A Turkish court on Friday formally charged an internationally known pianist and composer with insulting Islamic religious values, in comments he made on Twitter. According to The Associated Press, the

WikiLeaks has denied any links between a leaked cable and Iran’s execution of an Iranian it accused earlier this year of being a Mossad spy and of assassinating scientist Masoud Alimohammadi with an

Music legend and superstar, Madonna, performed for thousands of fans in Israel on Thursday in a much anticipated “peace concert,” as part of her world tour. “I chose to start

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday welcomed a statement from the White House expressing regret for President Obama’s description of the Nazi death camps in Poland as “Polish camps” in

Turkey’s first particle accelerator facility which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims will serve the health sector and aims to diminish dependence on external markets opened yesterday near Ankara by

The IDF shortly after noon on Friday identified a terror squad in Gaza preparing to fire rockets into Israel and scored a direct hit. The Bethlehem-based Maan News Agency said

Facebook and other social networks have long been not only places for friends to connect, but also political fronts in which ideas are debated as often – if not more

Twenty people, both Jewish and not, will take part in the nondenominational advocacy training program. They will meet policy makers and political leaders and visit the “hot spots” often featured

Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in his murder and corruption trial on Saturday. Mubarak and his security chiefs are charged

The family of a terrorist whose actions were caught on camera has won a lawsuit against the State of Israel and will receive a pension from the State. Mohammed Khatib,

Jewish voters still prefer President Barack Obama over Republican nominee Mitt Romney, according to a new poll released on Thursday by the Workmen’s Circle. The poll was conducted by a

Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, The Associated

The price of gasoline will drop by about 3% Thursday night, after oil prices in Wall Street dipped to $88, their lowest level in eight months. A liter of 95

Millionaire and entrepreneur Richard Branson has decided to launch a new business venture, “Virgin Pure,” using technology imported from Israel. Branson recently visited the country and met with Israeli technology

“The massacre of civilians of the sort seen last weekend could plunge Syria into a catastrophic civil war — a civil war from which the country would never recover,” U.N.

Following a decision by IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, Minister of Defense Ehud Barak approved on Thursday the appointment of Major General Yaacov Ayish as the new

Israeli geneticists have found that a tribe of Native American Indians may have a genetic mutation typical of Ashkenazi Jews. The genetic mutation is a harmful modification in the BRCA1

A Saudi scholar has offered a $450,000 reward for assassinating Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. “We announce a reward of $450,000 for whoever kills the assassin Bashar Al Assad, whose

A radio host has been hospitalized after being cut 15 times by an unidentified criminal, after he criticized the Prophet Mohammed, on air, according to a Russian news agency. Sergey

Prime Minister’s wife Sarah Netanyahu was attacked by a woman as she visited the Ovnat shopping mall in Petach Tikva. The woman cursed and spat at Mrs. Netanyahu and flung

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s two sons, already in jail for more than a year and on trial, were charged with insider trading Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. According to

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned on Wednesday against the devastating consequences of a Libyan-style intervention in Syria. According to a report in the Iranian-based Fars news agency, Larijani said

The IDF’s Northern District Commander Yair Golan said on Wednesday that Israel is in a constant battle with Iran in various channels, Channel 2 News reported. In a speech he

Iran’s key oil industry was briefly affected by the powerful computer virus known as Flame, that has unprecedented data-snatching capabilities and can eavesdrop on computer users, a senior Iranian military

Arutz Sheva visited the headquarters of the Shachar Kachol (Blue Dawn) IDF program for hareidi soldiers. Shachar Kachol, created about six years ago, is aimed at finding a solution for

Britain’s highest court endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks’ controversial founder Julian Assange to Sweden. Assange, 40, has spent nearly two years fighting attempts by Oslo to extradite him pursuant to

Yariv Oppenheimer, who heads the ultra-leftist Peace Now group, is angry about a satirical imitation of him, in the form of a character named “Yariv Googleheimer” on the Latma website.