French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama re-learned a lesson about foreign diplomacy: speak softly and make sure your microphone is turned off before you bad-mouth Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and call him "a liar." After holding a presser at the G20 conference in Cannes Thursday, Obama and Sarkozy retreated to another room for a private conversation that turned out to be a very public faux pas.

Anders Breivik, the man who confessed to the massacre in Norway last month - including a bombing in Oslo and a shooting rampage at a political youth camp - returned to his scene of evil Saturday for a tour in which he reenacted the slaughter. Norwegian police said they questioned Breivik for nearly eight hours while they reconstructed the bloody ambush on Utoya Island that claimed the lives of 69 young political activists on July 22, CNN reports.

The Israeli government has vowed to go after a 19-year-old Saudi who posted thousands of credit card numbers and claims to have a million more he's itching to publish. The hack of 6,000 active accounts Thursday -- on top of 15,000 already released -- is the teenager's second politically motivated attack this year, and Israeli officials are taking the continued threat very seriously, CNN reported.

More than 1,100 dogs destined for a slaughterhouse were rescued this week by an animal-loving blogger in Chongqing, China, China Daily reported. The 1,137 dogs that had been cramped into cages stacked on top of each other into the back of a flatbed truck were intercepted with the help of a blogger, who goes by the surname Peng, as they were on their way to be made into food.

Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has found a new job at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as its Rosenblatt Distinguished Visiting Fellow. The Washington Institute, an independent and nonpartisan organization that provides research and recommendations for U.S. Middle East policy, will tap into Yaalon’s 37-year a career in the Israel Defense Forces and his policy expertise from his seven years in the Knesset, it announced in a news release Thursday.

The European Union will likely ignore recommendations from its own diplomats in Jerusalem to toughen its call to halt trade in products from Israeli settlements. The Heads of Mission Committee’s recommendations were to more strictly enforce the labeling of produce grown in settlements and to expand EU guidelines on not recognizing the settlements as part of Israel, according to The Guardian.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was ranked as the best university in the Middle East, according to the Center for World University Rankings based in Saudi Arabia. The center also ranked the university 26th among more than 25,000 degree-conferring universities from all over the world, it announced in a statement Monday.

President Barack Obama pledged to veto three pieces of legislation because they contain language that would scuttle implementation of the Iran nuclear deal. A White House news release on Tuesday said the bills set to pass this week by congressional Republicans, with little expected resistance from Democrats, contradict the easing of sanctions that the U.S. promised Iran in return for rolling back its nuclear program.

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel sent incoming British Prime Minister Theresa May a warm welcome. The Israeli prime minister wrote May, who officially succeeded David Cameron as prime minister on Wednesday, a letter of congratulations and felicitations following her installation, his office shared in a statement.

(JTA) — The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is seeking an apology from the White House for having compared Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, with the new British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. At a press briefi

Half of those who could benefit from a life-saving cancer gene test are not eligible for the screening under the current rules, 30 leading cancer researchers announced at a joint news conference in Jerusalem. The researchers called for more inclusive testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations following a July 10-11 gathering hosted by the Soroka Medical Center and the Israel Healthcare Foundation.

The Korean government announced plans Thursday to attract new businesses and boost international sales by educating producers about kosher and halal foods. Following a meeting with President Park Guen-hye, officials announced plans to provide “administrative and technical support” to help kosher and halal food and cosmetics makers set up shop in Korea and qualify for kosher and halal supervision, the Korea Times reported.

(JTA) — Israeli researchers say they have developed a promising stem-cell therapy to treat age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, potentially saving the sight of millions of people. Jerusalem-based Cell Cure Neurosciences reports that its OpRegen thera

The European Union will likely ignore recommendations from its own diplomats in Jerusalem to toughen its call to halt trade in products from Israeli settlements. The Heads of Mission Committee’s recommendations were to more strictly enforce the labeling of produce grown in settlements and to expand EU guidelines on not recognizing the settlements as part of Israel, according to The Guardian.