The Oxford University Students’ Union (OUSU) rejected on Wednesday a motion calling for sanctions against Israel. The OUSU motion calling for the Oxford student union to boycott Israeli institutions, goods

President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, Jack Lew, was confirmed Wednesday as the next U.S. Treasury secretary, taking over a key portfolio at a time of deadlock over the

North Korea is threatening the US with a nuclear attack, claiming it has long-range missiles with atomic warheads capable of reaching the American mainland. The open threat appeared in an

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed shock at a “vulgar and hideous” remark by Joan Rivers on her E! Entertainment Television show “Fashion Police,” in which she commented on a dress

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference next Monday, it has been confirmed. His speech comes just ahead of President Obama’s

A shell fired from Syria hit Israel on Wednesday. The shell was found after residents of a Golan town reported hearing the whistle of incoming fire near their community. IDF

Pope Benedict XVI bade farewell to tens of thousands of the faithful on Wednesday as he delivered his final public address from a balcony at S. Peter’s Square in Rome.

A day after a Hamas official called on terrorists to kidnap IDF soldiers in order to force Israel to release their fellow terrorists from Israeli prisons, another Hamas official called

The U.S. Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense on Tuesday, ending an acrimonious nominations process and giving President Barack Obama a victory as he fills his second-term

Stories about the health of the leader of the Hizbullah terror organization continued to circulate in the media on Tuesday. On Monday, Lebanese websites associated with the opposition to Hizbullah

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, sent an urgent letter to the UN Security Council and to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday night, following the firing of

Satellite images show that Iran’s Arak heavy-water plan is operational, raising fears that it is trying to produce plutonium for a nuclear bomb, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The

French police on Tuesday arrested two men in the southern city of Toulouse in connection with Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah’s killing spree in March last year that claimed seven lives,

The Senate voted Tuesday to break a filibuster against the nomination of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense. The decision to end debate was approved on a 71-27 vote, easily

The senior Prime Minister’s Office employee whose documents were stolen in a home break-in has been identified as Dr. Shaul Horev. Dr. Horev is  a member of the Israel Atomic

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a statement Monday criticizing the “offensive and not remotely funny” sketch at the Academy Awards featuring Seth MacFarlane’s character “Ted.” In the sketch, the animated

Life continued as usual in the city of Ashkelon on Tuesday despite a rocket attack in the morning, Mayor Benny Vaknin said. “Schools are open as usual, and the city

Gaza terrorists fired on southern Israel on Tuesday morning for the first time since the Pillar of Defense counter-terror operation in late 2012. One rocket hit the city of Ashkelon,

The United Nations confirmed on Monday that a member of the UN peacekeeping force charged with monitoring the ceasefire between Israeli and Syrian troops on the Golan Heights is missing.

Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah has been transferred to Iran to receive medical treatment due to cancer, a Lebanese website associated with the opposition to Hizbullah reported on Monday, according to

The Hamas terror group, taking advantage of the rioting in Judea and Samaria, is calling on terrorists to kidnap IDF soldiers. According to the Iranian Fars agency, senior Hamas leader

Arab rioters who are injured when they try to attack IDF soldiers or police are provided an important “health benefit” – they are often taken for treatment to hospitals in

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday expressed his satisfaction as the successful test of the Arrow 3 (in Hebrew: Hetz 3) anti-missile missile earlier in the day. “The successful test

North Korea on Saturday threatened the United States with “miserable destruction” if the Pentagon goes ahead with its annual, routine military exercises with South Korea next month. “You had better

The U.S. State Department on Monday issued a travel warning to employees, and to all U.S. citizens, to stay out of Judea and Samaria, if it can at all be

UN experts in Yemen on Sunday investigated an Iran-linked arms shipment which authorities intercepted in January, the official Saba news agency reported, according to AFP. The UN team, escorted by

The Ministry of Defense’s Homa Administration successfully carried out a successful flight test Monday of the Arrow 3 (in Hebrew: Hetz 3) anti-missile missile, in conjunction with the U.S. Missile

An Iron Dome anti-missile defense system battery will be placed in the Dan Bloc, or greater Tel Aviv region, for several days, beginning Monday, the IDF Spokesman’s Unit said. The

Political and religious leaders in the Palestinian Authority on Sunday stressed that U.S. President Barack Obama should not visit the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem in a way that might

Work has started on a new “eco-bridge” that will allow wildlife to continue to flourish even as tens of thousands of vehicles travel daily on Road 1, between Jerusalem and