Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Iran maintains the right to a peaceful nuclear program. While he denounced the regime’s threats against the Jewish state as “unacceptable” he

Nearly 15 million people have signed a petition to hold early presidential elections, in a campaign seeking to “remove confidence” in Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt Independent reported. Tamarod,

At least 14 people were killed and 30 wounded when a suicide car bomber struck outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday. The court lies a few

Women are welcome in the IDF, but should not always have the same roles as men, said Rabbi Avichai Ronsky, a former Chief Rabbi of the IDF. Rabbi Ronsky’s remarks

Nemesysco, an Israeli technology, analyzes the human voice and spots different emotions as they are reflected through voice patterns. The technology was presented last week at the Israel Defense Exhibition

Underwater archaeologists have found an ancient structure built from large basalt stones, its base 6 to 10 feet below the sea bed of the Sea of Galilee, Lake Kinneret. The

Tensions are rising in Turkey as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan begins to lose patience and orders police to “intervene” with protesters across the nation. Attacks on demonstrators were reported

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Sunday that Islamist rebels in the city executed 15-year-old Muhamma Qatta’ in the Sha’ar neighborhood of Aleppo, before the horrifed eyes of

Israel’s Tourism Ministry is showing an impressive record, with figures in May hitting an “all time record for incoming tourism.” Last month saw a five percent increase in the number

A restaurant in Montreal has been targeted by a firebombing attack for the second time in three nights, local news site CTV reported. There were about 30 people in Chops

Meyer Habib, formerly the Deputy Chairman of the French Jewish umbrella group CRIF (Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France), was elected on Sunday to the French parliament, the first

The State of Israel last week compensated two families of Palestinians Authority Arabs who were killed in 2005 by a Qassam rocket fired by Gaza-based Hamas terrorists. Channel 10 News

Jordan announced on Sunday the start of the “Eager Lion” military exercises with the participation of 8,000 soldiers from 19 Arab and Western countries, Al Arabiya reports. Major General Awni

Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former undercover CIA employee, unmasked himself on Sunday as the principal source of recent disclosures about top-secret National Security Agency programs, the Washington Post reported. Snowden,

An international conference that will discuss the legal status of land in Judea and Samaria is under way at Bar Ilan University. The conference will examine the various claims of

Deputy CEO and COO of Ryanair said that the low-cost European airline will succeed in bringing millions of tourists to Israel. “We’ll bring 4-5 million tourists a year to Israel.

Google and Israeli start-up Waze have agreed in principle on a deal in which the search engine giant will buy the road traffic information sharing application for $1.3 billion, reports

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Iran has been stepping up its cyber-attacks on Israel. “In the last few months,” he said, “we have identified a meaningful surge in

Arabs are the culprits behind the destruction Saturday of agricultural fields operated by the Jews of Hevron, say the local Jews. According to a resident of Hevron, Haim Bleicher, some

Despite rumors of a building freeze in Judea and Samaria in the past months, construction in Jewish communities in the region grew sharply during the first three months of 2013.

In a new report presented to members of the European Parliament, NGO Monitor details the damaging impact of highly secretive European Union funding for radical political advocacy Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the streets of Turkish cities on Saturday, challenging Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to end their civil uprising with a chorus of angry

Istanbul’s Sephardic Center has just produced the 100th issue of the world’s only Ladino monthly newspaper – El Amaneser — in the heart of the ancient Turkish city. It’s a

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Israel will hold its fire against Syria – as long as Syria holds its fire against Israel. In

A London mosque that burned to the ground last week is believed to have been burned in revenge for last month’s terror attack on soldier Lee Rigby. Grafitti that read “EDL”

Alert Border Police officers thwarted an attempted terrorist attack at the Tomb of the Patriarchs (Ma’arat Hamachpelah) in Hevron on Saturday night. At 2 a.m. an 18-year-old Arab youth from

In response to Holocaust denial comments made by a member of the Greek parliament, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) urged the Greek government to resolve differences within its coalition and swiftly

Israel has allegedly reiterated its warnings to Syria over activity in the Golan Heights, threatening in a document sent to the United Nations the IDF will attack Syrian tanks on

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denied Saturday that he is only pretending to seek a two-state solution, as Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon hinted broadly in a weekend interview. Danon’s comments

Four planes, a police helicopter and 5 fire teams were fighting a large scale blaze in Israel’s south-western Lachish region Saturday evening. Firefighters succeeded earlier in putting out another fire