Yesh Atid leader makes first speech before Knesset, says haredi threats should not prevent equality in the service burden.Yesh Atid leader makes first speech before Knesset, says haredi threats should not prevent equality in the service burden.

Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, announced Monday he will resign on February 28. because he no longer has the strength to fulfil the duties of his office.

EU has been urged to add Hezbollah on list of terror groups

A British MP has been summoned by his party after comparing the Holocaust to the actions of “the Jews” over the treatment of Palestinians.

Next month’s visit of US President Barack Obama in Israel will focus on Iran's nuclear program, Syria and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday during a cabinet meeting.

Ahead of Obama's visit, former foreign minister says ''tsunami'' shaking Arab world makes solving conflict ''impossible.

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls denounced “the Islamic fascism rising everywhere,” after the assassination in Tunisia of an opposition anti-Islamist leader earlier this week.

Following Hezbollah's dismissal of Bulgaria's accusation that the group was behind the terror attack in Burgas, Tehran rejects Israeli charges of involvement, says Islamic Republic ''against any form of terrorism.''

French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday honored World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder with the order of officer of the Legion of Honor, calling him “a man of peace, of culture and of commitment.”

Both outgoing US secretary of defense and military chief Dempsey testify before Senate C'tee that they supported Clinton plan to arm rebels; Syrian jets bombard Damascus in effort to halt rebel advance, 46 dead.