Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu clarified his stance regarding Palestinian Authority recognition of Israel as a Jewish state during Sunday morning’s cabinet meeting. Some of Netanyahu’s ministers have argued that Israel

Gaza terrorists fired two mortar shells at the southern Negev early on Sunday afternoon. The shells exploded in the Eshkol region, but did not cause injury. The military has advised

The United States has been spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone for more than a decade, Deutsche Welle reports, citing the German Der Spiegel magazine. On Saturday, the

At least 15 Hezbollah fighters were killed on Saturday by Syrian rebels in the Ghouta district of Damascus, Al Arabiya television reported, citing opposition sources. A video posted on the

Police have arrested eight people in a crackdown on organized crime in southern Israel. The wave of arrests follows a car bombing last Thursday in the city of Ashkelon in

Eight people suffered light injuries Saturday evening when they drove into an Arab rock ambush near Al Fawar in the Mount Hevron areas. They were taken to Soroka Hospital in

In a surprising revelation, the terrorist group behind a failed assassination attempt on Egypt’s Interior Minister has claimed that the suicide bomber who carried out the attack was actually a

Attacks in Iraq killed 10 people on Saturday, seven of them from the same family, security and medical officials told the AFP news agency. In the Dura area of southern

Sixteen rebels have been hanged in Iran in retaliation for the deaths of at least 14 border guards in an ambush, the BBC reported on Saturday, citing Iranian news agencies.

Police charged three people Saturday over an anti-Semitic attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs that left one man seriously injured. Four men and a woman were walking on Blair Street, Bondi,

Senior Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Saturday Iran is continuing the enrichment of uranium to the 20-percent purity level, reported Iran’s official PressTV. Iran’s nuclear energy activities continue as

Philanthropist Rabbi Moshe Paul Reichmann, who was considered the greatest supporter of the Torah world, passed away on Friday. He was 83. Together with his brothers, Edward, Ralph and Albert,

A man aged about 60 fell to his death Saturday during a family hike at Nahal Prat (Wadi Kelt), near Kfar Adumim, between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. An initial

Israelis are to move their clocks and watches back by one hour Saturday night, as daylight saving time ends. At 2:00 AM, clocks will be moved back to show 1:00

A car bomb explosion killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens more near a mosque in the Damascus province town of Suq Wadi Barada on Friday, a monitor said,

France believed the United States attempted to hack into its president’s communications network but the U.S. hinted that Israel was behind the attack, AFP reported on Friday, based on a

A 30-centimeter (12-inch) tsunami hit Japan on Friday after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake was felt in the country, AFP reported, citing local broadcaster NHK. There were no immediate signs of serious

Turkey’s foreign minister on Thursday deplored what he called an international failure to tackle the humanitarian crisis in war-ridden Syria, Reuters reported. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said food and medicine

The National Security Agency (NSA) monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after being given the numbers by an official in another U.S. government department, the Guardian reported on

It is very likely that American spy agencies are listening in on Israeli leaders’ phone calls, as they are accused of having done in Germany and dozens of other countries,

Palestinian Authority security services in have arrested three students in Judea accused of plotting to build a “drone” with which to attack Israel, a source said Friday. The three Hebron University engineering

Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to build a nuclear bomb in as little as a month, according to a new estimate by the Institute for Science and International Security

Israel’s national airline, El Al, is presenting to the public its new Boeing 737-900 jets. Boeing announced Thursday that El Al has ordered two more Boeing 737-900 jets, the higher-capacity,

The South-Eastern African state of Tanzania now has its first pediatric heart surgeon, after Dr Godwin Godfrey returned home following five years of training in Israel. The Israel based humanitarian project Save a Child’s

Germany has summoned the US ambassador to Berlin to demand a “complete explanation”, over claims that US intelligence agencies spied on telephone calls made by the country’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. American Ambassador John Emerson

Five people have been killed and 50 wounded in four days of gun battles in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. A man named as Misbah Al-Nazer was reportedly shot

Five Arab teens from Jerusalem, all aged 14-15, have been indicted for an anti-Semitic attack targeting a Jewish family’s home in the Old City. The youths are accused of property damage

Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has warned against “disturbing social peace” and has threatened to use force against a planned campaign by women to challenge a de facto ban on them

An explosion near the airport in Syria’s capital, Damascus, has been followed by a blackout in parts of the country, it was reported on Wednesday night. According to the BBC,