The coalition also says it has intercepted and destroyed three armed drones launched toward southern Saudi Arabia

More than 440 civilians, including children, have been reportedly killed since the February 1 coup ■ UN investigator says the army has carried out 'mass murder'

Authorities had replaced the rail track in the area where the collision took place, as the damaged tracks and wrecked train cars were left on the side of the railway

Beijing has been pushing back against sanctions imposed by U.S., EU, Britain and Canada for what they say are rights violations against Uighur Muslims

The office-sharing startup announces agreement with BowX, after a botched initial public offering that imploded due to investor concerns over its business model and its founder Adam Neumann's management style

New attempts planned to free the huge vessel stuck in the canal, in which about 10 percent of world's trade flows, as concerns grow the incident would affect oil and gas shipments to Europe from the Middle East

With virtually all the vote counted, these are the candidates making it into the Knesset after Israel's fourth election in less than two years

Coronavirus infection rate in Israel keeps dropping, the economy is reopening and the vaccine drive has been a success. But there's one major thing Israel is missing before it can recover

PM-designate Hariri and President Aoun have been at loggerheads over the cabinet for months, dashing hopes of a reversal of Lebanon's deepening financial meltdown

The agreement between the countries, which are both under U.S. sanctions, is expected to include Chinese investments in Iran's energy and infrastructure sectors

The estimated number of people killed in the turmoil since the February 1 coup against Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government is now well over 400

The official says it isn't the Biden administration's stance that Tehran must take a first step to comply with the 2015 nuclear accord before Washington resumes any of its commitments

Israel's Arab citizens are finally playing a role in coalition negotiations for a new government, a step that seemed unimaginable not too long ago

'As we close our Seders with the familiar refrain, 'Next year in Jerusalem,' we will now offer an additional prayer: Next year in person. Next year, together,' Biden says

Israel-Iran naval war: Haaretz reported that in recent years Israel struck several dozen Iranian oil tankers, which caused Iran cumulative damage of billions of dollars

Palestinians from Beit Dajan started holding weekly protests when a settler armed with a machine gun set up an outpost on their land; the Israeli army responded with tear gas, stun grenades and bullets

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed statement comes after U.S., pressure to address the deadly crisis in Tigray

For the first time in history, the United Arab List will be the biggest Arab faction in the Knesset, leaving the rest of the Joint List to do some soul-searching

Videos emerge from the scene showing flipped wagons with passengers trapped inside and surrounded by rubble. Some victims seemed unconscious, while others could be see bleeding

Avichai Mendelblit says failure to appoint permanent ministers would 'seriously harm the ministry's work and the functioning of the government'

Some ships are starting to reroute away from the canal as analysts expect a larger upward impact on smaller tankers and oil products if the canal remained shut for weeks

Election 2021: Netanyahu seems to be at a dead end, as far-right allies announce they refuse to sit in government with or supported by Islamist party after official election results ■ Anti-Netanyahu bloc divided on next step

Of the four election cycles Israel has gone to since 2019, this one was supposed to be the easiest for Netanyahu to win. Instead, he lost support in his own party's strongholds

Israel elections 2021: Lieberman says will promote bill to bar criminal defendant from forming government ■ Far-right leader rules out Netanyahu-led coalition with Islamist party

Israel lags among comparable democracies in political representation of women

Ankara has denied that an extradition treaty, awaiting ratification by parliament, would lead to Uighurs being sent back to China

Brooklyn-born Meir Kahane was banned from Israeli politics in 1988, but the spirit of his anti-Arab Kach party lives on in an extremist alliance that just won six Knesset seats

Passover recipes: Beyond the narrow confines of the Seder plate, Haaretz has compiled a series of our best holiday recipes, spanning and revising the heterogeneous customs of Seder

Netanyahu looks ahead to the next election, while pro-change camp considers options

Netanyahu is deliberately endangering the stability of the peace accords due to the personal hostility between him and King Abdullah, Israeli officials say

For two years, Netanyahu has placed Israeli politics in an impasse ■ Mideast enemies learned to read Netanyahu. They may test a government without him

The coronavirus spurred buying by all classes of Israelis. Enriched by a stock market rally, the richest embarked on a massive shopping spree

