From the ‘warrior’ midwife saving lives in Senegal to the outed Kenyan pop star speaking up against prejudice, these are some of the people that gave us hope ...

Naeema, a 30-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her malnourished two-year-old son Yazan in their damaged home in the ...

Haitham Salem spent 11 months held by Israel without charge and said he endured beatings and abuse. He was released as part ...

Officers closed Christmas event in Haifa, confiscating equipment and also arresting a DJ and a street vendor ...

Today’s newsletter is mostly focused on Birthright Israel, but first, a couple of unsettling headlines: 🚨 Local police are investigating after swastikas were spray-painted on utility poles and on ...

Accounts of harsh and abusive conditions faced by thousands of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons continue to emerge.

TEL AVIV, Israel — Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian ...

Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and ...

Employees say ministry gave order to terminate contracts by Jan. 1, effectively dismantling station; ministry says contracts ...

Bethlehem, where Christians believe Jesus was born, had canceled Christmas celebrations during the war. But on Wednesday, the giant Christmas tree returned to Manger Square, temporarily replacing the ...

On Zos Chanukah, Rabbi Shmuli Schlanger and his wife Esther Malka, devoted shluchim in Bakersfield, California, joined a huge menorah lighting in Jerusalem, honoring Shmuli's brother Eli Schlanger HYD ...

President Donald Trump said late Thursday he launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against Islamic State forces in Nigeria.