Dozens more people have died since twin earthquakes struck the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province on Saturday. From an initial death toll of 250,
New details were revealed Monday about last week’s terror attack in the Sinai Peninsula, in which 16 Egyptian officers were killed and seven were wounded. Among the details published by
Major General (res.) Uzi Dayan, nephew of former Chief of Staff and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and formerly the head of the Israeli National Security Council, is a leading candidate
The road to Congress may run through Jerusalem, where a stop in the Israeli capital appears to be a “must do” on the campaign trail in this year’s United States
Twenty American Jewish volunteers visited “the other side of the IDF” and learned the IDF’s policy of helping those in need, even halfway around the globe. The visitors represented the
It’s been one year since Jewish American contractor Warren Weinstein, 71, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda terrorists on August 13, 2011 from the home where he stayed in Lahore, Pakistan.
There will be one Israeli returning from the 2012 London Olympic Games with a medal. The only problem is that he was playing for the wrong team. David Blatt, Israeli-
The Hizbullah terror leadership claimed Monday that its missiles can now reach all of Israeli territory. Speaking at a ceremony in southern Lebanon, Nabil Ka’uk announced from the podium that
The apparently good news that the United States intends to give the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt more aid to fight Sinai terror is a bad sign, based on a
Israel has received assurances from the administration of Barack Obama, as well as the camp of Republican presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney, that the United States will join a war against
The 2012 JCC Maccabi Games kicked off Sunday night in Rockland County, N.Y., as over 1,250 Jewish athletes from 36 delegations began competing in an array of Olympic-style sports events,
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will present a multi-sector aid plan to lift the PA out of its financial crisis when he addresses the Organization of Islamic Countries this week,
The Foreign Ministry on Sunday assisted Israeli tourists who had been stranded in Rome after local airline Wind Jet went bankrupt and cancelled their flight. Under the instructions of Foreign
Two hundred and fifty Israel Police officers visited Poland in recent days to tour and learn about the Holocaust. The delegation was the largest police group to leave the country
Three weeks after the murderous terror attack against Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria, Israeli tourists in Europe are receiving police protection. There have been reports from different sources that Bulgaria
According to Jewish tradition, Abraham was born under the name Abram in the city of Ur in Babylonia in the year 1948 from Creation (circa 1800 BCE). He was the
The IDF recently purchased over 2,000 Hummer vehicles from the U.S. Army surplus, in a deal that will significantly expand the Ground Forces’ fleet of combat vehicles, writes the official IDF
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has sacked the entire leadership of the country’s defense establishment. Among the officials and officers fired are Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Chief of
New Zealand Jewish sailor Jo Aleh and her partner Polly Powrie won the gold medal in the women’s 470 regatta, becoming the first first New Zealand women to win a
Television personality Joan Rivers created a disturbance last week at a Costco wholesale superstore in California, likening the company to the Nazi party for not carrying her new book “I
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent the weekend in talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu over the escalating civil war in Syria, and working on the creation of a
Seven terrorists have been killed by Egyptian soldiers following raids on hideouts in a northern Sinai village. Security officials said military forces had targeted the villages of al-Ghora and al-Mahdiyah near
Three Egyptian police officers were killed early Sunday in a high speed chase after “armed criminals” in the Sinai Peninsula. Four other security personnel were injured in the accident when the
Gold-winning American Jewish gymnast Aly Raisman has accepted an invitation from Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein to make her first visit to Israel. Raisman, 18, who secured the Olympic gold
A US guided missile destroyer collided Sunday with an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, the US Navy said in a statement. No one was injured. The USS Porter was
The tension in the Sinai Peninsula continued on Saturday night, as a group of armed men opened fire at peacekeeping troops near the border with Israel. A security source in
Tanzania said on Saturday that a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country’s knowledge and approval, Reuters reported. According
The United States is considering imposing a no-fly zone over Syria, which would prevent Syrian aircraft from bombing rebel outposts and forces in the country. A similar no-fly zone in
President Shimon Peres appears to be leading a coalition of government officials, MKs, and public figures who oppose Israeli action against Iran’s nuclear program. A report on Channel 10 Saturday
At least 185 people were killed and some 1,300 injured in two major earthquakes that hit Iran on Saturday. The earthquakes occurred in the East Azerbaijan district of the country,