In the U.S. and Europe a dramatic spike in the number of deaths on the day after the change has been recorded

Even if the final results make him a kingmaker once more, Bennett is incapable of leading the anyone but Bibi camp, even if he very much wants to

The airline's 2020 loss swelled to $531 million from $60 million in 2019

Yarin Sherf was originally charged with consensual sexual relations with a minor after admitting to having sex with the girl in a coronavirus quarantine facility

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A teen who inspired his whole family to move to Israel from New York, and a man who realized what's really important during the COVID-19 pandemic

Israelis can only imagine what sorts of information are being collected about them. Not that they seem to care

A tribute to Egyptian Marxist intellectual Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, who foresaw the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement exactly 42 years ago

Declassified Foreign Ministry documents shed light on the secret ties woven by an Israeli businessman and Mossad agent with the military dictatorship that ruled Panama for 20 years

Rabbi Benny Lau, 59, is the founder and head of the 929 Bible study project, and he is worried about the schisms in Israel. Dispute is the heart of Judaism, he says, but not discord. His dream, he said before this week's election, is a joint leadersh...

Jews have been telling the epic tale of the release from a very stubborn pharaoh and the Exodus from Egypt for millennia

Indictment says Yisrael Beiteinu accommodated a system that helped various entities seeking governmental funding and donations. In return, they were required to give kickbacks to Faina Kirschenbaum and other party officials

When can it possibly be good that people chose hate? When a third of the voters for the racist 'Religious Zionism' party are from a new ultra-Orthodox generation that has finally rebelled

Netanyahu's plans for winning Israel's election failed, despite a whole year of a brilliant campaign. But that doesn't mean he's lost the war

Coronavirus aid announced after several U.S. lawmakers urged Biden to pressure Israel on vaccinating the Palestinians

Election Overdose podcast, the final episode: Shakespearean tragedy, miraculous resurrection, many kingmakers - but still no king. Can Netanyahu still form a government?

5 simple recipes for a Passover seder that isn't trying too hard.

Pastry chef Michal Goldberger rises to the challenge of crafting chametz-free desserts, with three recipes to sweeten your holiday

'I didnt change my name because I dont think George Segal is an unwieldy name,' Segal told The New York Times in 1971. 'Its a Jewish name, but not unwieldy. Nor do I think my nose is unwieldy'

Leaning heavily on a close personal relationship with Biden's predecessor, Erdogan developed a vision of what one Western diplomat called 'a club of strong leaders who sort out the world'

COVID wasn't the economic disaster for Israel that many predicted, but in its aftermath a new economy is forming that will be painful for many

Noam Bardin, the former head of Waze, has a new startup which he things can revamp news media with micro-payments. He's even enlisted Dan Rather

After sowing doubt over the integrity of Israels election, Netanyahus proxies are now cashing in: The time between the exit polls and the final results are the most dangerous

If the anti-Arab, anti-LGBTQ figures are brought into the cabinet, the U.S. Reform movement says, 'Israel's international standing including with Diaspora Jewry will be diminished'

Frozen in time, the destruction of the Canaanite town of Azekah wasn't wrought by a volcano but by humans, and paints a vivid picture of horror at the end of the Bronze Age

Netanyahu must abide by the conflict of interest agreement that was drafted by the attorney general after the prime minister was charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust

Mansour Abbas weathered a lot of criticism, but election results bear out his strategy, as the United Arab List leader's pragmatic, tight campaign and a helping hand from Netanyahu made him confound the pollsters

Ancient Egypt had intimate relations with Canaan, and most of the Semitic peoples migrating there would have been Canaanite. But not all.

Do you think hazeret is something you say to a sneezing German? Or that the shank bones connected to the knee bone? You need our Passover primer, identifying the foods youll find on a seder plate, and why.

Douglas Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris and a Member of the Tribe, is expected to headline the event, which will include some elements of the traditional Seder

The vessel is blocking transit in both directions through one of the world's busiest shipping channels for oil and grain and other trade linking Asia and Europe

The head of Saudi Arabia's human rights commission says he 'cannot recall the exact conversations' with United Nations expert probing dissident journalist's murder, adding 'I never would have desired or threatened any harm'

By August 2018, reporters and human rights groups had documented killings, mass rape and the burning of Rohingya villages during a 2017 military operation

Fossils found in Newfoundland throw back cephalopod evolution by tens of millions of years, but does a species' longevity speak to braininess?

