Fierce race for heads of ruling party's Secretariat apparently ends in victory for Minister Katz, while Danon, Elkin expected to be named heads of Central, Ideological committees, bolstering hard-line trend within party

Almost four centuries after Africans started being shipped to North America as slaves, first US president of African ancestry on Thursday visits infamous embarkation point for those destined for lives in chains

Former vice chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff James Cartwright being investigated for allegedly leaking classified information about cyber attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, media reports say

Watch some of the highlights from Shimon Peres' Facing Tomorrow conference – from Robert De Niro to Yair Lapid

Man, 25, arrested on suspicion of raping woman in Petah Tikva apartment. Suspect related to man involved in 2009 gay center shooting

R.'s parents beam with pride after son defeated health problems to graduate from IAF's most prestigious course

Jerusalem Magistrate's Court remands guard who shot dead a man near Western Wall. Suspect was silent in interrogation; lawyer insists: He's salt of the earth

Meshulam, who barricaded with followers in Yahud home in 1994, demanded State inquiry into Yemenite child immigrants' disappearance, dies aged 60