A senior official in the United States government has publicly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption.  Adam Szubin, who oversees sanctions in the US Treasury, told BBC Panorama on Monday that

In an effort to end the coalition crisis that resulted from the eviction of some 200 Jews from their purchased homes in Hevron last week, the government has decided to

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the international community to work to stop Palestinian incitement to terrorism against Israelis. Netanyahu’s message came after it was revealed that the 16-year-old

Happy ending: A Lost engagement ring was found in Geula neighborhood in Jerusalem. Last Thursday, the bride-to-be threw a bag into the garbage, and the ring – worth several tens of

Director of the Education Ministry, Michal Cohen, instructed schools to prepare for closure due to the harsh weather conditions this week across Israel. The schools were instructed to follow the

A botched repair job to the mask of King Tut has caused eight Egyptian museum workers to be taken to court for “gross negligence”, The Associated Press (AP) reports. The

Hamas’ deputy leader Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday praised the Palestinian Arab media for continuing to play a major role in strengthening the morale of the Palestinians during the intifada. Speaking

Pro-government forces overran the last major rebel-held town in Syria’s coastal Latakia province Sunday, as the United Nations prepares to host talks on ending the country’s nearly five-year war. State

Following the refusal of Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon to participate in a special task force aimed at solving the coalition crisis by dealing with issues of Jewish settlement in Judea

The Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS or IS) has honed the ability to launch global attacks and is set to focus more on Europe following the Paris massacre, the chief

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Sunday night launched an airstrike on a military compound belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in central Gaza, the IDF Spokesperson said in a

In preparation for extreme weather conditions over night near the capital, police have announced that they are preparing to close routes 1 and 443, the major highways that lead to

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres “feels well” after the 92-year-old was rushed to hospital with chest pains and an irregular heartbeat, his office said Monday. Peres is expected to remain at

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved Monday second and third rounds reading for two proposed amendments to the Military Justice Law. The law today states that a soldier who abandons

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Transport Minister Yisrael Katz had a testy exchange Sunday during the government’s weekly session, on the subject of allowing UBER – a service that offers

The radical Israeli Left is still reeling from an investigative journalistic report that aired January 8 on Channel 2’s Uvda investigative program, which was based on hidden camera footage taken

IDF and Shin Bet security services arrested twin sisters planning a terror attack last month, it has been cleared for publication. The sisters – 18-year-old Diana and Nadia Huwila –

A recent study published by Shemansky Ben-Shahar illustrates just how different the social strata of Israeli cities are. The poll rated Israeli cities based on the fiscal investment that they

2015 was the highest annual amount of financing rounds ever by Israel’s high tech industry. Israeli tech companies raised $4.43 billion last year, according to figures released Monday by the

After former Labor head MK Shelly Yechimovich (Zionist Union) slammed her party’s head MK Yitzhak Herzog on Sunday, Herzog responded shortly afterwards on Facebook explaining why he doesn’t support the

The IDF Blog reported Sunday on a recent combined exercise by the Armored Corps and the Givati Brigade in an urban warfare setting. The IDF “continues to modify and fine-tune

The ZAKA emergency response organization on Sunday night received reports of shots fired at an Israeli vehicle at Mishor Adumim Junction heading towards Hizma, in an area to the east

Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Baghdad Sunday over accusations of meddling in Iraq’s domestic affairs, a statement by the ministry said. The Saudi ambassador, who was only installed

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) responded on Sunday to the details of the investigation in Dafna Meir’s murder released earlier in the day, showing the terrorist who stabbed her

With snow storms battering the East Coast and Israel this week, we’re betting our readers have plenty of pictures to share. Send us your photos using our online form, and

A spokesman for Iran’s judiciary said on Sunday that around 100 suspects were arrested, following the recent attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was unfazed on Sunday by the possibility that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg might run for president. In fact, Trump said he would “love”

An official Palestinian Authority (PA) daily op-ed has accused the United States of being behind all the chaos and civil wars in the Muslim and Arab world, including the longest

Singer and actress Dafna Armoni, a member of the Israeli Union of Performing Artists (IUPA) lifetime achievement award committee, criticized leftist singer Achinoam Nini on Sunday after she quit the IUPA in a call

The Conservative candidate for London mayor has criticized the police’s handling of the incident at King’s College University on Tuesday, when a violent mob crashed a talk by former head