Egyptian military forces have captured over 100 Islamist terrorists in recent days – one third of them from Gaza. All were carrying phony Egyptian identity cards. They were arrested in

President Barack Obama will award an Israeli-American professor with the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this year, it was announced Thursday. The White House announced that Daniel Kahneman, a professor

Some two hours after it was ordered closed, the Eilat Airport was reopened. Planes will begin arriving and leaving the airport before midnight Thursday. The reopening was ordered by IDF

The Syrian army came dangerously close to the Israeli border on Thursday as it tried to carry out an unsuccessful airstrike on the rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Al-Assad.

A suicide bomber has killed 29 mourners at a funeral in Quetta, Pakistan. Victims of the attack were attending the funeral of a local police officer who was gunned down earlier in

Cyprus, Greece and Israel signed a deal on Thursday to cooperate over energy and aiming at securing Europe’s energy supply. A memorandum of understanding was signed by Cypriot Energy Minister

The IDF ordered the immediate shutdown of the airport at Eilat Thursday to all arriving and departing flights, following an unspecified security assessment. The assessment is most likely linked to

In the tourist filled location of Stone Town, Zanzibar, two Jewish British teens had acid thrown in their faces Wednesday by men driving by on a moped. The incident followed

An IDF commander who lost his foot was personally involved in apprehending a Palestinian Authority Arab who was found with a shotgun on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred near the

The Civil Administration on Wednesday authorized construction of 878 housing units in Judea and Samaria. The units were approved for towns in the Binyamin region, the Jordan Valley, and Gush

A drone strike  – the sixth such strike in two weeks – has killed at least six people travelling in a convoy in Mareb province, in southeastern Yemen. Four of the dead are

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a Qassam rocket towards the Eshkol Regional Council on Wednesday night. The rocket exploded in an open region, causing no physical injuries or damages. Local

Yemen says it has foiled an al-Qaeda plot to blow up oil pipelines and seize some of the country’s main ports, the BBC reported Wednesday. Security remains tight, with hundreds

The top US military officer is scheduled to arrive in Israel and Jordan next week, in a visit which will focus in part on Iran and the war in Syria, the US

A powerful blast from a gas leak ripped through a ten-story apartment building setting it ablaze in Argentina’s third largest city Tuesday, leaving at least eight dead and 61 injured.

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a planned G20 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to senior administration officials. The decision to cancel the president’s trip to St. Petersburg

The Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) second-in-command, Michael Morell, says the Syrian civil war is now the greatest threat to U.S. national security, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The risk, says

Billionaire George Soros’ philanthropy is bad news for Israel, according to an in-depth report from the NGO-Monitor watchdog group. The report listed the many causes in Israel, or pertaining to

Despite pledges by US President Barack Obama and key congressional leaders to shield the Israeli Iron Dome from sequestration cuts, Israel has offered to waive funding protection, reports Defense News,

Pro-Israel activists have derided the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) anti-Israel movement, after a widely-trumpeted “success” in their campaign to isolate Israel was revealed to have been fabricated. In the

The US State Department on Tuesday ordered all non-essential staff out of Yemen and told US citizens to leave the country “immediately” over terrorism concerns, reported AFP. The latest warning

A poll released by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) has shed significant light on attitudes among Israeli Jews and Arabs regarding peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, among other issues. The survey,

Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported Tuesday on an official Fatah Facebook page that is celebrating murderous terror attacks on Jews, in a list encompassing decades. Fatah is headed by Mahmoud

Residents of the largely hareidi city of Bnei Brak and theJewish Samarian city of Ariel feel relatively safe, according to a police survey. Residents of the mixed Arab-Jewish cities of Lod

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is promising to develop Jerusalem for the benefit of younger citizens as well as olim (new immigrants). Barkat spoke to Arutz Sheva at a huge aliyah

After witnessing a terror attack in Jerusalem as a child, Eli Beer decided that he wanted to be a doctor and help people, the director of United Hatzolah told an

A Jerusalem structure that served as a hospital in the Crusader era has been opened to the public, after archaeological digs and research carried out by the Antiquities Authority. The

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hinted on Sunday that Hizbullah is behind two rocket attacks on the Baabda presidential palace area last Thursday. He accused the movement of “declaring war

The U.S. State Department announced on Sunday that it will extend the closure of 19 embassies and consulates in the Middle East through Saturday, including a small number of additional

Iran’s new president will have to deal with an economy that is showing signs of foundering, according to a Washington Post report published over the weekend. Western sanctions are cutting