Hyde-Smith was speaking Wednesday as the Senate debated a slate of state-level bills that would limit voting opportunities, including on Sundays, which is popular among Black churchgoers

Nearly 4.7 million Israelis get both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but authorities await the end of clinical trials for under-16s, who make up about a third of the country

Keeping the policy could also be at odds with President Joe Biden's campaign pledge to 'make sure America does not check its values at the door to sell arms'

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who voted no, sparked controversy by confronting Levine about medical treatments for transgender young people during her confirmation hearing Feb. 25

At 2 A.M. Friday, the clocks will move forward by an hour as Israel returns to daylight saving time

The 30-year-old man was taken to hospital in Jerusalem with severe gunshot wounds. Police didn't specify the charges against him

Dozens of cars also vandalized in rare attack in Kafr Qasem, within the Green Line, which comes as far-right party set to enter Knesset after exceeded expectations on Election Day

On the occupied road: hitchhiking has waned in the United States, but in Israel it is still common among young people, especially in the West Bank

Israel elections 2021: Lieberman says will promote bill to bar criminal defendant from forming government ■ Far-right leader rules out Netanyahu-led coalition with Islamist party ■ Neither bloc has clear path to majority ■ Election panel chief ...

Israel elections 2021: Meretz up one seat at Islamist party's expense ■ Kahanist party makes major gains ■ 450,000 votes in double-sealed envelopes yet to be counted ■ Islamist party enters Knesset

Sinai border reopens to vaccinated Israelis ■ Cyprus opens skies for vaccinated Israelis starting April 1 ■ With rapid COVID-19 testing, Israel prepares for next phase of reopening

Its hard to imagine Mansour Abbas and the United Arab List joining Netanyahu's government after election, or even supporting it from outside, without at least tacit consent of sister parties in the Mideast

Netanyahu may not be able to form a government without Islamist party leader, but far-right politicians agreeing to join a coalition with him seems fantastical

North Korea's ballistic missiles are banned under U.N Security Council Resolutions, and if the launch is confirmed, it would represent the first ballistic-missile test launch under new U.S. President Joe Biden

There are five ways legislators outside the prime minister's bloc might join up with Netanyahu, giving him the 61 seats he needs to form another government after Israel's fourth election in two years

Zvi Hauser, Osnat Mark, and Uzi Dayan are among the many MKs who did not make it into the 24th Knesset

Israel's coronavirus vaccination drive lets Health Ministry issue more lenient guidelines ahead of religious, national holidays

The original five-year plan required all government ministries to reduce their bureaucratic burden by 25 percent, estimating it would save the public 5 billion shekels

Before going public this week in a SPAC merger, the Israeli company had a spectacular year; but what comes next?

Whoever forms the next government after Israel's fourth election in two years should leverage COVID crisis to enact badly needed economic reforms

Among the options, Naftali Bennett could agree to bring Netanyahu down, while Israel's center-left politicians might break their election promises and join up with the premier

In-depth research before Israel's election by Yesh Atid, Labor and Meretz had concluded that the party's support base was fragile

Rather than waste their time farming wheat and pigs, copper miners in the Austrian Alps imported stuffs in ready-to-cook form, or already as food

The 20-year-old worker was from the Ramallah area, and tried to flee the building site after seeing two Border Police, but fell into a shaft dozens of meters deep

Israel election results show Itamar Ben-Gvir, a disciple of Meir Kahane, has been voted into to the Knesset, and possibly the government, in the culmination of many years of far-right activism and media attention

Turkey needs U.S.-friendly allies. And Israel needs a solid regional front against Iran. Paying a modest 'price' to a needy Erdogan could gain Israel a significant strategic advantage

The experts say no, but many countries use other digital technology such as computerized identification at polling stations

Election results show that repeated attempts to create a right-wing alternative to Netanyahu and Kahanists fails time and again because they include an internal contradiction

Uri Frank, who left Intel this year, will lead a team based in Israel to develop customized chips and processors - first and foremost is its TPU processor, meant for artificial intelligence