Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini said his country is prepared to assist those who would confront Israel and the United States. "From now on, in any place, if any nation or any group confronts the Zionist regime, we will endorse and we will...
JERUSALEM -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to make some positive moves toward the Palestinians in order to bring them back to the negotiating table. Ban was in Jerusalem Wednesday for meetings with Israeli leaders. He was...
PRAGUE—Kazimierz Smolen, an Auschwitz survivor and postwar director of its memorial site, died in the Polish town of Oswiecim where the camp was located. Smolen died on the 67th anniversary of the Nazi camp's liberation, the Associated Press reported....
JERUSALEM—Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators leading to full peace talks have ended with no progress, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said. Abbas, following a fifth meeting between the sides, met Wednesday with Jordan's...
Jailed American Jewish contractor Alan Gross visited Cuba at least five times in one year to set up wireless Internet connections, according to a report citing leaked court documents. The report Thursday by The Associated Press comes two days after Juan...
BERLIN -- Plans by a British publisher to make segments of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” available in the German language may run into legal trouble. Publisher Peter McGee said he plans to publish three annotated excerpts of the text, which remains...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff approved an agreement to allow students, teachers, and researchers in Brazil to teach and research the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and other Jewish-related subjects. Under the agreement, Hebrew-language...
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of religious institutions to use "ministerial exception" to fire staff, but stopped short of setting its parameters. A number of Jewish groups had closely watched the case called Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran...
Two weeks ago, the Associated Press moved a story detailing plans for television coverage leading up to and through the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "Television viewers who want to immerse themselves," wrote the AP's David...
