The Middle East seeks alternatives as the U.S. leaves and Iran returns
In the new year, local alliances will replace international coalitions. The process dividing the region into American- and Russian-led blocs is falling apart
Iran space rocket fails to reach orbit
The attempted launch drew criticism for occurring during negotiations in Vienna over Iran's nuclear program
Tunisia opens probe into former president’s death as poisoning speculation resurfaces
The government's decision to look into the death of 92-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi in 2019 comes at a time of acute tensions in Tunisian politics
Saudi airstrike kills 12 Yemeni troops by mistake, officials say
The strike, which took place in the province of Shabwa, also wounded at least eight Yemeni troops
The irony of Orthodox Jews competing to represent Israel at Eurovision
Choosing Israel’s Eurovision representative means excluding certain groups, as painful as that may be
Putin is trying to erase the past, with the help of an Israeli historian
Israeli historian Aron Shneyer has found himself at the forefront of a campaign by Moscow against Russia’s leading human rights organization
‘At my PhD program in Jerusalem, I was the only Arab around. Except the cleaners’
Nihaya Daoud is used to seeing eyebrows raised. That’s the reaction she got when going abroad to do a postdoc for two years without her children, and when she became the first Arab woman in Israel to be appointed professor of public health. And she's n...
‘S Novim Godom’: A secular Russian holiday finds its way in Israel
Novy God, the New Year holiday celebrated by immigrants from the former Soviet Union, is casting off its stigma in Israel as second-generation Russian speakers embrace its festive trappings
Israeli drugmaker Teva fueled opioid addiction in New York, jury finds
The state accused Teva of engaging in misleading marketing practices that fueled the opioid epidemic in New York, including by pushing drugs for off-label use
Israeli ministry earmarks funds to build synagogues in West Bank settlements
Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana decides to allocate millions of shekels to building synagogues and religious structures in West Bank settlements, illegal outposts and communities of former Gush Katif settlers