For a third straight day demonstrators gathered in Brooklyn to protest the New York Police Department after the fatal police shooting of a teenager. More than 100 people attended a

About a week ahead of the planned US presidential visit to Yerushalayim, the Prime Minister’s Office has instructed the Jerusalem Planning Committee when it convenes on Tuesday 2 Nissan 5773 not to discuss approving sewage lines near the E1 area. In addition, the approval of 50 apartments in the Har Choma neighborhood of the capital […]

The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over

Speaking at the 2013 Herzliya Conference, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, told a packed Herzliya Conference auditorium that even if Iran acted rationally with nuclear weapons they would pose an unacceptable global threat, stating that: “Under its own nuclear umbrella, Teheran would be free to raise and lower the volume of regional tension […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] In what may have been a historic event, rabbonim affiliated with the chareidi and dati leumi communities met on Wednesday night the eve of 4 Nissan

The latest poster to hit Yerushalayim shows Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid alongside a chareidi male speaking on an iPhone. The poster headline is “The Destroyers of the Generation”, with a caption Yair Lapid is externally destructive while the iPhone from within. The poster also shows the words ??? ???? in the Yesh Atid font […]

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped for a third straight week last week, the latest indication the labor market recovery was gaining traction. Other data

Authorities in upstate New York say the suspected gunman in a rampage at a car wash and a barbershop that left four people dead and two wounded has been killed

Health Ministry officials in Israel want all children to receive vaccinations and it is now in the process of enforcing a 2009 law that will empower the ministry to take

Two senators seen as possible candidates for the 2016 presidential election will address a conservative conference where Republicans will try to regroup on Thursday after their bruising election loss last

After nearly four years of often testy relations with Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama is about to try a different tack – going over the head of Israel’s prime

Google Inc said it will shut Google Reader on July 1, citing declining usage for the application that aggregates content served by web feeds, as it forges ahead with its

As preparations in Israel continue for next week’s 20 Nissan 5773 visit by US President Barak Obama, the US Embassy has invited student body representatives from all of Israel’s universities to attend a guest lecture by the president with the exception of the University of Ariel. Learning of this, MKs from the Bayit Yehudi party […]

The Dutch government recently issued a directive to stores nationwide asking them to mark products produced in lands liberated by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War. The new policy,

Barring any surprises, the compromise agreement announced on Wednesday afternoon by Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett  appears to have laid the groundwork for the signing of coalition deals with that party and Yesh Atid. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hopes to present his new coalition to the Knesset by the end of the day on Thursday, […]

UN Mideast Envoy Robert Serry, who serves as a special coordinator to the Middle East had words of praise for the appointment of Tzipi Livni as a senior cabinet minister,

For the third night in a row, a candlelight vigil was held for Kimani Gray, the teenager shot and killed by police after he pointed a loaded gun at them

BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd., says it has received an order for one million of its new smartphones, marking the largest ever single purchase in the company’s history. The Canadian company is relying on the redesigned BlackBerry to fuel a comeback. The pioneering brand lost its cachet not long after Apple’s 2007 […]

Vastly different Republican and Democratic budget visions to shrink deficits and invest in the economy debuted this week, including the Senate’s first serious budget effort in nearly four years. The

The legal battle over New York City’s ban of large sugary drinks is set to continue in early June, after a New York appellate court agreed on Wednesday to hear

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