The G8 group of leading industrialized nations became the G7 on Monday, as leaders decided to end Russia’s role in the group, CNN reports. The move to suspend Russia’s membership

Arab leaders meeting Tuesday in Kuwait are expected to back a Palestinian Authority (PA) refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, according to AFP.  The summit stresses a “categorical rejection” of the demand for

The Syrian conflict takes center stage at an Arab summit starting Tuesday in Kuwait, where a regional rift over Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has been kept off the agenda because it

The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to financially support terrorism, and families of terrorists were set to receive a great deal of that financial support, as PA official Rami Hamdallah pledged

White City Shabbat, a non-profit organization dedicated to building Jewish life in Tel Aviv, has announced Monday that it will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Shabbat Dinner.

An Al Qaeda linked group has called to assassinate French president Francois Hollande, according to terrorism monitoring group SITE, as revenge for France’s interventions in Africa.  The al-Minbar Jihadi Media

The majority of the Israeli public does not want to see Judea and Samaria relinquished to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as result of peace talks, according to a survey by

  Bastiaan Belder, a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament, said Monday that anti-Israel sentiment is “mostly on the Left.” Belder is a Dutch politician and Member of

The US is “deeply concerned” about the death sentences Egypt handed down to 529 Muslim Brotherhood Islamists on Monday, according to AFP. “While appeals are possible, it simply does not seem

Dancing down Amsterdam Avenue along with their esteemed Roshei Yeshiva, mentors, family and friends, more than 230 new musmakhim celebrated their ordination from Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan

A lawmaker from Hamas recently called for a “massacre” of Jews, explaining that Koran indicates that this must be done. In a televised address the lawmaker, Yunis Al-Astal, also said

Two Jewish organizations on Sunday condemned the statements of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has once again denied that the Holocaust took place. In a speech on Friday

Turkey’s Prime Minister confirmed on Sunday that he was the one who gave the orders to shut down Twitter in the country, reports The Associated Press (AP). Speaking at a

IDF forces patrolling the border with Egypt were targeted by fire from the Egyptian side on Monday. No injuries were reported in the incident, and further details are currently being investigated.

Ukraine’s interim President Olexander Turchynov ordered a withdrawal of all the country’s troops from the Crimean Peninsula, following Russia’s armed occupation of the formerly Ukrainian-held territory. “The National Security and

The Jerusalem Municipality on Sunday authorized an initiative of United Jerusalem councilman Aryeh King, and altered the number 43 Egged bus line to expand transportation for Jewish residents in eastern

The Netivei Yisrael company has announced that a joint Israeli-German offer has defeated an offer by a French-Spanish-Israeli group for laying the rails. DB BahnBau, in a joint offer with

Several members of a terror cell in Shechem, which opened fire on Israeli cars at Jit Intersection next to the Samaria community of Kedumim, were arrested in a joint mission

A court in Egypt has sentenced to death 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, reported the BBC. The convicts, members of the Muslim Brotherhood, are part of a

Palestinian Arab terrorists rioted at Rachel’s Tomb on Sunday, next to Bethlehem, injuring two Border Policemen. One suffered moderate injuries and the second suffered light injuries, according to the Border

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh threatened Israel Sunday it would pay dearly if it heeded the growing calls to retake Gaza, according to AFP.  “We tell the enemy and (Foreign Minister Avigdor) Liberman who

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appeared on Sunday on the satirical television program Matzav HaUma (State of the Union), which airs on Channel 2. While much of the interview was funny,

Hilal Al-Assad, the cousin of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, was killed on Sunday along with seven of his fighters during fighting in the border town of Kasab in Latakia province,

Arab League foreign ministers discussed talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) Sunday, and called on Arab states to provide$100 million in financial aid to the PA every month, according to AFP.  The

Rose Gottemoeller, the US Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, will meet with Israeli counterparts, including several military leaders, to discuss regional security issues, arms control and nonproliferation policy, as

Islamic law is to be effectively enshrined in the British legal system for the first time under guidelines for solicitors on drawing up “Sharia compliant” wills, reports the Telegraph. The

Users of Twitter in Turkey, who had been able to get around the country’s blocking of the site, suffered a setback on Saturday, the Hurriyet daily newspaper reports. According to

23 U.S. senators on Saturday sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to stand firm during talks with Iran, Reuters reported. The letter from Democratic senators and one

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Saturday hit out at those on the Israeli right who say that a Palestinian state already exists and that it is located in Jordan, Army

Israeli Prime Binyamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that the IDF would use force against anybody plotting attacks against the Jewish state, after troops killed two terrorists and a rioter during a