News Briefs

Internal Security Minister presents plan to improve the situation.

"Austere Challenge" was to be largest-ever anti-missile joint military exercise between Israel and United States.

Move made in recognition of the increasingly dangerous cyber warfare threat.

Travel Advisory issued for Israelis against traveling to Bangkok.

Yaalon contrasted Obama's stance with that of France and Britain.

Obama fears Israel will strike Iranian nuclear facilities.

Comments come in wake of Saudi Arabia's assurance to boost oil output.

“Stop the violence. Stop killing your people,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said in a message to Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose troops have killed more than 5,000 people during a 10-month-old uprising.

Ban Ki-moon blames "the Israeli occupation."

NATO ambassador: military action against Iran "direct threat" to Russia.

Embattled president Assad offers another gesture to try to quell the 10-month old unrest.

Third meeting in Amman yields agreement to meet again.

Heavy rains in Northern Israel help raise Kinneret's water level.

Withdrawal seen as a blow to pro-democracy camp in Egypt.

Popular Resistance Committees terrorist group: Explosion caused by "malfunction," not a result of an Israeli strike.

Palestinian cyber-warfare follows hacking of Deputy FM Ayalon's website last week.

Terrorists fire rocket into southern Israel;no injuries sustained.

Move comes as a result of US efforts to defuse tensions between Israel and Turkey.

The more conservative Salafists are expected to gain 25% of the total seats.

Russian official: "West's approach radically differs from ours".

Obama reiterates "unshakable commitment to Israel’s security".

Peres: "Fashionable" for Iran to blame US, Israel.

Iran calls the assassination a "terror attack" in letter to UN Secretary General.

Outpost community near Kiryat Arba dismantled earlier in the day.

Egypt's military-led government originally rejected the IMF's offer in June 2011.

India to work with Iran to circumvent US financial measures.

Likud MK warns of dire consequences of lopsided Netanyahu win in Likud primaries.

Afghan leader condemns, US officials express shock.

Former Head of Russian Intelligence speaks of possible Western military intervention.

Number two US diplomat William Burns meets with Mohamed Morsi, head of Freedom and Justice Party.