Israel's security cabinet has authorised police to seal off Arab sectors of East Jerusalem, according to a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released early Wednesday. "The security cabinet decided several measures to combat terrorism, notably authorising...

Iran's parliament has voted in favor of a nuclear deal struck with world powers. In a vote Tuesday carried live by state radio, 161 of 250 lawmakers present at the session voted in favor of the landmark accord. However, Iran's 12-member Guardian Council could refer the bill back to...

A Palestinian stabbed and wounded a passerby north of Tel Aviv Tuesday before being detained by civilians in the area, police said, the latest in a wave of attacks that have targeted Israelis. The victim was "moderately" wounded in the stabbing near a bus station in Raanana, police said....

Two Palestinian youths of 13 and 15 stabbed and critically injured a 13-year-old Israeli boy riding his bike in northern Jerusalem on Monday, police said, continuing a wave of attacks in the city in which three alleged Palestinian assailants were shot dead. Four Israelis and 26...