Israel
Final numbers won't be released in the near future, but incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming victory following Tuesday's Israeli election.
Rasmeih Yousef Odeh faces up to 10 years in jail for allegedly lying on immigration papers about her conviction in connection to a deadly bombing in Israel in 1969.
Portugal and Israel will face off in a pivotal World Cup qualifier on Friday.
Russia will look to take back first place in Group F of the World Cup qualifiers when it takes on Israel on Tuesday.
Barcelona's Argentinian striker Lionel Messi told a group of children with disabilities that "hard work and sacrifice" took him to where he is today, rather than a natural talent to play soccer during a meet and greet session Tuesday in Bangkok.
Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi, visited Jerusalem's Wailing Wall alongside fellow Argentinian player Javier Mascherano and Gerardo Martino during the second and final day of a "peace tour" that Barcelona made through Israel and the West Bank in the Middle East in an effort to bring Israelis and Palestinians closer together.
The Hula painted frog of Israel disappeared from scientists' gaze in 1955, but the supposedly 'extinct' species ended its hiatus in fall of 2011 when several specimens were rediscovered in the region's Nature reserve.
Iran's state radio has confirmed that the country executed two men convicted of spying for Israel and the US, reports the BBC.
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has come under fired since becoming the face of an ad produced by Israeli Foreign Ministry to promote her home country
President Obama was forced to travel by car in Israel today after his helicopter was grounded due to a sandstorm.
Exit polls indicated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party, Likud, will gain a majority of the seats in Parliament and thus grant him a third term as a leader in Israel.
Senate Republicans signaled that they're willing to fight out Hagel's nomination, over what they consider to be weak commitment to Israel's security.
On Wednesday, the Israeli Antiquities Authority announced that a 2,750-year-old temple was discovered alongside some ritual artifacts about 3 miles west of Jerusalem.
At the 25th Anniversary celebration of Hamas, chief Khaled Marshaal rejected compromise with Israel, and asserted that open conflict was the only path to Palestine's liberation.
On January 22, Israelis will elect their Prime Minister at the polls.
