Terror group's leader says March of Return protests prevented an 'internal explosion in the Gaza Strip'

Bratslav hasidic leaders have issued a rare ban on Eliezer Berland, a cult leader seen as a modern 'Sabbatai Tzvi'; the rest of the Haredi world is proving reluctant to follow suit

While en route, US secretary of state announces appointment of longtime critic of Islamabad as his adviser on Afghan reconciliation

Charges not being pursued as statute of limitations had run; a separate case against actor Anthony Anderson was dropped when alleged victim declined to speak to police

'I am just a regular girl... If I want to cover myself up and dress modestly why should that be an issue,' says Sara Iftekhar

Alliance, launched a week after violent far-right protests in Chemnitz, is compared by some to those of Bernie Sanders in the US and the UK's Jeremy Corbyn

'I declare that IDF is prepared for any mission required of it,' Eisenkot says just months after report questioned fitness

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