International group serving Jewish college students joins move to devote Fast of Esther to delivering spiritual strength to forces defending Ukraine from Russia

Sirst ‘recombination’ variant of the coronavirus, uniting aspects of Delta and Omicron, said found in Israeli samples

Oligarch touches down in Turkey before heading to Russia, after a day in Israel; UK welcomes Israel's announcement it won't allow oligarchs to bypass sanctions

Dan Bell, youth chairman for Republican committee in Kootenai County, rallied fellow members to switch parties in order to elect far-right activist Dave Reilly as their chair

27 undergraduates will provide educational activities for children, sort donations, deliver supplies and coordinate housing

Ever Forward becomes stuck outside Baltimore port almost exactly a year after MV Ever Given became wedged in key Asia-Europe waterway for six days

Liberman makes crack about Ukrainian women; Tamano-Shata calls out ‘hypocrisy’ of white colleagues who don’t support Ethiopian immigration

Attack said to destroy hundreds of drones near Kermanshah, prompting this week's revenge missile fire at Iraq site alleged to have launched UAV-destroying mission

Border Police set out to arrest two Palestinians who were illegally in Israel, one suspected of terror activity; slain 27-year-old named as Sanad Salem al-Harbar

Family demands soldiers who shot teenager Ammar Abu Afifa be prosecuted. But few soldiers who shoot Palestinians in murky circumstances are indicted, with convictions even rarer

IAEA says staff manage to reconnect facility after line damaged by 'occupying forces'; Ukraine regulator accuses Russian troops of blowing up munitions near Zaporizhzhia reactor

The Book of Esther, the traditional 3-cornered pastries, and other ways to observe a holiday that celebrates the triumph of good over evil

Marina Ovsyannikova arrested after displaying poster reading 'no war' in English and calling on Russians not to fall for propaganda

UN says 2.8 million have fled, over 600 civilians killed as offensive nears three-week mark; UN chief warns of global food shortage if fighting not halted

2 killed, others trapped as apartment building shelled in Kyiv; plane belonging to Abramovich tracked flying back to Moscow after Israel jaunt; UK praises Lapid for getting in line