In preparation for the holiday of Passover, an online program organized by Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future and YU Global is bringing an interactive Torah-learning experience to thousands

An indictment was submitted on Friday against Sidki al-Makat, a 48-year-old resident of the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, who is charged with spying on Israel

A Paris-based leftist group, International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), claimed on Friday that Israel’s counter-terror Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza last summer included “war crimes” and “crimes against

Syria’s civil war is a tragedy, but might in the long term stabilize the region’s borders. That is the thinking of Pinhas Inbari, who sees the number of refugees fleeing

British officials estimate that at least 600 people from the UK have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight for Islamic State (ISIS) and other radical jihadist groups – but just

About 440,000 Syrians are now trapped in areas besieged by fighting, more than double the total from last month, as the war reaches “breathtaking levels of savagery”, UN aid chief Valerie Amos said Thursday.

Samaria Regional Council Head Gershon Mesika denies a report Thursday on Channel 10, about contacts between him and the State Attorney’s Office regarding a plea bargain, in the case known

Emergency responders are at the scene of an apparent explosion and building collapse in Manhattan’s East Village on Thursday. At least 13 injuries have been reported so far, the Fire

US Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Thursday that he is adding his name to the list of co-sponsors of legislation that would require a congressional review of any deal

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is looking to sue Israel for “war crimes” at the International Criminal Court (ICC), and even while it is not clear the ICC will recognize the PA as

A source in the Hamas security apparatus has claimed that the terrorist organization has exposed new technological means used by the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) to gather

Danish police have arrested two men over planning an attack against the country’s defense minister, Nicolai Wammen, local media reported on Thursday. The two, of Somali and Pakistani origin, were detained when police

A US military reservist was arrested as he tried to travel to fight for Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, along with a cousin planning to carry out attacks on military installations, authorities said Thursday.

An Argentine appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss the case against President Cristina Kirchner on accusations that she shielded Iranian officials from prosecution over a 1994 Jewish center bombing.

Syria has destroyed three of its 12 chemical weapons production sites but is unable to dismantle three other facilities because of security conditions, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical

Kulanu chairman Moshe Kahlon denied on Wednesday evening that he had been appointed to serve as Finance Minister in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s new coalition. On Tuesday it was reported

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday branded Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad “a brutal dictator”, just one week after suggesting that it would be necessary to negotiate with Assad

Historians at the Auschwitz memorial and high school officials in central Poland are trying to determine how a list of 15 Polish and Jewish inmates of the Nazi death camp

Saudi Arabia and a coalition of regional allies have launched a military operation in Yemen against rebels threatening the government there, the kingdom’s ambassador to the United States said Wednesday

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who went missing from his army base in Afghanistan in 2009, has been charged with desertion and misbehavior, the BBC reported on Wednesday. A hearing will determine

Likud officials hoping to be appointed to various ministerial positions in the next government have taken a new tactic to getting what they want – overt threats to coalition partners.  On

Westerners talk of the divisions between religion and science more often than they do their intersections. But the Walder Science Center, founded by Dr. Joseph Walder of IDTDNA in Chicago, has

On this week’s show we talk with Rabbi Ben Zion, the founder of Shabbat.com. They are a Jewish social network that allows people to connect and meet in a safe

More Palestinians died in 2014 as a result of their conflict with Israel than in any year since 1967, the United Nations claimed in a report on Thursday.  In the

A large sports stadium owned by the Municipality of Jerusalem is set to be used for at least two major missionary-sponsored events in the coming months – and Jerusalem city councilman

Something must be done to bring the divisions between supporters of Aryeh Deri and Eli Yishai under control, Shas MK Nissim Ze’ev told Arutz Sheva Thursday, in the wake of

Cornell University President David Skorton evidently found himself in a predicament after the dean of his Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York, was caught on film openly welcoming the

An NGO has filed a complaint with the Economy Ministry over mass violations of the regulations against public transportation on Shabbat. According to the Movement for a Jewish State, bus drivers

The number of asylum-seekers in industrialized countries rose by nearly half last year, driven by the devastating conflicts in Syria and Iraq, with Germany the top destination, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday, according

The threat of cyber terrorism is not new, but it has become more sophisticated. What defines cyber ‘terrorism’ as opposed to warfare might also be legally disputed since there is