Category: 3. Middle East

Israel Police said Monday that they would deploy in force around Jerusalem’s Al‑Aqsa Mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins this week, as Palestinian officials accused Israel of imposing restrictions at the…

By Steve Holland

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Feb 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would be involved “indirectly” in talks between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran’s nuclear program set to begin on Tuesday in Geneva, adding…

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (Reuters) – The US Departments of Energy and Defense on Sunday for the first time transported a small nuclear reactor on a cargo plane from California to Utah to demonstrate the potential to quickly deploy…

LOS ANGELES — Robert Duvall, who played the smooth mafia lawyer in “The Godfather” and stole the show with his depiction of a surfing-crazed colonel in “Apocalypse Now,” has died at the age of 95, his wife said Monday.

His Sunday…

Several pioneering Jewish women created separate female Zionist organizations -but it was Henrietta Szold who united them into one: Hadassah, named for the biblical Queen Esther.

The organization quickly became known for its initiatives to…

A Republican senator seen as close to US President Donald Trump suggested Monday that an American decision on potential military action against Iran was “weeks, not months” away and opined that it would be a “strategic victory” for…

SYDNEY, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday his government would not repatriate Australians living in a Syrian camp that holds families of suspected Islamic State militants.

“We have a very firm view that…

It is impossible to know exactly what motivated the violent mob that converged upon two soldiers in Bnei Brak on Sunday, forcing them to run and hide in fear for their lives before being rescued by police.

Authorities have indicated that…