Saudi Arabia allowed women to register to stand in local elections on Sunday, a historic first for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, AFP reports. In a country where women face a

While President Barack H. Obama tries to sell his Iran deal to the American people, he is having some trouble selling it to members of his own party. In what

Iran has sentenced two people to ten years in prison each for spying for the U.S. and Israel. According to Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, a spokesperson for the country’s Justice Ministry,

Outgoing chief military censor Sima Vaknin-Gil has accused Israel’s most widely viewed television channel, Channel 2, and its diplomatic reporter, Udi Segal, of harming national security by divulging a top

For the first time since the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident, which brought the already strained relations between Israel and Turkey to their lowest point, an official delegation from Turkey will

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz are blasting the nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers, likening it to the Munich agreement signed in

Egypt will hold its parliamentary election starting on October 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, according to Reuters. The announcement marks the final step in a process to bring

MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu) on Sunday night said he was “confident” that the chairman of his party, MK Avigdor Liberman, will one day be prime minister. Speaking at a

Ronen Edri, 46, who was wounded in a shooting attack on Sunday as he drove past the Jit intersection, near Kedumim in Samaria, spoke to Channel 20 and recalled the

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the British ambassador in Cairo to protest comments he made after a judge sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years prison, reports The

A second wannabe prime minister on Sunday expressed confidence that the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would soon fall. Speaking at a party event Sunday, Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor

A report over the weekend said that the United States was likely to remove its Patriot missile defense batteries from Jordan. In a statement, Riki Ellison, Chairman of the Missile

The Minister of Internal Security, Gilad Erdan, and the Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, have agreed to extend Acting Police Commissioner Bentzi Sau’s term in office by 45 days, pending government

President Reuven Rivlin compared Israeli Jews’ fears of their Arab enemies to the unfounded fear people have of bees. While bees sting, he explained, they ultimately produce honey. Rivlin and

Oregon’s Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley on Sunday announced his support for the Iran nuclear deal. This puts the number of supporters of the deal at 31, just three short of

Hundreds of people in Israel have signed a petition against an impending transfer of some 50 million cubic meters of water to Jordan. The transfer, set to occur in the

An Italian exploration firm searching for gas and oil off Egypt’s shores announced Sunday that it had found a huge natural gas deposit – the “biggest ever” find for the

Well-known Jewish activist Noam Federman of Kiryat Arba will stand trial for an incident last year in which Arabs ambushed his vehicle with rocks. Federman will be charged with damaging

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi today (Saturday), as part of the former’s first multi-day trip since the March election. Prime Minister Netanyahu praised Prime

Canada’s Federal Court of Appeals has supported the government’s decision to cut off funding for an Arab group accused of supporting terrorism and anti-Semitism. The Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) was

Texas police have arrested a man for allegedly murdering a sheriff’s deputy in cold blood. He suspect has not been named, though a spokesperson for the police say that his

Unbelievable footage has emerged showing an IDF soldier being beaten by Arab women and children in the village of Nabi Salah, Samaria The video is already being seen by some

Hamas has made an official request to fire United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “in light of his covering up criminal acts by the Israel Occupation Force in the Gaza Strip.”

In solidarity with the Israel Broadcasting Authority, the Histadrut announced a series of worker’s strikes on Sunday at Ben Gurion Airport, the Haifa and Ashdod seaports, all border crossings, Bailiff’s Offices and more.  The

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani signaled Saturday there would be no quick resolution to the house arrest of the reformist political leaders who said an election was rigged in 2009. Though

Thousands of people took to the streets in Beirut today (Saturday) in order to protest against government corruption. The demonstrations, which began in response to the closure of Lebanon’s main

Yemen’s exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said on Saturday that his forces were battling Shiite Houthi rebels across the country to check “Iranian expansion” in the region. Hadi was speaking

Iran is continuing its verbal attacks on Israel, with the latest remarks coming on Saturday by a close aide to the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The aide,

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced three Al-Jazeera reporters to three years in prison, prompting a condemnation from the United States which called for the ruling to be overturned. “We

A major industrial union in the United States has voted in favor of supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. Citing the Jewish state’s “long history of violating