Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Saturday he had decided to stand as head of the International Monetary Fund, presenting a potential serious challenge to front-runner Christine Lagarde.
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Saturday his candidacy for the head of the IMF has been submitted.
Israeli police entered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after Friday communal prayers-known in Arabic as Jumma -- to disperse a crowd of young Palestinian demonstrators.
Leonard Nimoy, who became famous as the Vulcan “Mr. Spock” on the classic US TV series “Star Trek” has urged Israel to adopt a two-state solution in order to resolve its crises with the Palestinians.
Israeli settlers, still at large, rolled burning tires into a mosque in the West Bank village of Maghayer in the early morning and scrawled Hebrew-language graffiti across the building's exterior.
Osama bin Laden's longtime lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, warned Americans not to gloat about the killing of the al Qaeda leader and vowed he would carry on bin Laden's work, according to a YouTube recording posted on Wednesday.
Turkey, in an act of generosity has welcomed anxious Syrian refugees on Wednesday and urged Syrian government to stop violence against civilians after thousands of people abandoned a town near the Turkish frontier in fear of military assault.
The United Nations and the White House have condemned the burning of a mosque in the West Bank yesterday.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay was deeply troubled by Israel's attack on Syrian protesters at their shared border Sunday, she said in a press conference today.
State-owned newspaper Tishreen says Israel will see some 600,000 refugees at the border
Fox News television host Glenn Beck, with his show set to end June 30, has plans to continue his talk show online as part of a new Internet network, GBTV.
Iranian navy has sent submarines to the Red Sea in the first such deployment in distant waters.
Turkish political leaders have blasted an editorial in The Economist magazine which called for the country’s voters to support the opposition in this weekend’s election.
About 20,000 people in San Francisco attended Israel in the Gardens 2011 event at Yerba Buena Gardens, Sunday, June 6, 2011, to celebrate Jewish heritage and Israel's 63rd birthday.
About 20,000 people in San Francisco attended Israel in the Gardens 2011 event at Yerba Buena Gardens, Sunday, June 6, 2011, to celebrate Jewish heritage and Israel's 63rd birthday.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum launched his bid for the Republican Party's presidential nomination for the 2012 election, defending his principles despite a losing his seat in 2006, backing a Republican plan to change Medicare for future seniors to let them purchase private health insurance.
Israel says Assad is behind the border protests that resulted in the killing of 23 on Syrian soil
Scientists were successful in trapping antimatter for over 16 minutes, long enough to begin to study their properties in detail.
About 18 were killed when Israeli troops fired at Palestinian demonstrators in Syria on Sunday in what Israel called a challenge to its sovereignty, a Syrian state-run media reported.
Spectators and elected officials alike called it a 'shonda' that Representative Anthony Weiner would skip out on the Israel Day parade due to a lewd photo scandal that continues to plague him.
Israeli troops fired into a group pro-Palestinian protesters trying to cross from Syria into the Golan Heights on Sunday on the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War.
Israeli troops fired at Palestinian demonstrators in Syria who rushed to the border fence on Sunday in what Israel called a challenge to its sovereignty. Syrian state-run media said 18 were killed.
