A suicide bomber struck a Shi’ite funeral northeast of Baghdad Monday, killing at least 24 people, including militia commanders, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) group, officials said. The blast in

The Knesset held a special session on Monday, two years after the death of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took to the plenum to remember

Clashes broke out on Monday evening between Palestinian Arabs and IDF soldiers in Qalandiya, after two IDF soldiers accidentally entered the Palestinian Arab village, located north of Jerusalem. The two

The Pentagon is expanding its cyberattacks against the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s computer networks, senior defense officials said Monday as they claimed to have seized the momentum in the 18-month-old

Defense ministers from the international coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) group, led by the United States, discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago, an aide

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday met the new Egyptian ambassador to Israel, Hazem Khairat, several days after he presented his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin. “Welcome to Israel, Mr.

US Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Israel next Sunday, and the Obama administration is launching an all-out effort to prevent a repeat of the diplomatic flare-up that

A European Union (EU) spokesperson for the EU ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen told Arutz Sheva on Monday he was shocked by a recent video made by nationalist activists, which took aim at

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu bashed his former ally and one-time protégé, MK Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beitenu), on Monday, during a Likud party meeting. Netanyahu mocked former Foreign Minister Lieberman’s “emergency”

Arutz Sheva was on hand late Monday morning to greet five women from the ancient Chinese Jewish community of Kaifeng, as they made Aliyah to Israel and returned to their homeland

An official Palestinian Authority (PA) TV host and Muslim preacher taught in his weekly education program about Islam on Saturday that due to Jews, “humanity will never live in comfort”

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, whose stunning 2008 win in the GOP Iowa caucus catapulted him into the national spotlight, fared poorly in this year’s crowded field, placing ninth with

The FBI has launched a new website to counter extremism – devoid of any references to Islam or Islamist extremism. Titled “Don’t be a Puppet,” the site originally had a

The Hamas terrorist organization held a show of strength with thousands of participants last Friday at Rafah in southern Gaza, in a demonstration of full support for the current Arab

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals are putting increasing pressure on the New York billionaire to release his tax returns ahead of the crucial Super Tuesday vote on March 1st. Both Florida

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had his lawyer file a complaint against pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtas, accusing him of “insulting” the president. The indictment cited parts of Demirtas’

Police in Moscow have arrested a Muslim woman who was spotted brandishing a child’s decapitated head near a metro station in the Russian capital. According to numerous Russian media outlets, the

Israel’s first right-wing TV channel, which began broadcasting in 2014, has been ordered to portray the Reform Movement in a more positive light, raising questions about media censorship. The Cable and

The Reform storm is still raging: Although the government recently expanded the “non-Orthodox” prayer section at the Kotel, members of the Women of the Wall entered the women’s plaza Monday

The IDF, along with the Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as the Shin Bet or Shabak) and Israel Police have arrested a number of terrorists from Hevron, including two brothers,

Runaway bride: One wife of the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, fled from the territory controlled by the jihadist group in Iraq, according to Iraqi media

President Reuven Rivlin on Monday morning visited the family of Eliyav Gelman, the IDF reserve officer killed by errant gunfire during a stabbing attack by a Palestinian terrorist last Wednesday.

The Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee has given its approval to MK Nissan Slomiansky’s (Jewish Home) bill to allow the Knesset Assembly to remove members with a majority of

Pope Francis said Monday that “devastating” Islamist and other violence in the Middle East and Africa had brought different churches closer, as he met the Ethiopian Orthodox leader. It was a theme he raised in

The US embassy in Iraq has released evacuation recommendations it said could help save up to 1.5 million lives at risk from a catastrophic failure of the Mosul Dam. Concern has grown in

Iran’s judiciary chief on Sunday blasted the reformists, who are headed towards victory in the country’s elections, of working with Westerners to block hardliners In a statement quoted by Reuters,

A Jordanian team arrived in Israel on Sunday, with the goal of installing surveillance cameras on the Temple Mount in the coming days, Jordanian Waqf Minister Hail Daoud told Jordanian

Iran is planning to withdraw its entire fighting force from Syria, which includes 2,500 fighters, Israel’s Channel 2 News reported on Sunday. The report appears to confirm remarks made last

Has German Chancellor Angela Merkel given up on the “two-state solution”? The answer is no, according to several senior German officials. The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Sunday that the

IDF Spokesman Brigadier General Moti Almoz has commented on the issue of soldiers with beards, following updated instructions on how soldiers can receive exemptions from shaving. According to the new