Promotion for commander known as “Lion of Sinai” comes ahead of expected presidential run by el-Sissi

Finland’s Jews battled alongside Germans against the USSR in WWII, even winning decorations, the Telegraph reports

Split-second after Big Bang, 14 billion years ago, new evidence points to an astonishing rapidly growth spurt at the start of the universe

Dramatic footage shows Nahal Zin roaring back to life after rainfall in southern desert

Long-range American aircraft continue to look for missing plane in Indian Ocean

Investigation by Beijing damps speculation that Uighur Muslim separatists behind missing plane; search still ongoing

Daniel Rubenstein, a former consul general in Jerusalem, will succeed ambassador Robert Ford in war-torn country

World powers and Iran to hold second round of meetings on drafting final status agreement, but disunity could give Tehran edge at table