India will not reduce the amount of oil Iranian oil it purchases, the country's finance minister said. "It is not possible for India to take any decision to reduce the imports from Iran drastically because among the countries which can provide the requirement...

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...

Dr. Moshe Kantor, the president of the European Jewish Congress, was awarded France's highest honor. Kantor on Tuesday was presented with the National Order of the Legion of Honor, which is awarded by the French president. The award is the highest level...

The European Union adopted an oil embargo against Iran. The embargo was approved Monday by the European Union's 27 foreign ministers, during a meeting in Brussels. Under the measure, part of sanctions over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, the countries...

British scientists and filmmakers have called on the Natural History Museum in London to pull out of a study because of its collaboration with the Israeli company Ahava, which operates in the West Bank. Ahava/Dead Sea Laboratories, which manufactures...

Nothing new under the desert sun in Iran. The Islamist leadership is starting out 2012 with its usual jagged chin forward: • Iranian leaders, in the face of enhanced economic sanctions, have threatened to illegally block the Strait of Hormuz (through...

GENEVA, Switzerland - The Jewish community in Holland has its roots in those who fled persecution and discrimination to a land that has become acclaimed for its freedom of religion and expression.This freedom may be eroding, however, as a central component...

The path to international recognition of Palestinian statehood by September - when the Palestinians plan to bring the matter before the U.N. General Assembly - seems clear.The question before Israel and its supporters who oppose such recognition is how...