Obama to nominate Stanley Fischer as Fed vice chair

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 22:09

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated former Israeli central bank governor and renowned financier Stanley Fischer as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, completing a shakeup of the board`s leadership.

Ex-Israel PM Ariel Sharon facing `final hours`

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 14:14

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon`s condition has dramatically deteriorated and the 85-year-old leader was facing his "final hours", the hospital where he has been in coma since a 2006 stroke said on Friday.

John Kerry says Saudis back his Mideast peace moves

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 06:32

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he had won Saudi support for his efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, in a day of whistlestop diplomacy to key Arab allies.

John Kerry cites some progress in Mideast diplomacy

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 17:11

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday cited progress on the Mideast peace process, yet acknowledged that some of the most intractable disputes between Israelis and Palestinians were unsolved after more than 20 rounds of negotiations.

Israeli cabinet curbs government spending limits

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 04:51

Israeli cabinet approved Sunday a finance ministry`s plan to curb the limits of the government budget.

Israel names Palestinian prisoners to be released

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 15:50

Israel released the list late yesterday. All were convicted in connection to the killing of Israelis.

Gaza rocket fire draws Israeli air strikes

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 07:50

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets into southern Israel on Thursday, and Israel`s military responded with a pair of air strikes, officials said.

UN condemns Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 19:04

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday condemned Israeli demolitions of Palestinian structures in the West Bank and called on Israel to "immediately halt" them.

Palestinians expel Israeli journos from Bethlehem on Xmas eve

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 12:54

The Palestinian Authority has expelled Israeli journalists who came to the historic Biblical town of Bethlehem to cover Christmas celebrations, a step lauded by their Palestinian counterparts who protested to stop them from entering Palestinian-controlled territories.

Israel launches Gaza airstrikes for worker killing

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 22:54

Israel launched a series of air strikes on Tuesday on targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the deadly shooting of an Israeli civilian, Hamas officials said.

Israeli civilian, Palestinian girl killed in Gaza flare-up

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 20:35

A Gaza sniper shot dead an Israeli civilian over the border on Tuesday and Israel hit back with air strikes on two Hamas training camps which hospital officials said killed a Palestinian girl near one of the targets.

Palestinian girl killed in Israel strike on Gaza: medics

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 20:29

A three-year-old Palestinian girl was killed Tuesday and three of her relatives wounded in one of a series of air strikes by Israeli warplanes on the Gaza Strip, medical sources said.