Iran has been shipping weapons to Yemen’s Houthi rebels since at least 2009, according to a confidential UN report seen by AFP, which reported about it on Friday. The report

President Barack Obama on Friday said that it is “absolutely vital” that the truth about what happened to Freddie Gray in Baltimore comes out, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Obama

Patrick Assaraf, father of 22-year-old Or Assaraf who is still missing after last week’s devastating earthquake in Nepal, said Friday that he remains cautiously optimistic that his son will be

The United States ambassador to Turkey on Friday hit back at sexist remarks by the mayor of the Turkish capital to the State Department spokeswoman, by posting a picture of

A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced ten men to life in prison for their involvement in a 2012 assassination attempt on teenage education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, The

A new Israeli app, developed in the Arava region in the south, will help farmers around the world. The app is being showcased at the Agritech 2015 conference in Tel

Israeli authorities on Thursday opened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, allowing 700 truckloads of goods to enter the region, the Ma’an news agency reported. The head of the Commission

American naval forces have started “accompanying” American-flagged commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, defense officials said Thursday, according to the AFP news agency. The move comes after Iran

The Jewish Home party is asking to add a clause to the coalition agreement with the Likud that would allow Ayelet Shaked to resign from the Knesset after she is

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said she is weighing opening war crimes investigations into Palestinians as well as Israelis after the Palestinian Authority (PA) joined the tribunal’s jurisdiction last month, according

The head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition on Thursday called on the United States to help set up safe havens inside Syria in areas under rebel control, AFP reported.

Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday officially launched his populist, liberal campaign for the White House, savaging an American economic system that creates “immoral” and unsustainable disparities between rich and poor,

Civil Administration bulldozers demolished the memorial tent of grieving parents on Thursday afternoon, claiming that the tent was built “illegally” in the Samaria community of Tapuah.  The tent, dubbed “Avraham’s

Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich (Yisrael Beytenu) gave one final interview before leaving office on Friday, wherein he reflected on his political career and why he decided to leave political

Dozens of young people, activists and party members from Yesh Atid demonstrated Friday in Tel Aviv, demanding that “Bibi cannot sell out our country.”  The

Following a reshuffle in Saudi Arabia’s power elite, US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said on Wednesday: “We will continue to maintain our close, productive relationship as we work together

Jerusalem will operate its first buses on Shabbat on Friday night, with a private “Shabbos” line beginning to run at 8:00 pm.  The line is a private initiative from Jerusalemites

Chairman of the Arab Joint List MK Ayman Odeh visited Palestinian Arab arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti on Thursday, ostensibly to discuss politics.  Barghouti is currently serving five life sentences in Israeli prison

The first helicopter has been sent to search for missing Israeli Or Assaraf on Friday, six days after the devastating earthquake in Nepal that has now killed at least 6,100

Prominent religious Zionist Rabbi Moshe Levinger, one of the founders of the Gush Emunim movement advancing the Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria, continues to be in serious condition after

President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday morning welcomed three newly appointed ambassadors from China, New Zealand and Burkina Faso in an official ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. As the incoming

Since the framework agreement with Iran was signed by Tehran, Washington and other world powers, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has focused on the 1994 agreement with North Korea which was also intended to

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been cracking down on Hamas supporters within its borders, Palestinian Media Watch reported on Thursday, and state media has been mum over the wave of arrests.  The

President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday morning welcomed three newly appointed ambassadors from China, New Zealand and Burkina Faso in an official ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. As the incoming

Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen… These may not be countries you would expect to feature in a pro-Israel campaign. Even in Egypt and Jordan, which have treaties with Israel, you’re not likely to find

Around 200 Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia protested on Thursday afternoon in front of the national police headquarters in Jerusalem, following several recent incidents of police violence against Ethiopians including the shocking assault

Syria and Iran have agreed to “intensify efforts to fight terrorism,” Syria’s defense minister said in Tehran, in an ironic reference to the Syrian opposition forces given that Iran is the

Residents of the Binyamin community of Ofra have written a letter to the chairman of Jewish Home, Naftali Bennett, on Thursday, regarding the destruction of nine houses in the community in accordance with a High

Nearly 150 Syrian soldiers have been besieged inside a hospital in Jisr al-Shughur since opposition forces including an Al-Qaeda affiliate seized the town last week, a monitor said Thursday, as President Bashar al-Assad’s regime

It may sound like the plot of a Hollywood action script, but it’s really happening: the US Air Force is anxiously monitoring the descent of a Russian satellite carrying 3,000