Mass abductions of children by Islamist terror groups like Boko Haram and the Islamic State (ISIS) are on the rise, with the practice now becoming a tactic of war, a UN envoy

The President of the World Jewish Council (WJC) is joining a chorus of voices speaking out against the flare-up of anti-Semitism. On the same day it was announced that there would

Hundreds of Jews took part on Wednesday night in a ceremony dedicating a new Torah scroll at a Har Nof synagogue in Jerusalem, in memory of the four Jews brutally murdered there by

Responding after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was given the nod to form a coalition government, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau on Wednesday night called on Netanyahu to form a government

France-based utility giant Suez Environnement said Wednesday it has decided not to take part in the light rail project in the Israeli capital of Jerusalem because of “political sensitivities.” The project, run by the

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the United States Senate would vote on a bill to toughen sanctions on Iran if international negotiators miss a deadline at

The student union at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has voted in support of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the CBC reported on Tuesday. Students at

World Jewish Congress (WJC) president Ronald Lauder urged the United States on Tuesday to beware surging anti-Semitism in Europe and warned that seven decades after World War II Jews on

A lawyer representing a Jewish family trying to retrieve a long-lost Matisse painting looted by the Nazis said Tuesday a deal had been signed with the German government for its

An Iranian official on Tuesday rebuked the chief of the UN atomic agency for demanding snap inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites, saying the request “hindered efforts” to reach an agreement

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday evening hosted a delegation of MK elects from the Joint Arab List in his office in Ramallah, Kol Yisrael radio reported. The

Jordan on Tuesday signed a $10 billion deal with Russia to build the kingdom’s first nuclear power plant, with two 1,000-megawatt reactors in the country’s north, The Associated Press (AP)

Indonesian terrorists believed to have returned from fighting with the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Syria are suspected of being behind an attempted chlorine bomb attack in a shopping mall last month, police

A Russian UTair Boeing 737 was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday, after one of its engines failed. A UTair representative told Reuters that the plane had safely landed in

The leader of anti-assimilation group Lehava may be charged with racial incitement, Walla! News reports Wednesday – despite a court ruling declaring the organization’s work legal.  Gopshtain and nine other activists were arrested last December

After two decades of persistent public battle, the Jerusalem Municipality will be dedicating and opening this week an urban nature park, replete with gazelles, ponds, bicycle paths and more, smack in

Detectives and investigators of the Moriah unit of the Israel Police arrested four adults and two minors from central Israel Wednesday morning, on charges of throwing a Molotov cocktail at party

Likud is not keeping its promises to approach Jewish Home first as a coalition partner, MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) accused Wednesday morning.  “Right now, the Likud is not keeping

The UN representative for disarmament who was involved in the agreement to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons is stepping down, the international body announced Tuesday, according to AFP.  Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon hailed Angela

Israel’s intelligence minister on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day European diplomatic offensive against making concessions to Iran in nuclear negotiations with world powers, his spokesman said. “Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz completed two

Australia has prevented a third teenager from flying out to fight in the Middle East, a minister told AFP Wednesday, as Western countries battle to stop the flow of youngsters to jihadist groups.

An Israeli court on Tuesday jailed for 15-and-a-half years a Palestinian terrorist caught fighting in Gaza during last summer’s 50-day war between Israel and Islamist terrorist groups. A transcript of

Ayman Odeh, chairman of the joint Arab list and first time MK, has already revealed parts of his subversive past – in a new interview with Channel 2 he divulged how

The top Republican in Congress said Tuesday he was “shocked” by a report claiming that Israel spied on Iranian nuclear talks, saying the claims that information on the deal being formed was passed

The current diplomatic crisis between Israel and US President Barack Obama’s administration is the most vicious and public yet among only a handful of crises that have marred the close, long-running relationship, says

Canadian airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Iraq will be extended one year to March 2016 and may see sorties into Syria, the government said Tuesday. But no ground combat troops

The Islamic State (ISIS) group has trained more than 400 children in Syria as fighters in 2015 alone, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Tuesday. Calling them “Cubs of the Caliphate,” the

A group of members of the House of Representatives announced on Tuesday that they were launching a Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism, in a move meant to respond to the

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, in the first visit by a senior Baghdad official since Syria’s conflict began in 2011. Speaking after meeting Assad and his Syrian

A protest was held on Tuesday in Gaza in front of the Hamas government building, in which the families of “martyrs,” Palestinian Arabs who died during clashes against the IDF,