JERUSALEM -- Israel's Cabinet approved a plan to increase the participation of women in municipal government. The plan, part of the Knesset's marking of International Women's Day, is meant to increase the representation of women on local councils from...

JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet that Israel is still on alert against an attack from Sinai despite killing the man responsible for the plan, which unleashed more than 130 rocket attacks from Gaza on southern Israel. The...

JERUSALEM -- More than 130 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza since an Israeli airstrike killed the leader of a Palestinian terrorist group. Four Israeli civilians have been injured in the attacks, one severely, according to the Israel Defense...

A White House spokesman denied reports that President Obama promised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bunker-buster bombs and refueling planes that could help in a military strike against Iran. "In meetings the president had there was no such...

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, welcomed President Obama's emphasis on diplomacy to resolve tensions over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Iranian state TV reported Thursday that Khamenei had embraced Obama’s position that there...

WASHINGTON -- U.N. nuclear experts accused Iran of attempting to conceal nuclear weapons work. According to diplomats accredited to the International Atomic Energy Association, the nuclear watchdog of the United Nations, satellite images show what appears...

resident Obama reportedly promised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bunker buster bombs and other weaponry that could help Israel strike Iran on the condition that Israel not act this year. Obama made the offer during his meeting this week in...

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has "many courageous friends." In remarks after landing in Israel following a visit to Canada and the United States, Netanyahu said, "I was received warmly, we have many courageous friends."...

Police in New Delhi have arrested a suspect in connection with a car bomb attack that injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat. An Indian journalist, Syed Mohammed Kazmi, was arrested Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. A police investigation showed...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree, at least in principle: Keep the talk on what to do about Iran behind closed doors. But once they're behind those doors, they can’t agree -- and they can’t seem to resist...

WASHINGTON -- A premature Israeli strike on Iran would have consequences for the United States, President Barack Obama said. "Israel is a sovereign nation that has to make its own decisions about how best to preserve its security," Obama said Tuesday...

WASHINGTON -- The United States will act against Iran if all efforts to end its suspected nuclear weapons program fail, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. "Military action is the last alternative when all else fails," he said Tuesday, the last day...