Tens of thousands of people, including a large number of well-known hareidi rabbis and yeshiva deans, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic, were gathered in northern Jerusalem Sunday night to commemorate the ending of the

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu informed cabinet members at his weekly meeting on Sunday that Israel is “seeing an increase in terrorist activities in recent weeks.” Referring to the recently exposed terrorist

An Orange County, California resident pleaded guilty on Friday to federal charges accusing him of knowingly providing material support and resources to Al Qaeda. The indictment charges 24-year-old Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen, who

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said Islamists in Egypt and Tunisia were in part responsible for their recent political setbacks, accusing them of having been too conciliatory in opting to

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon announced Sunday that Israeli engineering company Elbit Systems had been chosen to co-manufacture hi-tech helmets for pilots of the US F-35 stealth fighter. He said in a

Two Palestinian Authority resident Arab men have confessed to the murder of Israeli man Sariya Ofer late last week, the Shin Bet has revealed. The two were arrested on Friday

Imagine the frustration. Sitting, talking to your date, trying to connect, but every time the topic of  living in Israel comes up they get a blank look on their face.

Almost 50 rebel fighters have been killed in three days of skirmishes between jihadists and mainstream rebels in the Syrian city of Aleppo, reports Al Arabiya. The UK-based Syrian Observatory

Economics Minister and Bayit Yehudi party chairman Naftali Bennett issued a statement Saturday evening as a memorial for slain former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was held in Tel Aviv. “On the

An earthquake was felt in Israel on the Sabbath at about 4:15 PM local time. The quake was measured at 6.4 on the Richter scale, and had its epicenter beneath

The memorial service for Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke will be held in Italy, his lawyer told AFP Saturday after Argentina, where the former SS officer wished to be buried,

Ten days after publishing a front-page editorial blasting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly as “combative” and sarcastic, the New York Times has published an interview-profile

One protester was killed on Friday after security forces shot at a march by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi near Rabaa Al-Adawiya, reported Al-Ahram. Rabaa Al-Adawiya is the site

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan called Thursday’s incident when gunmen kidnapped and released him in the same day as an attempted coup against his government in a national television address

Iran is going to offer a new set of proposals during the upcoming talks with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany on its nuclear energy

The Syrian government’s shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and launchers could imperil civil aviation if they fall into the hands of terror groups, an independent report examining the global proliferation of portable

French President Francois Hollande reassured Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday that France will remain “tough” with Iran on its controversial nuclear program, reports AFP. Hollande told Netanyahu in a

In a tragic turn of events, it has been revealed that Colonel (Res.) Shraya (Yaya) Opher, murdered last night in his Jordan Valley home of Brosh, was killed on the same day as

Former SS captain Erich Priebke, a Nazi war criminal who never showed remorse for a World War II massacre in Italy, died Friday in Rome aged 100, Italian media reported.

U.S. forces have captured a senior Pakistan Taliban commander, Latif Mehsud, in a military operation, the state department confirmed on Friday. Marie Harf, a spokeswoman for the State Department, described

It was reported by the organisation Human Rights Watch on Friday, that groups of Syrian rebel forces executed at least 190 civilians and seized over 200 as hostages – during a military offensive

Security forces have arrested five Palestinian Authority Arab men on suspicion of carrying out a brutal attack Friday morning killing Shraya Opher, a retired IDF colonel.  The five were all taken for

A car bomb exploded outside the Swedish consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, Friday, causing serious damage to the embassy and damaging adjacent buildings. No casualties were reported

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was named, Friday, as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2013. The Nobel Committee said it was in honor of

Khaled Mashaal, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, will visit Iran soon, the movement confirmed on Thursday, according to Kol Yisrael radio. Hamas used to be heavily backed by Iran

In one of the most disturbing scenes to emerge from the fighting in Syria, Hezbollah fighters operating under the command of the Syrian army, have been filmed celebrating and rejoicing, as they dragged injured Syrian civilians from

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists broke into a home in the Jordan Valley on Thursday night, attacking a couple who was in the home. The husband was critically injured and died

A Gaza-based news agency, Quds.net, quoted in Maariv/NRG, said Thursday that there are efforts underway to arrange a meeting between Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister

A suicide bomber in a car full of explosives rammed into a checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing three soldiers and a policeman, officials said. Al Jazeera cited the security officials

A more than 50% squeeze on the budget for religious Zionist girls seminaries has threatened tens of institutions with closure, according to a spokesperson for a union representing them. Tzahi Dickstein, CEO of