To stave off spread of coronavirus, Israeli government approves extending the curfew, already in place due to the Passover holiday that began last week, until Wednesday morning

For weeks, Iran declined to impose the kind of wide-scale lockdowns adopted by other Middle Eastern countries, even as the number of confirmed cases and fatalities steadily climbed

With Bernie Sanders dropping out of the Democratic primary race since the last time 'SNL' was on, Larry David appeared from his easy chair to once again impersonate the Vermont senator

COVID-19 deaths are particularly high in the French Jewish community, but if you want to come to Israel, you better have a passport: 'My wife and children live in Tel Aviv, but I'm forbidden from visiting'

Alternatives to Shin Bet tracking of coronavirus patients in Israel were all rejected, as Health Ministry argues private firms 'were more harmful to privacy'

Displaced Syrians are weighing up grim options: remain in tightly packed camps with few services where a viral spread could be lethal or return to homes still at risk of getting caught in renewed bloodshed

Chabad of Huntsville was spray-painted with swastikas and racial slurs after a different synagogue was vandalized on the first night of Passover

In any other year, tens of thousands of pilgrims from around the world retrace Jesus’ steps in Jerusalem in the week leading up to Easter