Pressure increases on Democrat-led Senate to take up a bill to toughen up sanctions; White House reportedly opposes hearings

Andrey Evstigneeva, from city of Saratov, used derogatory term during baptism; church praised for speedy response

Yasser Abbas had sued Foreign Policy for article which claimed he got rich off his father’s political appointment

Members of Congress from NY, Florida spearhead effort to ensure archive taken from Saddam goes to descendants of refugees

‘I never say no when they need me at work,’ says Hajj Abd al-Nabil, Egypt’s chief executioner who says he’s killed over 800

Jerry Silverman and Michael Siegal aim to ‘dramatically widen the pipeline of families entering Jewish life’

Five wounded in clashes on the border with Pakistan, where ethnic Baluch militias also operate

Rabbinic injunctions against the latest kid craze are way overboard and, no, boys who wear them are not cross dressing