A rare find in Jerusalem: archaeologists have uncovered a ritual pool from the Second Temple era near a highway construction site. The discovery came during excavations carried out in advance

Japan is preparing for a potential North Korean nuclear missile attack – or a missile test.  Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera ordered installation of a Patriot anti-missile defense missile battery on

An Israeli Arab man from Taibe has been arrested for illegally entering Syria and fighting with the Global Jihad rebel group. The man, 28-year-old Hakhmat Othman Hassin Matsarwa, entered Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has decided to postpone his much-publicized visit to Gaza, planned for this month. The Turkish leader reportedly changed his scheduled at the request of

Israel is set to send warships to the eastern Mediterranean for a joint military exercise with Cyprus, according to a report which appeared in the Cypriot Fileleftheros daily on Tuesday

U.S. Secretary John Kerry on Tuesday wrapped up three days of what he termed “very constructive” talks with Israeli and Palestinian Authority leaders, AFP reported. Speaking to reporters shortly before

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s famous “red line” speech in the United Nations helped to slow Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Post said in an editorial Tuesday. The latest round of

Bahrain on Tuesday became the first Arab country to blacklist Hizbullah as a terrorist organization, the Al Arabiya network reports. The move came a week after the Bahraini parliament voted

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird met on Tuesday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres in talks that Israel and Canada said were ‘positive.’ The talks, Netanyahu and

An earthquake struck Iran on Tuesday afternoon, Iranian media outlets have reported. The 6.3 quake was centered about 100 kilometers ( 63 miles) south of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

An explosive charge blew up Tuesday morning near an IDF force operating next to the perimeter security fence at southern Gaza. No one was hurt. A bulldozer was slightly damaged.

Israel’s Housing Minister Uri Ariel on Tuesday announced that 50 new homes would be built in eastern Jerusalem to house Holocaust survivors. “These 50 homes, which will be added to those

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has chosen Prof. Alexander Levitzki of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as the winner of its 2013 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry

Recent rocket attacks on southern Israel have prompted the defense establishment to redeploy the Iron Dome anti-missile batteries in the region, for the first time since the counter-terrorist Operation Pillar

U.S. President Barack Obama is not bluffing when he says he will stop Iran’s nuclear program, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday. Speaking after a meeting with Israeli

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz promised at the March of the Living on Monday that the IDF would ensure that there will never be another Holocaust. “Today, at the

Iraq has executed seven people convicted of terror-related offenses, an official said on Monday, despite widespread calls for the country to declare a moratorium on its use of the death

At least 25 were killed and 45 others were wounded Monday in central Damascus after a car bomb exploded between the Saba’a Bahrat Square and Shahbander Street. A number of

Official Israel reacted with sadness Monday to news of the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. “Today I mourn the passing of Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher,” Prime

Just a week after Cairo resumed tourist flights from Tehran after more than 30 years, Egypt has already suspended them until June. Tourism Minister Hesham Za’azoua gave no reason for

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Jerusalem ahead of ongoing talks with Israeli officials. “I believe if we can address

An NGO called “Spring for Holocaust Survivors” organized a march Sunday dedicated to Holocaust survivors, in order to let them “know we have not forgotten them.” The organizers said that

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks is set to publish more than 1.7 million U.S. diplomatic and intelligence documents from the 1970s, founder Julian Assange revealed. The website has collated a variety of

Hamas security forces in Gaza have been rounding up young men and forcing them to get haircuts on grounds of inappropriate hairstyles. Some of the youths have even been beaten

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to head the UK government, has died at the age of 87. Thatcher led the Conservative Party served from 1979 to 1990.

The leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has urged rebels to fight to establish an Islamic state in Syria, AFP reported. The message came in an online audio

Jordanian security forces arrested several youths who are suspected of attacking Israeli internet sites as part of the large scale cyber attack on Israel declared by the group called Anonymous. In

The Syrian government has withdrawn large numbers of troops from the Golan Heights, in a move that has cast doubt over the future of a UN peacekeeping force on the

Soldiers from the IDF’s Kfir Brigade arrested a Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist, who was carrying four firebombs and three improvised explosive devices, at the Hawara checkpoint near Shechem on Sunday