Hurriyet reports that bilateral agreement is mostly ready, ambassadors to be exchanged as soon as deal is signed

Tamir Pardo warns a shrinking world presents new challenges for the spy agency, citing Hezbollah’s rise, Iran’s revolution and diminishing Turkish and Saudi power

Under pressure to cater to more faiths, Howard County adds Eid al-Adha to calendar, along with Diwali, Lunar New Year Eve

Attacks against Israel, with Jews as proxy, should generate outrage; instead, they are ‘the good fight’

Puddling around Israel’s winter pools, enjoying the tiny creatures that live in them and the beautiful routes around them

Revolutionary Guards officer says servicemen briefly held this week were only released after ‘Americans humbly admitted our might and power’

With UN atomic agency expected to confirm Iran has met deal terms, top diplomats say they are ‘working on’ finalizing details of its implementation

Vatican’s recognition of Palestinian state has raised ire in Jerusalem, though top rabbi insists pontiff is greatly supportive of Jewish state