Najim Laachraoui, one of the Brussels airport suicide bombers, has been identified by several Frenchmen held hostage by Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria as one of their prison guards, sources close to the investigation

Air strikes on rebel-held neighborhoods in Syria’s second city Aleppo on Friday killed at least 14 civilians and wounded more than a dozen others, the local civil defense told AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Rinat Gelman, the widow of IDF captain Eliyav Gelman who was killed by friendly fire as he fought to stop an attacking Arab terrorist on February 24, gave birth to

IDF sergeant Elor Azariya, the Kfir Brigade soldier who last month shot a wounded Arab terrorist in Hevron and currently is on trial for manslaughter, was released from his open

Conservative Jews of all origins will eat legumes (kitniyot) on Passover for the first time this year, following two separate rulings repealing the 800-year-old ban from Ashkenazic custom. In December 2015,

Fifteen-year-old Eden Dadon was anxiously awaiting the performance in Israel of Lali Esposito, an internationally famous Argentine actress and singer – but then she was seriously wounded in the Hamas

The Yarok Achshav (lit. “Green now” – ed.) organization has called on Israelis to be careful while burning their chametz (leavened goods) Friday, and to remove all plastic bags and packaging from

North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-Un has chosen to hold a competition on state TV to find the nation’s top cooks a la “Master Chef,” even as two-thirds of his country’s

Israel Police arrested two Israeli Jews in Jerusalem on Friday morning, as they carried a young goat up to the Temple Mount.  They were arrested on account of “behavior which

President Reuven Rivlin met Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at his residence Friday, after the latter’s return from Russia where he met President Vladimir Putin a day before. “This is an opportunity

Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz, the longtime inspector of matzah (unleavened bread for Passover) for the kosher foods company Manischewitz, has sued the company for firing him after he criticized a lapse in

A gag order has been lifted on the identity of the fatality in a horrific bus crash in Haifa Thursday night, with the 20-something fatality now revealed to be 17-year-old

The head of the IDF’s Home Front Command, Yoel Strick, on Thursday night issued administrative orders against several nationalist activists including Raphael Morris, head of the Returning to the Mount

Beginning Saturday, May 7 at 10:00 p.m. and ending Sunday, May 8 at 10:00 p.m., Yeshiva University students will host a hackathon—a 24-hour event designed to foster technological innovation and

Iran on Thursday rejected a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court which determined Iran would have to compensate families of victims of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and

Key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was charged on Thursday with attempted murder over a deadly shootout with police in Brussels a week before the suicide bombings in the Belgian

Visiting Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday pledged to remain vigilant against Iran’s destabilizing activities in the Middle East, reports The Associated Press. “None of our nations have

Syria peace talks will continue next week despite the opposition’s decision to quit them, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura said Thursday, according to Reuters. De Mistura,

Gaza’s Interior Ministry and National Security on Thursday redeployed forces along the frontier with Egypt in a plan to increase control over the border area, the Ma’an news agency reported.

The Ramallah-based Palestinian government on Thursday warned against Israel trying to “Judaize” the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and issued a call to Palestinian Arabs to arrive en masse at the compound in

An international meeting meant to kickstart the Israel-Palestinian Authority (PA) peace process must result in guarantees and not just declarations, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told Haaretz Thursday night, shortly

Women of the Wall (WoW) plan to hold morning Passover prayers at the women’s section of the Kotel (Western Wall) on Sunday. Women of the Wall chairperson Anat Hoffman on Thursday responded to

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a press briefing in Moscow on Thursday shortly after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he clarified that Israeli control of the

Abd al-Hamid Abu Srour, the 19-year-old Hamas terrorist who conducted a bus bombing attack in Jerusalem on Monday, is related to a terrorist currently serving a life sentence for murder. Abu

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who is wanted in Israel on suspicions of sexual assault, appeared before the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, according to local reports. The 78-year-old head of the

Unites States authorities announced the discovery of the longest ever cross-border drug-smuggling tunnel connecting Mexico and California, according to local reports. The tunnel measured 795 meters (870 yards) long and

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong finished his four-day historic trip to Israel on Thursday, becoming the first Singaporean Prime Minister to visit the Jewish state – but in the

A serious traffic accident took place on Thursday night in the Carmel Tunnels in Haifa, in which a full bus crashed into a wall, leaving at least 39 passengers wounded and tragically

A rabbinical court in Tel Aviv issued an exit deferment order against a haredi couple from the United States and confiscated their passports, claiming that they support their son’s refusal to

Palestinian Authority (PA) foreign minister said Thursday that a push for a UN resolution demanding an end to “Israeli settlement expansion” will be put on hold to focus instead on a French proposal for a