News Briefs

Snow fell in Tzfat (Safed) Friday morning, not enough to stick to the ground but enough to make residents wonder if they were dreaming...

All polls show Clinton would win against any Republican, but has she peaked too soon?

Iranian warships neared Yemen to support Houthi rebels despite the presence of US vessels in the area.

Poet Erez Biton, who was awarded the Israel Prize for Literature on Yom Ha'Atzmaut, used the occasion to warn against sponsors of the Boycott...

The man was tied up and bleeding from multiple stab wounds.

IDF tanks shelled a site in Gaza in response to the rocket(s) launched at Israel.

Cyber centers that guard unclassified networks reportedly detected the Pentagon security breach and kicked the hackers off “in a way that minimized their chances of returning.”

An American general says the US is facing a "national security" crisis over obesity among the nation's youth.

10:22 PM Walla reports that according to an IDF source, 3 rockets were launched. At this point they do not think it was Hamas...

The family of USAID development worker Dr. Warren Weinstein says they are "devastated" by the news he was killed in a CIA drone strike on Al Qaeda.

Israel's president and prime minister have refused to meet with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

US Jewish aid worker Warren Weinstein, held captive by Al Qaeda, is killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan.

More than 140,000 Israelis scoffed at blustery weather and visited national parks.

Kremlin says the lifting of the ban on selling the anti-missile systems to Iran was only a "political and legal decision."

The NY Times may not realize that this was the second time Obama pushed off a potential meeting since the Israeli elections ended.

The one reason to make Aliyah outweighs all the arguments not to move to Israel.

Prime Minister Netanyahu tells the contestants that "we could not exist without the Bible.

Despite Clinton's agreement, North Korea now has 20 nukes, and as many as 40 next year. It's a foreboding look ahead at Iran.

Israelis moved from tears to triumph Wednesday at sunset as Remembrance Day gave way to the nation's 67th Independence Day celebration.

A mid-air crisis when a United Express flight from Chicago is forced to make an emergency landing in Buffalo.

Israeli scientists are testing a new therapy - with cannabis -- for diabetes.

Muslim Brotherhood-backed former Egyptian Pres. Mohamed Morsi is sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The Yom HaZikaron Ceremony in the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery was poignant and perfect.

A tragic end to a search for a woman in her 60s who was reported missing on Tuesday; the traveler’s body was found Wednesday...

Chabad of Kathmandu, backed by Israelis are providing satellite phones to trekkers heading up the Himalayas.

Israel "adds life" while hate-filled terrorists try to "take life," PM Netanyahu said on Remembrance Day at Mt. Herzl.

Israel commemorated its Memorial Day on Wednesday...

A new Chareidi initiative has been launched for Yom HaZikaron, called "Sheket, Zochrim" or "Be Silent, We are Remembering".

They Get-ring was uncovered by an undercover FBI agent posing as an Orthodox wife whose husband refused to grant her a Get.

Following a request from the family, Mohammed Abu Khdeir's name has been removed from the list of terror victims.