United States President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a telephone call on Wednesday night to work together to “stem the flow of foreign fighters and

Palestinian housing minister Mufid al-Hasayneh on Wednesday laid a brick for the first Gaza home to be rebuilt since the Israel-Hamas war a year ago, AFP reported. Until now the

Spanish intelligence agents were working urgently on Wednesday to track down three journalists from Spain, the latest foreigners to go missing while reporting in war-torn Syria, AFP reported. Prime Minister

This Sunday, Israel will be observing the Fast of Tisha B’Av, marking 1945 years since the destruction of the Second Temple. On this day of tragedy and national mourning, are

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović arrived to the Knesset on Thursday as the special guest of Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein.  Edelstein welcomed Grabar-Kitarović in a meeting held in his Knesset office with

After a six year struggle, Lotte Brachfeld, 79, has finally been recognized by the State of Israel as a Holocaust survivor, Channel 2 reported Thursday.  Brachfeld, who was three-years-old when World War

A militant group allied to Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish party has shot dead in Istanbul an alleged member of ISIS who had fought in Syria, media said Thursday.   The reports

A leading Turkish daily fired its most senior commentators after he sent a tweet bitterly critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policy on Islamic State (IS) jihadists, AFP reported Thursday.  The Milliyet daily said

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini announced Thursday that she would visit Iran as part of her next Middle East tour. According to German news agency DPA, Mogherini will visit both

Iranian school textbooks, like those of other nations, imbue youngsters with their countries’ most important values. In Iran, studies show, this means apocalyptic war and victory over the USA and

Arutz Sheva spoke this week with two activists as Israel marks ten years since the implementation of the Disengagement.  “It’s hard to believe ten years have passed since the expulsion from

A senior Iranian government official has claimed Tehran has already successfully negotiated more than $2 billion-worth of trade deals with European companies, following last week’s deal over its nuclear program.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) spoke in favor Wednesday of a bill promoted by MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu) which mandates that politicians who make statements against Israel be

Twitter users in Turkey could again access their accounts on Wednesday following an hours-long blockage after a court decision banning the publication of images of a deadly suicide bombing in all print, visual and online

The Israeli hip-hop duo Kafe Shahor Hazak (Strong Black Coffee) has been personally selected to open American RB singer Chris Brown’s concert in Israel next week.  The duo consists of Ethiopian-born musicians Ilak

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi voiced fervent support for Israel in a speech before the Knesset on Wednesday afternoon, calling it “the nation-state of the Jewish people.” During his speech, which followed

The Gesher organization released on Tuesday the first comprehensive index of social attitudes toward the issue of unity in Israel.  The Israel Unity Index, commissioned as part of the Jerusalem

The European Union may take larger steps against Israel’s economy after pushing ahead this week with its decision to label Israeli goods made in communities in Judea and Samaria.  The European Council

Residents from the Arab village of Silwad northeast of Ramallah held a mass celebration on Monday night – over the death of an Israeli whom Hamas terrorists targeted in a shooting

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday evening with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and warned that the deal between Iran and six world powers could turn out exactly the way

The Israel Police’s Coastal District cleared for publication Wednesday, Channel 10 reported, video evidence of a gang from Wadi Ara in northern Israel, whose members stalked IDF soldiers in order to steal their

Saudi Arabia is just as wary of the deal between Iran and the West as Israel is, Saudi state media indicated Wednesday, after King Salman bin Abdulaziz expressed concerns over the Islamic

Hollywood actor Seth Rogen, and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, announced Wednesday plans to throw friend and fellow star James Franco a bar mitzvah.  The Jewish rite of passage will

Video footage of two extremist Israelis who set a bilingual kindergarten alight in November 2014 has been released to the public Wednesday night, in light of the district court’s decision to

US Speaker of the House John Boehner vowed to “do everything possible” to stop the deal between Iran and nuclear powers from being approved by Congress, he said during a

Defense Ministry security guards at the Kerem Shalom border crossing thwarted an attempt Wednesday to smuggle a motorcycle, which was hidden inside a refrigerator, into Gaza. As part of security checks

The vast concessions to Iran made in the nuclear deal last Tuesday, which ultimately allow the leading state sponsor of terror to be able to obtain a nuclear arsenal in ten

A candidate for the leadership of the British Labour party on Tuesday said the party should not have voted in favor of the motion to recognize the Palestinian state, The

The back and forth between Republican presidential candidates Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump continued on Tuesday, Politico reported. Trump ramped up his attacks on the South Carolina senator, who made

The United States Treasury imposed sanctions on three Hezbollah military officials and a businessman tied to the group on Tuesday, citing their support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar