Israeli President Herzog to address Congress amid tensions with Washington
By Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address Congress on Wednesday, completing a visit
2023-07-19 20:57
Israeli president to deliver address to joint meeting of Congress
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, in what is expected to mark a bipartisan show of support for a top strategic ally in the Middle East.
2023-07-19 17:16
House to vote on resolution of support for Israel in wake of Jayapal comments
The House will vote Tuesday on a resolution affirming support for Israel, according to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise -- a direct response to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal's now walked back comments about Israel being a "racist" state.
2023-07-18 20:47
Israel's Herzog to face tensions on Washington visit
By Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland WASHINGTON A handful of Democratic lawmakers are weighing staying away when Israeli
2023-07-18 18:18
Thousands rally, block highways as final vote on Israeli judicial bill looms
By Dan Williams TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israeli protesters blocked highways and briefly mobbed the stock exchange on a "Day of
2023-07-18 17:28
Is the worst over for Sri Lanka's economic crisis?
A year after the start of the crisis, life looks normal in Colombo but is the country out of the woods?
2023-07-18 07:47
Iraqi officials condemn demolition of 300-year-old minaret in Basra
Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday.
2023-07-18 00:49
Netanyahu vows crackdown on military no-shows in judicial protest
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to crack down on Monday against threatened no-shows
2023-07-17 19:52
Gene tech spares male chicks from cull by preventing them from hatching
By Hannah Confino REHOVOT, Israel - Every year, egg farmers kill 7 billion day-old male chicks because they cannot grow
2023-07-17 17:28
This soldier died in Ukraine. Now his face is on a desk to inspire Russian schoolchildren
Grasping a bouquet of roses, black headscarf tied tight and wearing a polka-dot dress, a middle-aged woman arrives in a nondescript, pink-walled hall in the Russian region of Chuvashia.
2023-07-17 17:19
Top House progressive calls Israel 'racist state' when addressing pro-Palestine protesters
Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called Israel a "racist state" on Saturday while addressing pro-Palestine protesters who interrupted a panel discussion at the Netroots Nation conference in Chicago.
2023-07-17 05:59
A Baking Europe Is Set to Get Even Hotter as Charon Approaches
The heat wave baking Europe and threatening to make this the hottest summer ever will be dialing up
2023-07-16 23:28