At least 42 people have been killed and scores wounded in a series of car bomb blasts in Baghdad, as the country faces one of its bloodiest years since 2003.

Islamist terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula have claimed the killing of three Egyptian policemen. One of Monday’s attacks targeted a police station in El Arish in North Sinai, killing two policemen as they sat eating breakfast

For the first time, Holocaust memorial center Yad Vashem has recognized an Egyptian national, the late Dr. Mohamed Helmy, as a “Righteous Gentile,” for the assistance he gave Jews during

A study released by the Steinhardt Social Reseach Institute (SSRI) and Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University has yielded some interesting and somewhat unexpected information about the size of

Israel was among those who warned Kenya’s government of the high risk of an attack before the deadly assault on a Nairobi mall by Islamist terrorists, security sources have told

Hebrew University biochemists Professor Aharon Razin and Professor Haim (Howard) Cedar are considered favorites to win 2013 Nobel Prize in the fields of medicine or chemistry for their research on

At their meeting on Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will discuss the negotiations with the Palestinian Authority and the recent developments in Iran and Syria,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has arrived in New York. He is scheduled to meet U.S. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday,

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has rejected calls by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for a so-called “third intifada” in Judea and Samaria, saying it would “not allow the West Bank

Channel 2‘s website says that Indian security forces have arrested a Global Jihad terrorist who they believe planned to carry out terror attacks against Jewish targets in India. The investigation revealed

Islamist gunmen have stormed a school in northern Nigeria, massacring at least 50 students, in the latest attack by Islamist terrorists in the region. Coming just days after a deadly

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, the head of Israel’s negotiating team in talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA), spoke Saturday night at the opening of a conference organized by the left-wing

As fighting continues in Syria, 43 Islamist groups have united to form a joint “Army of Islam.” The groups have agreed to act under the joint leadership of Sheikh Mohammed

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu plans to tell the United Nations General Assembly that Iran has enough uranium to produce nuclear weapons, according to the Sunday Times. An unnamed senior Israeli

IAF fighter jets were scrambled into Israel’s skies twice Saturday, for reasons that are unknown. Such events usually occur when it is believed that a foreign aircraft is invading Israeli

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has told his government ministers not to grant any interviews to the press regarding diplomatic matters – including the efforts currently being made by the United

A telephone call Friday between US President Barack Obama and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is being hailed as a historic development. The call is the first of its kind between

A French diplomat who physically attacked an Israeli soldier during a demonstration in support of illegal Bedouin squatters will be deported from Israel, an official has told the Israel Hayom paper.

Western diplomats have hailed a “significant shift” in Iran’s attitude towards its nuclear weapons program, following the highest-level of talks between the United States and Iran in six years. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and

Three Arab rioters were arrested for throwing rocks Friday, following disorders at the Damascus Gate (Shaar Shechem in Hebrew) to Jerusalem’s Old City.  Another youth was arrested following a disorder next to the Church

UN weapons inspectors are launching investigations into three additional alleged chemical weapons attacks, in addition to their investigations surrounding a series of attacks in Damascus suburbs on August 21 which

Four members of the Fatah affiliated Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades group have been arrested by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.  The arrests were reported by the PA-based Maan news agency, who

Officials say at least 23 people have been killed in blasts targeting outdoor markets in Iraq’s capital Baghdad. Al Qaeda are thought to be behind the attacks.  Three bombs exploded simultaneously

Official Iranian news agency FARS said Thursday that CNN misrepresented Iranian President Hasan Rouhani’s statements in an interview with the network’s Christiane Amanpour, saying the network added the words “Holocaust”

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has urged Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is his second speech at the UN General Assembly this week. Rouhani called for a world disarmament

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched a scathing broadside Thursday against the UN’s High Commissioner of Human Rights, Navi Pillay, following a statement by her office regarding the demolition of

Synagogues and town centers across Israel are set to be filled with a second night of dancing with Torah scrolls in the customary conclusion to the Sukkot and Simhat Torah

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to intensify their peace talks with greater participation by the United States. “We

A hareidi-religious family from New York was the victim of a serious attack by rioting Arabs Wednesday afternoon, asthey were making their way to pray on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem’s

The eight day festival that consists of Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah will come to an end Thursday night, bringing an end to the month long holiday season and starting