JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli jets scrambled to intercept a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace Saturday from the Mediterranean Sea, bringing it down without incident in the south of the
Thousands of Islamists demonstrated in central Amman to demand reforms on Friday, just hours after King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early polls without any major political change, AFP
As the economic crisis in Tehran worsens and Iran’s currency continues to drop in value, members of the U.S. Congress are exploring possibilities to toughen the sanctions on the Islamic
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi visited the Sinai Peninsula on Friday to meet with and reassure Coptic families who fled from the town of Rafiah after receiving death threats, his Facebook
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN General Assembly placed fear into the hearts of Iranians, a Muslim woman from Tehran told Israel’s Channel 2 News on Friday. The
A radical Islamic leader has claimed that the suicide bomber who killed five Israeli citizens and a Bulgarian bus driver in the city of Burgas in July was his disciple.
Turkey returned fire once again on Friday after a new Syrian shell landed in on its territory close to their common border, the Turkish private news channel NTV reported. The
Police have named the gunman who opened fire in an Eilat hotel on Friday, killing one person, as 23-year-old William Hershkovitz. The victim of the shooting has been identified as
The United Nations Security Council condemned on Thursday a mortar attack by Syria on a Turkish border town that killed five people, NBC News reports. “The members of the Security
Jordan’s King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early elections on Thursday, the royal palace announced, according to AFP. “The king has decided to dissolve the chamber of deputies from
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said on Thursday that a decision to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities should be an American decision. In a video interview with The Washington
Iran offered a “nine-step plan” to defuse tensions over its unsupervised nuclear program, but the compromise offer was rejected by the United States, the New York Times reports. American officials
A tourist opened fire in the Leonardo Hotel in Eilat on Friday morning. Witnesses say the man stole a gun from a hotel guard and began shooting in all directions.
A rocket fired from Gaza crashed into southern Israel on Thursday night, without causing casualties or damage, an Israeli military spokesman said. “The rocket landed in the Ashkelon area without
Classified documents obtained by the Al Arabiya network and released Thursday have revealed that the Syrian regime moved a chemical weapons stockpile with the help of Iran and knowledge of
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey would never want to start a war and parliament had authorized foreign deployment of troops as a deterrent after
The leader of the Islamic Jihad terror group, Ramadan Shallah, said on Thursday that it is time to re-examine the ceasefire with Israel, which terrorists from Gaza usually break in
The Turkish parliament has authorized cross-border military action into Syria, if deemed necessary by the government. The mandate, valid for one year, was passed by 320 votes in the 550-seat
Cheers of “We love Israel” were heard throughout the streets of Jerusalem Thursday as thousands of Christians from all over the world paraded down the streets to show their support
In what appears to be another one of the Israel Police’s inexplicable decisions, an Arab taxi driver who rammed into a military vehicle Tuesday, injuring four soldiers, and then fled
An Arab-Israeli resident of the village of Majdal al-Krum has been charged with spying for and aiding the Hizbullah terrorist organization. The suspect, Mil’ad Mohammed Mahmoud Khatib, was arraigned Thursday
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of an American citizen of Syrian descent who allegedly has ties to Al-Qaeda and has been plotting
A showdown is shaping up between Jordan’s monarchy and Islamist forces, with rival demonstrations scheduled for this Friday. At least 200,000 demonstrators are expected to appear in the capital of
The Jerusalem Police closed off the Temple Mount to Jews Thursday after receiving intelligence that Muslims intended to attack Jewish visitors there. Earlier in the day, police limited Jews to
For the third morning in a row, Arabs rioted on the Temple Mount, attempting to attack groups of Jews who sought to visit the holiest site in Judaism during the
Scuffles broke out Wednesday in central Tehran, in the first sign of unrest over Iran’s plunging currency, which has lost more than half its value since last week. Hundreds of
Explosions at a Hizbullah weapons cache in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon killed nine people on Wednesday, among them Hizbullah members, AFP reported. A local security official told AFP
Rabbi Dovid Price, a renowned and beloved member of the Flatbush community and one of the first members of Flatbush Hatzalah, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 77.
In the most recent attack in the name of Islam, Muslim protesters attacked Buddhist villages in Bangladesh, after an image portraying a burnt Koran was posted on Facebook. Witnesses said
Iranian officials claim cyber attackers targeted their country’s infrastructure and communications companies Wednesday, disrupting Internet access across the country, in what was most likely an attack aimed at stalling their