Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump’s administration urged colleges in a Wednesday memo to sign a deal limiting their foreign enrollment and barring race- and sex-based admissions policies, among other terms, in return for…

An Israeli citizen who was imprisoned in Jordan for three months has returned home after being released, announced the Prime Minister’s Office Wednesday.

Mahmoud Salameh met with government hostage pointman Gal Hirsch upon his release,…

A series of countries criticized Israel for its interception of an activist flotilla aiming to break the navy’s blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, as Israeli forces detained more than 400 activists sailing on 41…

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s…

Facing growing global calls to suspend Israeli teams from soccer, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday the governing body must promote peace and unity and could not solve political issues.

In a febrile period for soccer…

Five rockets were fired from the northern Gaza Strip at the coastal city of Ashdod on Wednesday evening during Yom Kippur, in a barrage later claimed by Hamas.

According to the IDF, four of the rockets were intercepted by air defenses, and…