Unofficially, Elyashiv is the paramount leader of the Lithuanian-Haredi community, both in Israel and abroad, regarded by many as the contemporary leading halakhic authority.

For the third time since he came to power in 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be Wednesday night the guest of honor at the annual dinner of CRIF, the umbrella representative group of French Jewish organizations.

Ahead of memorable interview with Barbara Walters, Assad is told that the 'American psyche can be easily manipulated when they hear that there are 'mistakes' done and now we are 'fixing it.''

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned his officials to stop ''blabbing'' about the possibility of an attack targeting Iran's nuclear programme, the newspaper Maariv reported on Monday.

This year Shiurei Torah celebrated together Yud Shvat and its 10th anniversary with its financial partners.

Agreement between rival factions represents a significant breakthrough in the efforts to reach Palestinian reconciliation; still not clear when unity government will be sworn in.

Russia and China blocked approval of a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have backed an Arab League peace plan for Syria.

Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel was attacked for the 12th time in a year.

When America’s top intelligence official said that Iran’s regime is considering attacks on U.S. soil, he cited a single incident and qualified the assessment with a “probably.”

France's state-run railways said Friday it had handed over its digital copies of its archives for the period covering World War II, when it deported tens of thousands of Jews, to three Holocaust museums.