Egyptian security officials reported a Bedouin man shot and killed a French tourist Saturday in the Sinai, in an apparent act of retribution after clashes with police. According to the

In Libya its a case of “meet the new boss; same as the old boss.” The UN’s top human rights official said Friday that Libya’s transitional government must take control

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is including two senior weapons experts on its next mission to Tehran. The nuclear watchdog issued a clear statement on the team’s focus, which

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a conference for Likud activists in Petah Tikva on Saturday night, ahead of the party’s primaries this coming Tuesday. The conference was attended by nearly

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to inform Likud ministers on Sunday that any Likud minister who votes for the Outpost Law will be fired from government. The bill, authored

At least 384 children have been killed during Syria’s ten-month uprising and virtually the same number have been jailed, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. “As of

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Friday that the world must stop Iran quickly before it reaches the point where even a military attack would not stop it from acquiring

Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor who after World War II became director of the memorial site, died Friday, The Associated Press reported. Smolen died on an historic day: the

Senior Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said on Friday that Iran is already a nuclear state and that Americans have not realized that. “The United States says it will

Four Jewish pilgrims from the United States were arrested before dawn on Friday in Shechem as they sought to pray at Joseph’s Tomb. The four, associated with the Bratslav Hassidic

Israel provided a rare moment of unity at the CNN-sponsored Republican debate in Jacksonville, Florida on Thursday. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich both sought

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he is keeping a watchful eye on the tension between Israel and Iran, over the country’s alleged clandestine nuclear program. Speaking to

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby said on Thursday that the League’s peace plan, which aims to end Syria’s political crisis, will be submitted to the United Nations Security Council early next

Former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi warned, Thursday, that Israel could not afford to cut its defense budget and should prepare itself for war. “In comparison to 10 years

When military leaders in Egypt announced they had lifted Cairo’s emergency law, earlier this week, they neglected to mention they left themselves a loophole. Rights activists say Cairo’s interim junta

The United States arrested and charged an Iranian semiconductor scientist with violating U.S. export laws by buying high-tech U.S. lab equipment, The Associated Press reported on Thursday. The report cited

More than three months after he was released from Hamas captivity and returned to his home in Mitzpe Hila, Gilad Shalit attended a Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball game at the

The Egyptian military foiled a planned attack on a natural gas plant in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, the Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm reported. According to the report masked men

American policy towards Egypt appears to be on a contradictory course. On the one hand, Under Secretary of State, Robert Hormats, part of a delegation conferring last week with Egypt’s

Hamas’ Gaza chief Ismail Haniyeh’s recent official tour opened the door to financial cooperation between the terror group and Turkey, a high-ranking Hamas official told the Al-Sharq newspaper on Thursday.

Israel presented this week, for the first time, its principles regarding the borders of a future Palestinian state. The borders were presented during Wednesday’s meeting in Jordan between attorney Yitzchak

The current U.S.-led push to force Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions through steadily increasing economic and diplomatic pressure is beginning to show results and it would be “premature” to

The head of the National Union, MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh), launched a counterattack against politicians who he says want to push religious men out of the IDF, and replace them

More than two thirds of young men from Samaria who join the IDF serve in combat units. IDF statistics show that 67.1% of the young men who enlist serve in

Israel has called off its serious travel warning regarding after Thai authorities detained Lebanese suspect, uncovered arms cache. Two weeks after Thai authorities detained a Lebanese man with suspected links

President Shimon Peres Thursday called upon the Iranian people to topple the regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Speaking at the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, Peres blamed the Iranian president

British Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a speech before the Council of Europe, the 47 nation grouping that is responsible for the European Court of Human Rights. Britain has been

An Israeli hacker team called “IDF Team” succeeded Thursday in temporarily disabling the website of the Iranian English language television station, and of the Teheran Health Ministry. The sites were

Officials in Gaza City and Ramallah confirmed reports that the Palestinian Authority would likely cancel elections scheduled for May which began to circulate earlier this week Fatah leader Thiab al-Loh

PLO officials went on the offensive and sought to blame Israel for the failure of exploratory contacts with Israeli negotiators as they met with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton