Comptroller likely to issue scathing report in wake of Carmel blaze; rain falls on region after four days of wildfire that caused deaths of 41 people.

Continuing a tradition started by his predecessor Lech Kaczynski, Polish president Bronisław Komorowski lit a Chanukah candle Saturday night in a ceremony at the presidential Belvedere Palace in Warsaw.

Turkish PM Erdogan says he still expects compensation from Israel over Gaza flotilla raid, calls Turkey's aid in fire purely humanitarian.

Shas chairman rejects calls to resign as interior minister over Carmel fire.

Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, is widely celebrated in Dnepropetrovsk. On the first night of Chanukah, the candle was lit in the city’s main Menorah at the ''Golden Rose'' Synagogue.

PM says state needs special measures to fight blazes in North, reiterates there's no shame in asking for help; Barak tours Beit Oren; Finance Ministry allocates NIS 60 million to Carmel rehabilitation.

Fire officials cautiously optimistic as crews continued to battle flames raging in the massive brushfire still burning across the Carmel Mountains.

'Evergreen' Boeing 747 Super Tanker can hold up to 95,000 liters of water; plane arrived from the United States in the early hours of Sunday.

On the evening of December 1, Moscow’s Manezh Square hosted a Chanukah Menorah lighting.

Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was reportedly in a meeting with Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar when FIFA, the international football, announced Thursday in Zurich its decision to choose Russia for the organization of the 2018 World Cup.