Iran urged the United States Wednesday to release 19 Iranians detained on sanctions-related offences, a day after ruling out a prisoner swap with a Washington Post reporter accused of espionage, according to AFP. “We call

Members of the Ethiopian community in Israel have alleged on Wednesday that they were forced to bribe government officials to speed up the process of bringing their loved ones still in Ethiopia to

Two journalists have been shot and killed while on the job near Roanoke, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. The reporters have been named as WDBJ7 reporter Allison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. 

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stood beside American Jewish leaders at a news conference on Tuesday, blasting US President Barack Obama and urging Congress to vote against the nuclear deal with Iran. 

Syrian insurgents, the Syrian army and the Lebanese group Hezbollah on Wednesday agreed on a 48-hour ceasefire in the rebel-held town of Zabadani near Lebanon’s border and two Shiite villages

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia is planning to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt, the Turkish Anadolu agency reports. Speaking at a joint press conference

Gaza terrorists on Wednesday night fired a rocket towards southern Israel. The rocket exploded in an open area in the Gaza Belt region, near the border fence. There were no

The Obama administration is focused on building enough support for the Iran deal to keep Congress from “spoiling” the agreement, the White House said on Wednesday. “There are several indications

Two journalists have been shot and killed while on the job near Roanoke, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. The reporters have been named as WDBJ7 reporter Allison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. 

A brawl broke out at Barzilai Hospital on Wednesday night between the family of Islamic Jihad terrorist Mohammed Allan and the family of another patient in the hospital ward.  Allan, who recently ended

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) will leave for New York Wednesday night, as a representative of Israel for the Fourth Global Conference for the Chairmen of Parliaments, part of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) of

Five former police commissioners as well as some 30 former police major generals gathered in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night to brainstorm how to thwart Gal Hirsch’s recent appointment as police commissioner. 

Several Holocaust survivors joined New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, New York State Senator Simcha Felder, and New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton to oppose the Iran nuclear deal on

After the Palestinian Authority (PA) mission to the UN presented a resolution asking for its flag and that of the Holy See to be flown at the UN headquarters in

The internal Palestinian Arab violence in Lebanese “refugee camps” continues to heat up, and according to UNRWA, the UN agency established for “Palestinian refugees,” up to 3,000 Palestinian Arabs have

The fate of two brothers from Kabul, one grievously wounded, the other killed fighting in Syria, spotlights Iran’s covert but active recruitment of Afghan refugees to buttress President Bashar al-Assad’s steadily depleting forces. Shi’ite

A key Republican committee chairman acknowledged on Tuesday that the White House lobbying campaign for the Iran nuclear deal has generated results, and said he doesn’t know if opponents of

An Iranian diplomat said Tuesday that Tehran has no plans to swap detained Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian for prisoners held in the United States, The Associated Press (AP) reported.

The UN atomic watchdog chief sought Tuesday to ease concerns in the United States about its investigation into Iran’s alleged past nuclear activities following July’s landmark deal with major powers,

The Islamic State (ISIS) group on Tuesday published images showing the destruction of the Baal Shamin temple in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, AFP reported. The series of images showed

Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday it had treated four patients showing symptoms of exposure to chemical agents, Newsweek reports. The patients, an adult man and woman, a three-year-old girl

Washington Senator Patty Murray, the fourth-ranking Senate Democrat, has officially endorsed President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran, Politico reported Tuesday. Though Murray had long been expected to line up

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) head Ali Akbar Salehi left for Beijing on Wednesday, in an official visit to sign an agreement by which China will redesign Iran’s Arak

Two bereaved parents whose sons were killed in Lebanon in 2006 have expressed their opposition to the decision by Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan to name Brig. Gen. (res.) Gal

The Tel Aviv Religious Council on Tuesday sent a letter to the management of the Gindi Holdings Group that runs the Sarona Market compound in the coastal city, protesting fines issued by

Cantor Yigal Han, an Orthodox Jewish convert of South Korean descent, rallied to the cause in a planned protest last week against the Supreme Court demolition order on the Ayelet Hashahar

Jerusalem is under a full-blown massive terror onslaught – or “intifada,” as Arabs call it – official statistics prove. The statistics were compiled by the Ministry of Construction and Housing, which operates a security service

IDF forces on Tuesday night made a highly unusual discovery while they were searching the home of a Palestinian Arab terror suspect in an Arab village in Samaria to the

The incoming police commissioner, Brig. Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch, appears to have a well-formed opinion regarding Arab rock attacks and the proper way to deal with them. Two months ago,

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas is building a $13 million palace for himself in Ramallah, the PA governmental seat in Samaria, as revealed in an official website recently. The Palestinian