Middle East

Mohammed al-Shenbari, 24, finds the “balancing point” between two objects to make them stand in a way that appears to defy the law of gravity. “You just need to know the fulcrum of the object and you get it,” he says.

Meeting in a special session in Cairo, the Arab League said it considered the US position legally null and void and showed "unprecedented disdain for the international system."

Four months before a swarm of drones and missiles crippled the world’s biggest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia, Iranian security officials gathered at a heavily fortified compound in Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved the operation, but with strict conditions: Iranian forces must avoid hitting any civilians or Americans.

Anti-government demonstrators seeking to oust sectarian politicians clash with supporters of the Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal. Security forces fire tear gas to disperse the crowds. Lebanese media says fighting apparently broke out when Hezbollah and Amal supporters blamed other protesters for insulting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

“It is our intention to ... continue operations against ISIS down the Euphrates river valley where those targets present themselves,” General Kenneth McKenzie says.

"The first obstruction in the formation of the government is America, because it wants a government that resembles it and we want a government that resembles the Lebanese people,” says Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem. “I do not see signs of a civil war in Lebanon. Hezbollah is determined not to fall into strife that America wants. But we have information of American attempts to create some security problems," he adds.

Tiba-1 is due to launch on one of Europe’s Arianespace rockets from a space center in French Guiana, officials say. Satellite slated to remain in orbit for at least 15 years to provide "every inch" of Egypt with call and internet services.

"It is essential that Iran works with the agency to resolve this matter promptly," IAEA chief says after Iran refuses to provide answers on secret atomic warehouse exposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"France reaffirms its unwavering commitment to Israel's security," Foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll tells reporters in a daily online briefing.