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Israel groups say PM halts new settlement building

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stopped approving new construction in West Bank settlements, two prominent Israeli activist groups said Tuesday, in what could be an attempt to clear the way for renewed peace talks with the Palestinians. Anti-settlement group Peace Now, which monitors all new Israeli settlement construction, said Netanyahu ...

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a general view of damaged buildings wrecked by an Israeli airstrike, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital early Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said. The attack, the second in three days, signaled a sharp escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's bloody civil war. Syria's state media reported that Israeli missiles struck a military and scientific research center near the Syrian capital and caused casualties. (AP Photo/SANA)

Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran

From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend attacks would have posed a potent threat had the weapons reached Iranian proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon. While Israel says it has no interest getting involved in the Syrian ...

China's President Xi Jinping, right, and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)

China hosting both Palestinian, Israeli leaders

China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a visit ...

Fiona Gilley, left, and her sister Nairi Melkonian, both of Worcester, Mass., hold signs urging compassion while they stand on the other side of the street from protestors on Sunday evening, May 5, 2013 in Worcester, Mass.  Boston marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body is being held at Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors on Main Street in Worcester, the building at right, until a cemetery can be found that will accept the body for burial. (AP Photo/Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Betty Jenewin)

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ISRAEL RETURNS TO BUSINESS AFTER AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for a trip to China, a possible sign that it does not expect immediate retaliation. 2. BRIDE AMONG 5 ...

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