The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) group denied Monday its planes carried out air strikes that killed at least three Syrian regime troops a day earlier, even as Bashar al-Assad’s regime condemned the

Residents of the city of Afula in the Galilee were shocked in recent days to learn that an “instant Arab village” has been established in their midst. Some are also alleging that

Tensions with Russia could cost Turkey’s economy $9 billion in the worst case scenario of “zero relations,” Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said Monday. Moscow has imposed a series of economic sanctions against

An Australian who joined Kurds battling the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Syria arrived back home Monday, with his parents pleading with authorities not to charge him under foreign fighter laws, calling him “a hero.”

Magen David Adom (MDA) received reports early on Monday of a man stabbed in the northern city of Afula Ilit. The man was apparently a security guard at the local Nofim school, and

Britain’s bombing campaign against Islamic State (ISIS) extremists in Syria is “illegal” and is destined to fail, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad predicted on Sunday, AFP reports. “It will be harmful

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s remarks on Israel were “misunderstood”, she said in a joint statement with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Loefven Sunday night. Wallstrom caused a firestorm in Israel

If the Palestinian Authority collapses, the black flags of the Islamic State (ISIS) could replace PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Sunday. Speaking at

New details emerged on Sunday about Syed Farook, the man who along with his wife carried out last week’s shooting attack in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people. According to

The Israel Air Force (IAF) overnight Sunday launched an airstrike against a terrorist infrastructure belonging to Hamas in northern Gaza, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. The attack

A few dozen Chinese Jews in Kaifeng, China, gathered on Sunday evening with an emissary of the Shavei Israel organization to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah and light the

The United States will defeat terrorist groups like the Islamic State (ISIS), President Barack Obama declared in an address to the nation on Sunday night. The speech began with comments

US President Barack Obama released a Hanukkah greeting Sunday night, in honor of the first night of the eight-day holiday.  “Tonight, Jews in America, Israel, and around the world come

Israeli swimmer Yakov Toumarkin has won his second silver medal in the 18th European Short Course Swimming Championships, going on in the Wingate Institute near Netanya. On Sunday, Toumarkin won

The Egyptian Government decided Sunday to halt talks on importing Israeli natural gas after an international arbitration court ordered Egypt to pay Israel a fine of about $1.76B, reported Bloomberg.

A Palestinian Arab terrorist stabbed and rammed his car into three Israelis on Yirmiyahu st. in Jerusalem Sunday night, leaving two moderately and one lightly injured. ZAKA stated that the terrorist initially

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday night spoke with his Swedish counterpart, Stefan Loefven, and expressed his displeasure about Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s latest remarks against Israel. Wallstrom, speaking

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) and Deputy Finance Minister Yitzhak Cohen (Shas) granted benefits to immigrants from North Africa and Iraq on Sunday, in recognition of their suffering anti-Semitism and racism during World War II.

For the first installment of Arutz Sheva’s eight part Hanukkah special – In The Footsteps of The Maccabees – Israeli historian Dr. Hagai Ben-Artzi brings you to the ancient synagogue in

President Reuven Rivlin and First Lady Nechama Rivlin hosted the President of Germany Joachim Gauck and his partner Daniela Schadt at the President’s Residence on Sunday, during President Gauck’s official visit to

The far-right may have made great gains in the first round of French regional elections, polls reveal Sunday night, with Marine Le Pen’s National Front (FN) party leading with 30.8% of the

Israel is facing a struggle over its existence and independence, just like the Maccabees did in the story of Hanukkah, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday evening. The prime minister’s

Three people were injured, one of them seriously, in a stabbing attack at the Leytonstone underground station in London, the BBC reported. Local police are treating the stabbing as a

Israel on Saturday denounced remarks by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, after she accused the Jewish state of carrying out “extrajudicial executions” in response to attacks by knife-wielding Palestinians, AFP

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remains a very important public figure in the eyes of US citizens. The Brookings Institute has published the results of a recent survey in which they were asked

President Barack Obama says that the US “will not be terrorized,” after ISIS congratulated Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik for killing 14 people in California this past week. Malik swore

The Taliban in Afghanistan has released an audio recorded that it claims disproved reports of its leaders death. “There is no truth to the rumors that I was injured or

The departure of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is no longer necessary before any political transition in the war-torn country, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in an interview published Saturday.

Iran is rejecting the part in the recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which states it tried to build nuclear weapons in the past, its envoy to

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon issued harsh criticism of the United States government’s lackluster response to Islamic State at a speech last week at the Saban Forum in Washington.  “The US needs to