Israeli official says 30 people have taken cash offer in recent weeks; Kampala denies any deal to resettle asylum seekers

Jibril Rajoub defies PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, who has called such abductions ‘alien to Palestinian norms’

President Yanukovych announces truce has been reached with opposition leaders; US imposes visa bans on 20 Ukranian officials

Oroumieh, once one of the biggest saltwater lakes on Earth, has shrunk 80 percent in a decade

White House statement says leaders noted the importance of normalizing Israel-Turkey ties; agreed to cooperate on Syria

Following approval of a bill to allow the naturalization of Sephardic Jews, Spanish Muslims argue for a similar right of return

Population statistics indicate there are 6.1 million Jews and nearly 5.8 million Arabs living in the Holy Land, a fact threatening Israel’s Jewish character like never before

Terror group reportedly wants five of its men released from Guantanamo in exchange for the only American captured in Afghanistan