American actress Natalie Portman has turned down an invitation to attend a festival in Israel -- where she had been slated to receive an award -- to protest ongoing Israeli violence against Palestinians, Israeli media reported on Friday.   According to Israeli daily Yedioth...

An Israeli was stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem's Old City Sunday and an Israeli television station said the suspected attacker was shot dead. The report on Channel 10 television said Turkish identity papers were found on the body of the alleged assailant. Israel's Magen David...

ISTANBUL (AFP)- Criticism mounted in Turkey Wednesday over a decision by Saudi-owned broadcaster MBC to stop airing Turkish soap operas, stoking tensions between Ankara and Riyadh. Viewers in the Arab world have in recent years become voracious consumers of Turkish soaps ranging from...

At least one Palestinian fisherman was killed and two others injured when Israeli Navy opened fire at a fishing boat off Gaza's coast, Israeli media reported. Two Israeli soldiers were also injured in the incident, broadcaster Channel 2 reported, without explaining the nature of the...