News Briefs

According to the NY Times, an Indian court on Saturday approved a request by prosecutors to charge an American citizen, David Coleman Headley, in...

In response to National Religious Party Chairman MK Zevulun Orlev's call for consolidated primaries of the two current factions of what used to be...

Israel Defense Sunday Morning quoted sources in defense circles saying a new ground attack in the Gaza strip is "only a matter of time." Overnight...

The Boston Globe wrote Saturday that Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel wants Mitt Romney to speak out against the Mormon practice...

The Presbyterian News Service reports that a panel within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) passed a resolution on Friday calling for voting on disinvestment in...

According to livescience.com, a newly discovered 7th century B.C. palace garden near Jerusalem could reveal details about how royals liked to let loose in...

The US is flying its spy drones over Syria to monitor the government's crackdown on its opponents, according to NBC News, which cited unnamed...

Almost 70 years after the end of WW2, a group of 42 children of Nazi soldiers and collaborators participated this week in a purification...

The home page of Israeli portal picknick.co.il, which is normally devoted to topics like love, the great outdoors and the popular show "Big Brother,"...

Obama administration officials and US Congressman have suggested that the $2 billion in yearly military and economic aid to Egypt has been jeopardized by the Egyptian government's clampdown and prosecution of pro-democracy groups and individuals.

Magen David Adom declared the incident a mass causality event.

The attacks came in response to Wednesday's rocker fire on southern Israel.

The case, which began a year and a half ago, is expected to reach the Massachusetts Supreme Court by the fall.

Jodi Rudoren, who is taking over for Ethan Bronner in April, sent greetings to Electronic Intifada founder and raved about the book The Crisis of Zionism.

The police have begun searching for the owner of the motorcycle, but have not identified any suspects.

Mormon Church leaders apologized to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized, a controversial...

According to rebel forces, Syrian government  forces launched an offensive on the city of Hama early Wednesday, targetting residential neighborhoods from armored vehicles and...

According to Reuters, based on European and U.S. officials and private experts, Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known...

A Jewish woman was violently carjacked by three Arab men, while driving on Road 55 from Karnei Shomron to Kfar Saba.

Are prayers are with her for a full and complete recovery.

Some things just shouldn't be downsized.

Sometimes you save the bacon, sometimes the bacon saves you.

Government should extend money to encourage aliyah – MK Danon.

Does Israel persecute religion? Satmar hasidim believe it does.

Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicions fall on Iran and Hizbollah, as the attacks took place one day after the anniversary of the assassination of Hizbollah's deputy leader, Imad Mughniyeh.

Ismail Haniyeh's comments come as Hamas deals with an internal struggle regarding its strategy for Palestianian unity and statehood.

Resolution will be similar to earlier Security Council resolution vetoed by Russia and China, but will be submitted to the General Assembly

Newsweek magazine quoted Pentagon officials this week saying the US will “look the other way” regarding an impending Israeli airstrike on Iranian nuclear facilities...

The favorite clothing designer of Duchess Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William of England, built her success on the purchase of a Hasidic boy’s...

PA President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the Arab League to hold a peace conference.