An explosion in Istanbul has wounded three people, official Turkish news reports. All three are now hospitalized. The incident occurred near a bus station in the central Mecidiyekoy district, only

With Passover just weeks away, Jewish households around the world are purchasing or making their matzot (unleavened bread) for the festival. One of Judaism’s oldest customs, the baking of matza goes

Russia has secured the release of an American citizen detained in war-torn Syria and has handed him over to American authorities, Moscow’s foreign ministry said Friday, according to AFP. Meanwhile

Israelis are being warned to leave Turkey “immediately”, according to a new warning issued Friday evening by the Counter-Terrorism Bureau. The warning calls on Israelis staying in Turkey to leave

Dr. Sam Minskoff reacts to a survey that suggests Jews belong in the Diaspora rather than in Israel. We invite you to have your say on this controversial subject.    Loading…

Belgian authorities have arrested a fugitive suspect in the November 13 Paris attacks, French police officials said on Friday, according to The Associated Press. The suspect was nabbed after a

A Hasidic man was slashed in the face and the arms during a robbery at a Nolita train station early Friday, The New York Daily News reported. The victim, who

Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Ambassador to the UN on Friday confirmed reports that the Palestinians are discussing a new draft UN resolution with Arab countries to confront Israel over its

A Lebanese military court sentenced former information minister Michel Samaha to 13 years in prison with hard labor on Friday for attempting to carry out “terrorist acts,” a judicial source told AFP. He was convicted

New testimony has been received in the case of the soldier who two weeks ago shot dead a wounded Arab terrorist in Hevron, minutes after the terrorist and an accomplice

For a hard-core segment of travelers to Jerusalem, when the sun sets at the Sabbath, the magic in the air is not just the serene image of a peaceful dusk

Russian army sappers in bulky protective suits slowly sweep their mine detectors through the ancient ruins of the Syrian world heritage site of Palmyra following its recapture from jihadists. Just over a kilometer (half a

Yesh Atid chairman and former Finance Minister MK Yair Lapid published a scathing critique of US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday, following Sanders’s claim that Israel “killed 10,000

Pope Francis, who has long revealed his liberal positions through interviews, came out on Friday in an official statement calling on Catholics to be more accepting of homosexuals as well as

A stabbing attack was prevented by alert Border Police officers in Jerusalem on Friday, as they arrested an Arab terrorist on his way to the Damascus Gate of the Old

Arutz Sheva’s Israel desk is stopping its round-the-clock news updates of IsraelNationalNews.com at this time in honor of the Sabbath. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 18:24 Summer Time (Friday). Arutz

Law enforcement officers typically save citizens from crime – and danger to the public.  But one Indiana State Trooper took his job to a new level: trying to “save the

The leader of a major Jewish organization in the UK has called on Labour to take responsibility for a stream of anti-Semitic remarks Thursday, after multiple incidents with MPs and

Two El Al international flights were delayed on Thursday night and Friday morning, and inconvenienced passengers report they were told the pilots simply didn’t show up to work – a

Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) sources revealed on Friday that covert talks being held with Israel are not only discussing a pullout of the IDF from Ramallah and Jericho, but indeed from

“Speak to the Children of Israel, saying: When a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she shall be contaminated for a seven-day period as during the days of

If you were to visit quaint Harakefet Street, located in the Ramat Menachem Begin neighborhood of southeastern Tzfat (Safed), your eyes would behold a puzzling spectacle – the street sign can’t

Debates on abortion in the US show how far behind Israel remains regarding women’s issues, Dr. Eli J. Schussheim, head of the Efrat organization, opined in an Arutz Sheva interview Friday.  Schussheim, who

Anti-American sentiment in Iraq remains strong, a State Department report revealed this week, to the point of widespread belief in conspiracy theories.  One-third of Iraqis believe that the US “supports terrorism

An Egyptian court has handed a life sentence to a local man for burning a police station in violent riots back in 2013. There’s only one problem – the man

Albert Einstein quietly fumed at the US for not doing more to stop the Nazis, a letter being auctioned later this month reveals.  “You can imagine how the new crimes

Revital Smotrich, the wife of MK Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home), issued an open letter on Friday morning following the backlash she and her husband have received for calling for Jewish

(JTA) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has not followed through on promises to investigate Hasidic Orthodox yeshivas accused of not educating its students in basic subjects, an

When we read it in Parshat Bo this year, it was still about three months away. When we read it this Shabbat – and we say THIS MONTH, we really