Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said on Sunday that his country will need 30,000 of its new generation centrifuges to meet domestic fuel demands, far more than the current
Ukraine’s ousted president on Sunday accused the CIA of being behind the new Ukrainian government’s decision to deploy armed forces to quash an increasingly brazen pro-Russian insurgency, reported The Associated
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Sunday that the war that has torn Syria apart for three years and cost more than 150,000 lives is turning in the government’s favor,
President Barack Obama offered his condolences on Sunday night to the families of those killed in the shootings outside a Jewish community center and a retirement village in Kansas. According
Hundreds of Jewish travelers gathered in Kathmandu Monday to attend what organizers claim is the world’s biggest Passover celebration as food supplies, delayed for weeks due to a diplomats’ strike, arrived hours before the feast.
Jews in eastern Russia – in Siberia, and along the border with Japan – are preparing for Passover. The area is home to thousands of Jews, and rabbis affiliated with
Police apprehended a suspected gunman from a shooting at two Jewish institutions in Kansas which left three people dead earlier Sunday. Local news outlets reported that the man was heard yelling
Sunday evening, Gaza terrorists fired several mortar shells at an IDF force operating near the Gaza border. No injuries or damage were reported. The attack occurred in the Northwestern region
Two shootings have been reported at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas City, and at Village Shalom, a retirement home in Leawood. At least three people are reported
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused Twitter of tax evasion and pledged to launch a probe against it, reported the Anadolu news agency. Speaking during the inauguration
An Islamic terrorist serving multiple life sentences in an Israeli prison has declared an open-ended hunger strike in protest at his solitary confinement, a Palestinian Arab “support group” told AFP Sunday – hours before
A Ukrainian security officer was killed and five more were injured Sunday in clashes that broke out between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk. Acting Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen
Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiators met on Sunday in a fresh bid to save their teetering US-brokered peace talks, a PA official said. Chief PA negotiator Saeb Erakat was
After years of research and a number of High Court cases, the Civil Adminstration on Sunday declared a parcel of 980 dunams (242 acres) of land in Gush Etzion as
Little progress has been made in the official investigation over Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpiur to Beijing on March 8. But an unofficial probe
Syrian government and opposition forces have traded blame over an alleged chemical attack in the village of Kafr Zita, Hama province on Friday. “Regime planes bombed Kafr Zita with explosive barrels
U.S. contractor Alan Gross ended an eight-day hunger strike Friday to press for his release from prison in Cuba, AFP reported. Gross moved to end his protest after a telephone
The United States on Friday said it was against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) turning to international organizations, but also expressed its displeasure with Israel’s sanctions on the PA. “Unilateral moves
Iran said on Friday that it “regretted” the United States’ decision not to issue a visa to Tehran’s choice as its next UN ambassador, but noted that the decision would
The Egyptian government has stepped up a campaign to curb Muslim Brotherhood influence over mosques, Reuters reported on Thursday. The government said it has licensed more than 17,000 state-approved clerics
The Obama administration has officially informed Iran and the United Nations that the U.S. will deny a visa to Tehran’s choice as its next UN ambassador because of his ties
Ukraine’s interim government has accused Russia of orchestrating unrest in the country, after gunmen seized several further government buildings in eastern Ukraine. It comes just days after government buildings in
Vienna’s Philharmonic Orchestra said Saturday it was returning a painting that was stolen by the Nazis to the descendants of its rightful owners, in the latest high-profile restitution case in Austria. The Philharmonic, famed
President Shimon Peres eulogized Ron Pundak on Friday, after the 1993 Oslo Accords architect passed away at the age of 59 earlier in the day, following a long bout with cancer.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has signed up formally to the Geneva Conventions, which set down the rules of warfare and humanitarian operations in conflict zones, the treaties’ guardian Switzerland confirmed Friday. Swiss foreign ministry
Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir warned that the IDF’s seizing of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Samaria’s Yitzhar on Friday morning will not cut down on “price tag” vandalism. According to Ben-Gvir,
Ron Pundak, one of the architects of the Oslo Accords, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 59 years old. Pundak’s Oslo Accords allowed the PLO terrorist
The IDF caused new fury in the Samaria town of Yitzhar by stationing a border police unit in Yitzhar’s Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva (Torah academy) building. “Due to the violent events
Bereaved families have filed complaints against the mayor of the Arab city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, located in northern Israel near Hadera, after discovering signs around the city which show the
A Border Police officer was lightly wounded on Friday evening from a rock thrown by Palestinian Arabs who were rioting near the border fence in Beitunia, north of Jerusalem. The