JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Citing the "very basic rules of self defense," Israel retaliated early Friday after 14 people were killed and dozens injured by a suicide bomber who attacked at a busy Jerusalem ...

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli government shared and then deleted a social media post offering condolences over the death ...

Nivine Sandouka is a Palestinian lifelong human rights activist and feminist, and is the current regional director of ...

Tributes poured in from around the world today after the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had died at 88. Tearful mourners ...

When Lonely Planet positioned Lithuania in the number-two spot of its Best in Travel in 2025, before Fiji, Laos and Kazakhstan, it roused surprise, curiosity and thrill. Bordered by Latvia, Poland, ...

With war-related hostilities subsiding, the Tourism Ministry is preparing for a renewed flow of travelers by debuting a host ...

The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, mostly ...

The Holy Fire, symbolizing the resurrection of Christ, emerged from the tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...

Activist says some 30 families living at temporary sites, but 800 have signed up to move to 6 potential settlements in Strip; ...

President Trump has vowed that the Iran-backed Houthi militia will be “completely annihilated.” But forceful American strikes ...

Passover, the "holiday of freedom", is also the "holiday of Spring" in the Torah - and is "the Spring of the entire world" in the words of Rav Avraham Yitschak HaCohen Hook, Israel's first chief rabbi ...