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Religious Zionism leader MK Bezalel Smotrich appealed to the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister to reveal the budgetary summaries between the Budget Division and government ministries before bringing the budget to a boat. "Without this disclos...

By all means celebrate the triumph of gold medal-winning gymnast Artem Dolgopyat, but don't forget the hurdles he and many other immigrants have had to overcome to be accepted in Israel...

The CEO of one of Israel's most prominent real estate firms, the Amidar group, has resigned his post after only 8 months....

Israel was due to submit emission targets by last December, but owing to four back-to-back election cycles, the cabinet approved them just last week...

Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani directed to send a team from the Qatar International Search and Rescue Group of the Internal Security Force "Lekhwiya" to the Republic of Turkey to participate in the search operations for the missing in th...

Half a year into his presidency, Biden's approval rating has fallen significantly - though most polls still show him in positive territory....

Half a year into his presidency, Biden's approval rating has fallen significantly - though most polls still show him in positive territory....

Several hundred farmers have begun driving in a convoy from Latrun towards Jerusalem, intending to protest in front of the prime minister's office. Traffic stoppages are expected along the entirety of the convoys route, and have already begun at Pardi...

Foreign Minister Dominic Raab says London is 'working with our international partners on a concerted response to this unacceptable attack'...

Tehran, IRNA - Iran's Foreign Media Department of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has issued 102 certificates for establishing bureaus for foreign media in the country....

His Excellency was accompanied on the visit by a number of officials of the supervisory committee and the executive committees concerned with the Shura Council elections....

TOKYO: Indian badminton star P V Sindhu hopes she can inspire a new generation after adding Tokyo Olympic bronze to her 2016 silver medal yesterday. The world champion beat China's He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15 to add another prize to her collection, five ...

TOKYO: Max Whitlock defended his pommel horse title and Rebeca Andrade succeeded Simone Biles as vault champion on a night of gymnastic firsts at the Olympics yesterday. Ukraine-born Artem Dolgopyat assured his place in his adopted country's history b...

Israel Rail reports that all tracks closed due to fire in Haifa have been reopened....

TOKYO: Alexander Zverev said that "nothing is bigger" than winning an Olympic gold medal after brushing aside Karen Khachanov to take the men's singles title in Tokyo yesterday. The fourth seed, who ended Novak Djokovic's Golden Grand Slam...

Last Friday morning, 32-year-old Levi Poryes passed away suddenly from cardiac arrest....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The last cabinet session of the 12th government in Iran headed by President Hassan Rouhani was held on Sunday. The endorsement ceremony of President-elect Seyed Ebrah ....

MDA launches mass vaccination campaign for seniors at Israeli nursing homes....

MDA launches mass vaccination campaign for seniors at Israeli nursing homes....

MK Aryeh Deri, leader of the Shas party, has received his third vaccination, and calls on all citizens age 60 and above to do likewise....

The intensified offensive comes after Assad's troops suffered a blow on Thursday when rebels mounted a counter-attack across the province, capturing dozens of soldiers...

August 1 is now recognised across Canada as Emancipation Day, marking the end of slavery in the British Empire in 1834....

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) Local Iraqi media reported on Sunday the destruction of a convoy carrying logistics and weapons belonging to US troops in Iraq's Al Diwaniyah....

Iran was not involved in an attack on an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker off the coast of Oman, the Iranian Foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday, referring to an incident last week that killed two and which Israel blamed on the Islamic Repub...

While Palestinians say the soldier gave the settler his rifle, the military claims he 'took the weapon from the soldier and shot in the air,' in the latest in a series of similar incidents in the West Bank in recent months...

KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa announces the creation of Zain Ventures and the closing of investments and signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with both Pipe and Swvl to support th...

Karatsev, who plays for Russia but grew up in Israel, loses final along with playing partner Elena Vesnina against another Russian duoKaratsev, who plays for Russia but grew up in Israel, loses final along with playing partner Elena Vesnina against anothe...

A 27-year-old man was injured during a violent altercation in Afula. MDA medics provided first aid and evacuated him to hospital care....

WASHINGTON: A shortage of semiconductors has sent shockwaves through the global economy, squeezing supplies of everything from cars to headphones. The dearth of chips has exposed the modern world's reliance on these miniscule components, the basic bui...

Three people have been killed in an ambush on mourners during a Hezbollah's militant funeral in a town south of Beirut on Sunday afternoon, a senior source...

Artem Dolgopyat moved to Israel at age 12 from Ukraine, and struggled to learn Hebrew and fit in -- except at the gymArtem Dolgopyat moved to Israel at age 12 from Ukraine, and struggled to learn Hebrew and fit in -- except at the gym...

PARIS: The luxury sector has flashed back from the COVID-19 pandemic but the crisis is still putting a crimp in travel, a key part of the market. Industry giants have reported results that show the world's well-heeled are splurging on luxury goods as ...

The veteran Democratic lawmaker from Michigan was lauded by colleagues including his nephew, a Congressman from the same state and Jewish and Israel-oriented groups for his decency, bipartisan alliances and support for peace and security for Israel and it...

A bus carrying IDF soldiers accidentally entered a section of Hebron controlled by the Palestinian Authority. PA police redirected the bus safely out of the city....

China has opened the doors on what it bills as the world's largest planetarium, a slick new Shanghai facility showcasing the nation's recent extra-terrestrial exploits while notably downplaying those of space pioneers like the United States. Beiji...

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has tasked Prime Minister Hussein Arnous with forming a new government following an election in May that extended Assad's two-decade-old presidency....

Haniya, Hamas chief since 2017, re-elected for four-year term following an unopposed internal election by party members....

Afghan government forces struggled against Taliban assaults on several major cities Sunday as the insurgents stepped up a nationwide offensive that saw a key airport in the south come under rocket fire overnight....

Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya asks the IOC for help, accusing her national team of trying to remove her from Japan....

KUWAIT, Aug 1 (KUNA) -- National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem on Sunday met the visiting United Nations (UN) General Assembly President of the 75th session, Volkan Bozkir. According to Al-Dustour news network, the meeting discussed bilateral ties be...

Residents of the Austrian capital have queued for more than 130 years to sample the Italian ice cream of the Molin-Pradel family, one of Vienna's oldest gelato dynasties. "He helped democratize ice cream, which before was reserved for the wealthy,...

Iran's ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi will be inaugurated on Tuesday as the new president of the Islamic republic, a country mired in deep economic crisis and hit by crippling US sanctions....

Damascus, SANA Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Army and Armed Forces, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense in the caretaker government, Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayoub, accompanied by a number of General Command officers, visited on Sunday injured army pers...

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) Iranian foreign ministry spokesman rejected as "baseless", "distorted", and "politically motivated" the allegations against the Iranian central bank and some other banks recently made by a Bahraini court....