French National Front (NF) leader Marine Le Pen is being charged with inciting racial hatred for comparing Muslims praying outdoors to the Nazi occupation of France. The charge dates back

Syria has begun using Russian-supplied military drones against “extremists,” a security source says. The source did not specify which drone models are being used, though he told AFP that “For

Minister for Public Security Gilad Erdan (Likud) has announced that retired Brigadier General Gal Hirsch withdrew his candidacy for police commissioner. Hirsch claimed that he is doing so because of

This year, like every other year, saw an increased demand for medical treatment by Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedic service during Yom Kippur. Medics and paramedics treated 2,019 people across Israel during

Thousands of police forces were deployed to high-tension areas Tuesday morning and troops were placed on high alert in preparation for Yom Kippur as Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon ordered the

A Palestinian Arab woman who was shot on Tuesday morning at an Israeli army checkpoint after trying to stab a soldier died of her wounds on Tuesday afternoon. The death

German police carried out dawn raids in Berlin on Tuesday, targeting individuals suspected of inciting people to go and fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) group. According to the AFP

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi landed in the port city of Aden on Tuesday, airport sources said, returning to the southern port city for the first time since he escaped

Arutz Sheva’s Israel desk is stopping its round-the-clock news updates of IsraelNationalNews.com at this time in honor of the holiday of Yom Kippur. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 17:57 Summer Time

Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Reza Najafi, has emphasized that recent sampling at the Parchin military site was not done under IAEA supervision. In his comments

Germany’s domestic intelligence chief warned Tuesday that Islamists are likely recruiting new terrorists from among the thousands of new Middle Eastern migrants flooding his country. Hans-Georg Maassen, president of the BfV domestic intelligence agency,

Would-be ambassador to Brazil Dani Dayan has received the backing of three powerful politicians in the last 24 hours, Haaretz reports.  Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud), opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union) and Yesh Atid

A group of pro-Palestinian protestors who posed naked before the security wall separating Judea-Samaria and annexed Israel were forced to apologize after Palestinian Arabs accused them of insulting Islam.  The eight Spanish

Strengthening the criticism against US President Barak Obama’s historic rapprochement with the Castro regime in Cuba, reports surfaced Tuesday of how Cuban security officials banned dissidents from meeting Pope Francis amid his

A planned protest against Grammy award-winning American musician Pharrell Williams by South African supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement somewhat fizzled, but the BDS movement nevertheless hailed

The world’s top insulin maker, Novo Nordisk, said on Tuesday it would build a 70 million euro ($78 million) facility in Iran, signaling its “long-term commitment” to the country. “We

For the first time since 2007, Israel will allow Gaza to export ironware, furniture and textiles to Israel in a bid to improve the Gazan economy, the Coordinator of Government

The body of a Palestinian Arab terrorist was found after midnight Monday/Tuesday near the community of Beit Haggai, south of Hevron, the IDF confirmed Tuesday morning.  An initial IDF investigation has

A female terrorist aged about 18 attempted Tuesday to stab a Border Police soldier at the Hashoter roadblock in Hevron. She was shot and seriously wounded. No Israelis were harmed. In

Tens of thousands of Jews visited the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem on Monday night, gathering to ask for forgiveness and mercy in Selichot prayers before the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

A 91-year-old woman in Germany has been charged as an accessory to the murder of 260,000 people at Auschwitz, The Telegraph reported Monday. The woman, who has not been named

India has accelerated plans to buy drones from Israel that can be armed, defense sources told Reuters on Monday, allowing the military to carry out strikes overseas with less risk

The Vatican flag will be raised for the first time at the United Nations on Friday ahead of Pope Francis’ address, but there will be no ceremony, the Holy See’s

The White House said on Monday it was seeing indications Iran is cooperating with inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog and credited tough international sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program, according

MK Shelly Yechimovich (Zionist Union) on Monday blasted a group of leftist former ambassadors who had lobbied Brazil to reject the appointment of Dani Dayan as Israel’s ambassador to Brazil.

France will not demand Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s departure as a precondition for peace talks, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday, according to the Reuters news agency. “If we require,

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday took to Twitter to criticize Republican candidate Dr. Ben Carson for saying he would not support a Muslim becoming president. Carson, responding to

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas raised his rhetoric on Tuesday, threatening about the “risk of an intifada” or popular terror war if clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

A fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon just hours before the start of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) within the boundaries of Beit Haggai, a town located just south of

​ Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Yisrael Meir Lau, sat down with Arutz Sheva on Tuesday to offer holiday greetings and a spiritual message before the start of Yom Kippur.  “We are