Rebels ask for the International Committee of the Red Cross to escort hostages to safety

In Israel this week, 17 top international development leaders explore what it means, in real life, to be a woman and a social leader

Tour the narrow alleyways, pop into a Franciscan church, or explore Yemenite jewelry in this one-mile oasis along the glittering Mediterranean Sea

Shifting winds may blow millions more of the flying pests across the border; volunteers asked to look to the skies

Jewish Home leader likens talks to birth, says negotiations are ‘two fingers dilated’; Yesh Atid denies Lapid was offered Finance Ministry

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a former mosque preacher and teacher, was allegedly the spokesman for al-Qaida

In a New York Times op-ed, Ed Husain says it’s the Palestinians who suffer most from the embargo

Peacekeepers hail from the same unit whose troops were snatched by opposition gunmen Wednesday