Ramallah – By signing onto the International Criminal Court, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has entered into his most serious confrontation yet with Israel. His decision… Read More ›
Surabaya, Indonesia – As search crews struggled against wind and heavy rain to find more than 150 people still missing, a passenger aboard AirAsia Flight… Read More ›
Tehran – According to reports from the Islamic Republic, morality police arrested a number of women for immodest dress in Tehran last week. Officers reportedly confronted… Read More ›
Damascus – Posting pictures of the rare trip, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a district on the outskirts of Damascus and thanked soldiers fighting “in… Read More ›
North Korea – Days after a proposal from Seoul to resume dialogue, leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to a high-level summit with… Read More ›
Kinbutz Yehiam, Israel – An Arab-Israeli Muslim woman is running for a parliament seat as a member of a hard-line religious Jewish party that opposes… Read More ›
Israel – A bombshell has fallen within the ranks, turning military commanders and lawyers against each other on a possibly unprecedented level over the Office… Read More ›
Jerusalem – Israeli media reported Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the backing of his hard-line Likud party in its primary and will lead… Read More ›
Tel Aviv – In a contentious case pitting two bodies engaged in Holocaust restitution against one another, a court rejected a demand by the Greek… Read More ›
Jerusalem – The High Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected a petition to ban all demolitions of terrorists’ houses as well as a petition to… Read More ›
New York’s minimum wage will rise from $8 to $8.75 an hour on Wednesday, giving a boost in pay to some 700,000 workers. The state… Read More ›
China will begin trade negotiations with Israel this year. China and members of the Gulf Cooperation Council – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the… Read More ›
A man carrying an automatic weapon and a bomb was captured in front of İstanbul’s historic Dolmabahçe Palace on Thursday, according to the Turkish newspaper… Read More ›
Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the UN Security Council vote, thanking the US and Australia for voting against the motion, and praising Rwanda… Read More ›
West Bank – Officials said on Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership is meeting to plan its next steps after a resolution to end Israel’s occupation… Read More ›
West Bank – Police were investigating a suspected ‘price tag’ hate crime attack in the West Bank village of al-Dirat after a firebomb was thrown… Read More ›
Israel – On Wednesday, the IDF military court convicted Hussam Hassan Kawasme of being the mastermind behind the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens… Read More ›
Riyadh – A Labor Ministry source in Riyadh was quoted as saying in a Saudi newspaper on Tuesday that Jews and foreigners with other religions are… Read More ›
Libya – A top oil official said on Tuesday, a fire raging for almost a week at Libya’s biggest oil port of Es Sider has destroyed… Read More ›
Beit Shemesh – The Israel Antiquities Authority discovered during a routine security check a veritable treasure hunt. A Beit Shemesh man had stolen hundreds of… Read More ›
