In wake of unity deal with Hamas, bid to join UN organizations, Israel begins to implement slew of economic sanctions against Palestinians, day before talks set to reach deadline.

'Those opposed to the trip are mixing politics with education,' says professor behind controversial visit by first Palestinian delegation ever to Auschwitz; comments came on Holocaust Memorial Day.

During a testimony given to police, Barak claimed former IDF-chief Ashkenazi was trying to hurt him and treated Defense Ministry with hostility: 'Harpaz Affair was supposed to harm me.'

Massive archeological find in Egypt's Valley of Kings announced, with mummies from 1567 to 1085 BC unearthed.

Investigation into the military Humvee accident that left soldier dead revealed misconduct by driver. Brigade commander: 'We have failed as commanders. The most dangerous weapon is the car.'

Russia warns Kiev it would face justice for 'bloody crime' in eastern Ukraine, where forces killed pro-Russian rebels a day earlier; Washington says Moscow running out of time to defuse crisis.

Seeking atonement for the crimes of their relatives, dozens of Hungarians and Germans walk route taken by thousands of Jews force-marched to Germany, Austria.

Despite three-year-long civil war which has claimed 150,000 lives and seen the destruction of whole neighborhoods and towns, the Assad regime hopes to attract investment for ailing tourism industry.