The United States said on Saturday it would double its aid to Syria’s opposition, including with new non-lethal military equipment, but paid no heed to calls for arms supplies or

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul on Sunday, the State Department said, as a US-led “peace” push focusing on the

For unknown reasons, Israeli authorities are keeping lid on an archaeological find that may turn out to be a royal castle from David’s time, reports Makor Rishon newspaper. The newspaper

The brothers who set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon this week were Muslims from the Caucasus area, near Chechnya. Not much is publicly known yet, however, about their

At least 39 people were hurt on Friday after opposition activists marched on thousands of Islamists rallying outside the Supreme Court in central Cairo demanding judicial reform, an official said.

The U.S. Defense Department is expected to finalize a $10 billion arms deal with Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates next week that will provide missiles, warplanes and

Sirens rang out and church bells tolled on Friday as Poland marked the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising that saw young Jews rise up against Nazi German forces.

EU foreign ministers, among them Britain’s William Hague and Laurent Fabius of France, have said they will back EU efforts to label products from Israeli communities in Judea, Samaria and

Saudi Arabia is hoping to wean jailed Al-Qaeda terrorists off religious extremism with counselling, spa treatments and plenty of exercise at a luxury rehabilitation center in Riyadh, AFP reported on

The Boston Marathon bombings suspect who was killed in a police shootout features a YouTube page listing links to men he identified as “terrorists” and Islamic teachers, AFP reports. The

An angry uncle of the two Boston bombing suspects pleaded Friday with one nephew still on the run to “turn yourself in and ask forgiveness” from victims of the terror

U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating accounts from European allies that Syria may have used chemical weapons in its war against opposition forces, a senior U.S. official said Thursday. There were

The young Jews who rose up against Nazi Germany “wanted to save human dignity”, a Polish underground activist said Thursday, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw

Hamas security forces in Gaza have banned fishermen from working since Monday, a human rights center said Wednesday, the Ma’an News Agency reported. Naval security forces have reportedly imposed a

A Pakistani court on Friday put ex-military leader Pervez Musharraf under house arrest for two days after he surrendered to a magistrate over charges related to his nine-year rule, officials

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two rockets at southern Israel on Thursday evening. The rockets exploded in an open area of the Eshkol Regional Council, causing no physical injuries or

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have broken up an Al-Qaeda cell comprising seven Arabs who were plotting attacks in the Gulf state, an official statement said on Thursday, according

Palestinian Authority Arabs living in the neighborhoods of Tzur Baher and Hado’ar living on the Israeli side of the security fence are to be “gifted” with Israeli citizenship. The Arabs,

Israeli news outlets have ignored the imminent razing of an ancient Roman archaeological site by Hamas in Gaza, according to Israel Media Watch (IMW). The terror group is building a

Israeli airline staff called a strike for Sunday to protest against a government proposal to finalize a deregulation plan with European carriers which they say would result in widespread layoffs,

Israeli planes taking off from Eilat will be armed with anti-missile systems due to the threat of shoulder-carried anti-aircraft missiles that could be fired from the Sinai desert, Channel 2

A Jewish high school student in Long Island has been arrested after threatening to blow up his Yeshiva. Nassau County Police say the 16-year-old student at the Mesivta Ateres Yaakov

Israeli officials on Thursday announced that they had nabbed a gang of Arab terrorists who were planning a terror attack against Israelis or tourists who visited the Temple Mount. An

World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking told a packed audience in California this week that the Big Bang did not require G-d for creation. In a talk entitled “The Origin of

Authorities have arrested a suspect after a letter addressed to President Barack Obama tested positive for ricin, stoking alarm in Washington on Wednesday after an earlier scare over poisoned mail.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned the West on Wednesday that it will pay a heavy price for its alleged support of Al-Qaeda in Syria. According to AFP, Assad said his

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was “a great leader,” said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday following a ceremony in honor of the late British leader. “She was not only an

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmud Abbas is scheduled to visit Turkey this weekend for talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Abbas will also meet President Abdullah Gul and Foreign Minister

While the Pakistani Taliban has denied involvement in Monday’s Boston marathon bombing, it has openly applauded the heinous attack, which killed three and injured over a hundred more.  “Wherever we

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to confirm next week the United States has approved $400 million in additional funding for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system. The system, which