Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing, which it said targeted an Afghan Taliban seminary.;

The number of crossings and length of authorization were halved to avoid a Russian veto.;

According to Iranian TV the Ukrainian plane was taken down because it flew too close to a sensitive military site.;

More than 50 years later, as the generation of Conservative Jews that arrived full of post-1967 Zionist ardor passes from the scene, some of Jerusalem’s Masorti synagogues are shrinking.;

Claiming that the Iranian regime “used to fuel death and destruction across the Middle East” Pompeo said that the US policy had “deprived the [Iranian] regime of billions in revenue.”;

The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al-Said, passed away early on Saturday, Oman state TV and the state news agency Twitter account said.;

He assumed the role of Sultan with help from the UK and was a US ally, who will replace the man who ruled Oman for the past 49 years?;

Aymen Odeh, leader of the Joint List, explained the difference between the “technical” recommendation he gave supporting Blue and White to the one he would ideally want to give.;