3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (731+ words) When Amy-Jill Levine was a child in Massachusetts, a schoolmate in her predominantly Catholic hometown told her she was guilty of killing Christ because she was Jewish. Her mother reassured her that wasn't the case -- and instead of being embittered…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (981+ words) Israeli authorities released four people Friday who had been held in Israeli prisons after being detained by Israeli troops. Meanwhile, ship traffic remains low on the Strait of Hormuz days after the U.S. and Iran exchanged attacks for the first time…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (517+ words) ROME -- The United Nations' food agency said Tuesday it is halving food assistance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because of severe funding shortages and warned it may be forced to make further cuts in Gaza, where it supports 1.5 million people....

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (961+ words) An Iranian drone was intercepted early Monday over the United Arab Emirates' territorial waters, the UAE's Defense Ministry said. The attack followed an exchange of fire between Iran and the United States over the weekend, which was the first significant…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1068+ words) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- After six months of war, Iran's leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. They are ready for a potentially long confrontation with the U.S. and determined…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1142+ words) Israeli airstrikes killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank on Friday, despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States. Meanwhile, thousands of sailors remain stranded in the Persian Gulf by the Iran war, while Iran…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (465+ words) TEL AVIV, Israel -- Military officials from Uganda and Burundi visited Israel last week to discuss deploying troops to Gaza as part of an international security force envisioned by U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace for the fragile ceasefire, according to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (906+ words) The new leader of Iran's top security body is threatening neighbors against joining new U.S. efforts to squeeze Tehran's economy. Egypt is trying to revive Iran-U.S. negotiations. And Iraq and Iran say Tehran has helped some ships carrying Iraqi oil to…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1126+ words) JERUSALEM -- Ultra-Orthodox Jewish families are an unmissable facet of Israeli life. Immediately recognizable, the men dress in black suits and hats, the women in modest long sleeves and skirts with wigs, turbans or scarves covering their hair, and numerous children…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1098+ words) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The United Arab Emirates suspended all trade with Iran on Wednesday after the UAE said it had come under renewed fire from the country -- a move that will further isolate the Islamic Republic, which is suffering…...