Iran Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani said Saturday Iran is “easily” selling its oil despite western sanctions because some countries have received waivers from the U.S. to import Iranian oil

Dozens of Palestinian Authority Arabs rioted in Lebanon on Saturday, cutting off the main road leading to the city of Tyre. Security sources reported “the Palestinians blocked the road with

In the late hours of Saturday night, the Chief Rabbi and other high-ranking officials from Russia visited Joseph’s Tomb in Samaria. Chief Rabbi of Russia Rabbi Berel Lazar and close

Preparations are underway to host more than 10,000 people in Israel alone for the worldwide Siyum HaShas; the completion of the cycle of study of Torah learning in the tractates

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu eulogized Israel’s seventh Prime Minister, the late Yitzchak Shamir on Sunday, and commented on his famous statement, “The Arabs are the same Arabs and the sea

Christian missionaries are apparently using Israeli government materials in their attempts to disseminate their materials both here in Israel and abroad. The city of Kfar Saba was recently surprised to

The European Jewish Congress has called on the German government to stand against a regional court decision to criminalize circumcision, known as “brit mila” in Hebrew, sealing of the Biblical

The Supreme Court decided Sunday to approve a request for more time in the removal of homes in Beit El. The state had requested four and a half months of

MK Danny Danon (Likud) said Sunday the university presidents who don’t want Ariel University Center to receive full university status are wrong to dabble in politics. “They seem to be

Tributes to the life of Yitzchak Shamir, former Prime Minister of Israel, poured in on Saturday night as word spread of his death. Shamir passed away on Shabbat after a

“Social Justice” protests took place in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Saturday night. The Tel Aviv protest, about 5,000 strong, began early Saturday night and started out peacefully, but a

Bashar al-Assad may be able to remain as leader of Syria under a plan for a government transition approved by major powers Saturday. The U.S., Russia, and officials of other

At least 83 people were killed, mostly civilians, in violence across Syria on Saturday. AFP reported that hundreds more were trapped in Douma as regime forces stormed the town in

A planned meeting between Vice Prime Minister and Kadima head Shaul Mofaz and Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas that had been set for Sunday has been postponed. The postponement was

Islamist Mohamed Morsi was sworn in Saturday before Egypt’s highest court as the country’s first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago. Morsi promised a

Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, paid tribute on Friday to Egypt’s Muslims and Christians and symbolically swore himself in as the country’s first elected civilian president before a huge crowd

Austrian authorities are investigating the desecration of 43 graves in two Jewish sections of Vienna’s main cemetery, The Associated Press reported. A police statement on Friday said that tomb stones

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal and top Islamist leaders in Jordan attended on Friday the burial of a senior member of Hamas who was killed this week in Damascus. AFP reported

An Israeli was attacked by two Palestinian Authority Arab hitchhikers on Route 443, which runs between Jerusalem and Modi’in, on Friday night. Channel 10 News reported that the man picked

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird, condemned on Thursday the racist and anti-Semitic statements made by Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi at a conference on drug trafficking in Tehran.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle weighed in Friday on a controversial German court ruling on circumcision, saying the country protected religious freedom and traditions.   “The ruling on circumcision has

Several hundreds of people staged a protest march in Pretoria, South Africa, on Thursday against South Africa’s plans to label products made in Judea and Samaria as “Made in the

UNESCO’s World Heritage committee on Friday approved a Palestinian Authority bid to place the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger.

Egyptian security forces on Friday seized a large stash of weapons, including rockets and automatic machine-guns, smuggled into the country from Libya and allegedly bound for Gaza. Egypt’s interior minister,

After the final families were evicted Thursday from their homes in Beit El, workers came to seal off the buildings to make sure nobody can reenter. The work was done

Peace Now head Yariv Oppenheimer publicly criticized Didi Dickstein on Thursday. Dickstein, whose parents and brother were murdered in a terrorist attack in 2002, was evicted this week from his

Senior Hamas terrorist Kamal Ghanaja, second-in-command to Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, was killed in Damascus this week. Arab media outlets said Ghanaja was shot in his apartment, which was then burned. Syrian