Israeli youth in the Bnei Akiva program pray for an end to the killing of innocent Syrian civilians. A group of youth involved in the religious-Zionist Bnei Akiva program have started organized prayers on behalf of Syrian civilians who are at risk due to the ongoing civil  war in...

Until a few days ago, it looked like a sure bet that the U.S. Federal Reserve would announce the beginning of the end of its massive bond buying program in September. Now, investors are less certain. The prospect of Western military action against  Syria  has sent stock...

  Kurdish rebels based in north Iraq Monday claimed to have killed seven Iranian soldiers in clashes last week near the Islamic republic's border with Iraqi Kurdistan.   "Iranian forces...attacked and swept the area near Sardasht," the PJAK said in a...

The U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said Wednesday it was clear a chemical substance had been used in an August 21 attack in the war-torn country, killing hundreds of people. Speaking to reporters in Geneva about the suspected chemical attack, Brahimi said “it does...