American broadcasting icon Barbara Walters, 83, is reportedly set to announce her retirement in the coming weeks. The New York Times, quoting “an executive familiar with the newswoman’s plans,” said

Rescue workers assisted 200 people overnight. Seventy were rescued in Nachal Sion in northern Israel in a major operation. The Nachal Sion hikers had lost their way after dark. Several

Police are on high alert in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria (Shomron) as Arabs prepare to mark Land Day. This year, it overlaps with Passover, leading to extra cause for concern.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that the United States is “prepared to deal with any eventuality” from North Korea, as he warned of the increased threat posed by Pyongyang.

The Egyptian military has arrested three scuba divers accused of cutting an undersea Internet cable off the coast of the northern city of Alexandria. The three individuals had been spotted

The Palestinian Authority is one of Israel’s larger trading partners, with some $20 billion in goods and services passing between the PA and Israel annually. In order to increase the

Bulgaria has more evidence that Hizbullah was behind the terror attack at Burgas last year, and it will soon present that evidence to the world, Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raikov

The IDF has built a military field hospital in the Golan Heights, according to international media reports. At least 11 Syrian fighters have been treated in Israel over the past

Syria’s Al Nusra Front rebel faction, allied with Al Qaeda, has more than doubled and is continuing to grow with the influx of Syrian jihadists returning from abroad. The group

A report in Arab media Thursday morning said that Syrian rebels had shot down a plane over Damascus Airport, causing the plane to crash and start a large fire. The

A Russian senator submitted his resignation on Tuesday after a leading opposition anti-corruption crusader accused him of having property abroad and holding Israeli citizenship under a Hebrew name, the AFP

As Jews around the world celebrate the holiday of Passover and commemorate the nation’s journey from bondage to redemption, the Jewish community of Minneapolis was forced to contend with a

Turkey and Israel are close to signing an agreement in which Israel would pay compensation to the family members of terror activists killed on board the Mavi Marmara in 2010,

The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history, the BBC reported Wednesday. The attack

The Israeli army arrested six Hamas leaders in Hebron on Wednesday morning, an IDF spokesman confirmed. An IDF spokesman told the AFP news agency that, “six people were arrested and

The IDF has brought more wounded Syrians into Israel, after several appeared at the northern border early Wednesday morning. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz authorized Israeli troops to

A serving French soldier has been detained in connection with last year’s massacres in Toulouse by Algerian-born Islamist terrorist Mohamed Merah. The soldier was arrested at his barracks in the southern

French police on Tuesday arrested two men on suspicion of complicity with Islamist terrorist Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people, including a rabbi and three Jewish school children, in the

President Barack Obama marked the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover on Monday, in a small and intimate gathering that took place a few days after returning from his highly

The ruling regime in Syria had harsh words Monday for a decision by the Arab League to hand over Syria’s seat in the League to representatives of rebel groups in

Amir Hassan, the Israeli Arab who was kidnapped last week in Sinai along with his Norwegian companion, was released by his Bedouin captors early Monday. The two captives were released

United States President Barack Obama has named Julia Pierson as the next head of the Secret Service. Pierson will be the first woman appointed to the post. Pierson is a

Sixty eight years after the conclusion of World War II, never before revealed color photos of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp have been discovered. The photos were published

A roadside bomb exploded Tuesday in northern Iraq, killing the head of a local town council and a member of a provincial council, police said. Qader Ali, head of the

Another huge snow storm, stretching from St. Louis to Washington, grounded hundreds of flights on Monday and left freezing residents wondering when winter would finally give way to spring. The

The United Nations is moving about half of its 100 international staff still in Syria out of the country due to the growing danger, diplomats said Monday. The Damascus office

Pope Francis on Monday extended his wishes to Rome’s chief rabbi and Jews worldwide in a gesture aimed at strengthening relations between the two religions, as the Jewish world marks

Passover (Pesach) will take place this year between sunset on Monday, March 25, and sunset on Monday, April 1. The first and seventh days are marked as Sabbath-like holy days (Yom Tov)

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has decided to allow the transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority, which is ruled by Fatah. The Prime Minister’s Office said that the decision was

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may be released from prison in three weeks’ time, the country’s Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki said on Sunday. Mubarak’s conviction over his responsibility for the