Freedom Party’s Norbert Hofer wins 36% of vote in first round, leaving mainstream candidates far behind

Rescue services battle flames at Biriya Forest in Upper Galilee; visitors evacuated, no reports of injuries

Democratic frontrunner is said to be putting together list of 15-20 prospects

Four-fifths of US Senate, including Ted Cruz, support ‘a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement’

A message for a world that sits on the sidelines and judges Israel

Abed al-Hamid Abu Srour has just become the first suicide bomber in years. While others in the local refugee camp celebrate and Hamas hails its new martyr, his parents veer from bitterness to denial to blaming Israel

Ankara report says Turkey killed 900 IS fighters in Syria since January; Arab coalition claims raids to recapture Yemen oil terminal and city result in deaths of more than 800 al-Qaeda operatives

In Twitter post, Iranian supreme leader says play that features scheming Jew Shylock is ‘in accordance with Western values’