While Iran has been buckling under the sanctions that have been crippling its economy, the country’s supreme leader is apparently enjoying the billions he has in the bank. The Reuters

Channel 10 News reported on Monday that Arab hackers had broken into the Facebook accounts of some 13,000 Israelis. The hackers, from Tunisia and Gaza, made public on Monday evening

U.S. lawmakers will wait until after a briefing by Secretary of State John Kerry this week before deciding whether to impose tough new sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear

MK Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) has been sworn in as Foreign Minister Monday, passing a Knesset vote of 62-17.  Several left-wing politicians expressed disappointment at the decision. During the proceedings, MK

The fatal typhoon Heiyan has continued its path of destruction, ravaging Vietnamese coastal towns Monday. Earlier this week, the storm killed 10,000 people in the Philippines; approximately 800,000 are still reported

It was a classic case of American honesty.  A Connecticut rabbi and his wife bought an antique desk earlier this week, for the meager price of $200.  “The desk wouldn’t

US Secretary of State John Kerry drew fire from Israelis late last week, when he slammed Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as “illegitimate”. But an upcoming conference in New York City

Truth meets fiction as Oscar winner George Clooney will show his Nazi-era art thriller “The Monuments Men” at the Berlin film festival in February. The film comes amid the controversy following last

Israel set a tourism record last month, as 339,000 tourists entered the country in October 2013 – 14% more than a year earlier, and the highest single month number of

A lead IDF delegation of experts in the fields of search, rescue and medicine on Sunday night left Israel for the Philippines, which was hit by a devastating typhoon over

Border police managed to stop the rape of a woman in the Old City of Jerusalem moments before the crime was about to take place. Police have arrested a 22

A 24 -year-old yeshiva student was lightly wounded on Sunday evening after being struck by a rock as he was driving near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The student,

Unidentified assailants shot dead Iran’s deputy minister for industry and mining, Safdar Rahmat Abadi, in Tehran on Sunday night, AFP reports, citing the official IRNA news agency. IRNA reported that

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday that he will always ensure the security of the State of Israel. Speaking at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, Netanyahu

The town of Karnei Shomron in Samaria (Shomron) hosted a race Friday in memory of Benaya Rein, who was killed in the Second Lebanon War. The race in Benaya’s memory

A major network of schools in Pakistan has banned the book I Am Malala, written by schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who famously stood up to the Taliban by advocating openly for

The United States is “not blind, and I don’t think we’re stupid” in nuclear talks with Iran, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a US television interview that aired

Philippines police forces announced Sunday that the death toll from Typhoon Heiyan is estimated to be over 10,000 people, with an additional 800,000 reported missing – far over initial estimates

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would do all it could to keep world powers from striking a “bad and dangerous” deal with Iran over its nuclear program.

The government has confirmed that Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beitenu) will be reinstated as Foreign Minister, less than one week after he was acquitted in a years-long fraud trial which prompted

Al-Qaeda’s main branch in Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has raided a wedding party in the suburb of Aleppo and ordered that music and singing

Belgium said Saturday it had raised the standing of the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic delegation to the country to “mission” status, AFP reports. The move is a show of commitment to

Former US President George W. Bush will deliver the keynote address at a fund raising event for the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute (MJBI), which trains people in the U.S., Israel,

The American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was recalled from the Persian Gulf on Friday, along with the destroyer USS Graveley from the Mediterranean Sea. The move comes less than a week after

The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced Saturday it will start searching for oil near Rantis, a town north west of Ramallah and just east of the 1949 Armistice line. The PA further claimed contracts

Talks in Geneva between representatives of Iran and the so-called P5+1 ended on Saturday night with no agreement. It was reported earlier that the sides had convened for another late

The son of the president of Suriname is being charged by the US on suspicion of providing material support to Hezbollah. According to the BBC, Dino Bouterse was filmed telling undercover agents posing

“We estimate 1,000 people were killed in Tacloban and 200 in Samar province,” Gwendolyn Pang, secretary general of the Philippine Red Cross, said of two coastal areas where Haiyan hit

US President Barack Obama called Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday after Netanyahu strongly opposed the proposals being offered to Iran in Geneva. AFP reports that Obama gave Netanyahu an update

Germany on Saturday began marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht with solemn ceremonies and touching and innovative tributes to the victims.     Rather than conducting one