Mohammed Megaryef, president of Libya’s national assembly, has escaped an attack on his hotel in the southern oasis of Sabha, AFP reported. Megaryef’s spokesman on Sunday called the incident an

Residents of a small Hungarian town have failed to stop a park from taking on the name of the country’s Nazi-allied wartime leader, after too few voters turned out for

The deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey is designed to protect Israel from Iranian threats, Iran charged on Sunday, according to the Turkish daily Hurriyet. Speaking to Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV

A new archeological find at ancient Shilo fits in with the Biblical narrative regarding the war at Even Ha’ezer, and could confirm scholars’ conjectures as to how Shilo was destroyed.

Arabs severely beat a 69-year-old taxi driver Monday, stole his cab and left him bleeding at the side of the road. The Tatzpit news agency reported that the attack took

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is taking another step in his bid to officially name the areas he controls “the State of Palestine”. After he ordered all of the

The United States was not impressed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s speech on Sunday. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, according to AFP, that Assad’s speech “is yet another attempt

Chuck Hagel as the United States’ Secretary of Defense would be “the most antagonistic Secretary of Defense toward the state of Israel” in U.S. history, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) charged

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel would erect a new security fence along its armistice line with Syria in order to protect the Jewish state from “infiltration and

Amnon Lord, a leading political commentator at Makor Rishon and Maariv newspapers, opined Sunday that if President Barack Obama succeeds in appointing Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense, Israel will have to

Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit northern and central Israel Saturday and Sunday. The rain shut down multiple train stations on Sunday morning, the time of week when trains are most

MK Rabbi Chaim Amsallem, head of the new Am Shalem party, revealed more of his platform Sunday in an interview with Army Radio. Amsallem, who split from Shas, has promoted

Syrian President Bashar Assad gave a rare public speech Sunday as violence continues to rage across his country. Contrary to expectations that Assad would reveal a compromise aimed at solving

The United States is becoming increasingly worried about Syria’s use of ballistic missiles supplied by Iran, according to U.S. media reports cited by Al Arabiya. The Wall Street Journal has

The U.S. deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey began Saturday to help the country defend against any possible threats from neighboring Syria in the throes of a civil war, AFP

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s “brilliant” move to merge with Israel Beyteinu looks worse every day. The merged party is dropping in the polls, and now Israel Beyteinu’s leader says he

Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad is to make a rare speech Sunday as violence rages in a civil war the UN says has killed more than 60,000 people, AFP reported.

U.S. President Barack Obama is set to nominate former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, according to various reports. The move signals that the Administration intends to continue

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says that he is not ruling out any party joining his future coalition. “I am a ready for a broad coalition, but some parties are rejecting

The US Congress has finally approved emergency disaster aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, but only after a delay that sparked East Coast Republican outrage against their own party leadership.

Yesh Atid (Future) chairman Yair Lapid shot down on Saturday the idea of forming an anti-Likud bloc with Labor and Tzipi Livni’s party. The idea was floated Friday night by

About 250 Arabs rioted Saturday afternoon near Esh Kodesh, close to Shilo in the Binyamin region, injuring 11 Jews. According to the Tatzpit news agency, the rioters tore down the fences surrounding the Jewish

A key decision on how many US troops will stay on in Afghanistan after 2014 could be made next week at talks between President Barack Obama and Afghan leader Hamid

A major 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook an area in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the US state of Alaska early Saturday, triggering a potentially destructive local tsunami, the US

Tzipi Livni, who heads the Hatnua party, called on Friday for unity in the center-left bloc. Speaking to Channel 2 News, Livni, who previously rejected offers to join either the

On Sunday, dozens of hareidi men will enlist in civilian national service for the first time since the Tal Law was overturned. A total of roughly 1,300 hareidi men may

Egyptian security forces have seized U.S.-made anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles destined for Gaza, security officials said on Friday. According to AFP, the officials said six missiles were found hidden in

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator on Friday welcomed the return of leading world powers to talks over the country’s disputed atomic program, but urged them “not to repeat their past mistakes,”

Yair Shamir, who is running for the Knesset in the number four spot on the Likud Beytenu list, angered members of his party on Friday after he publicly criticized Prime

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has stopped progress on plans to build in the E1 area of Maaleh Adumim, the Hebrew-language daily Yediot Aharonot reports. Netanyahu faced international criticism after the