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The road is even tougher in the Senate, which has yet to start debating its own version of health-care legislation. The bill passed by a 220-215 vote with 39 of Obama's own centre-left Democrats voting against it and one opposition...

Seven Saudis and an unknown number of Houthi fighters have been killed as Saudi forces battle Yemen rebels for the fifth straight day, medics have said. Saudi commanders said troops were shelling suspected Houthi positions on Saturday and plumes of...

Rabin murder harmed values common to whole nation Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar said during his speech at the 14th annual memorial ceremony for the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin that a large number of mourners, who didn't necessarily...

Keep us in the picture.' Peres   Photo: Yaron Brener Tens of thousands at Rabin Square   Photo: Yaron Brener At Rabin memorial, Israeli president says immediate launch of peace negotiations may reverse Palestinian president's decision not to seek re-election...

Navy is in communication with all ships coming into Lebanon, but it is the responsibility of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to search them. On Wednesday, the Francop ship was seized by Israel for allegedly carrying Iranian weapons destined for...

However, the source did not rule out the possibility of Gemayel accepting his son’s appointment to the post to avoid having to choose between party members to take the job instead. Still, the source said the appointment “would be a ...

Evacuation of Migron on Wednesday   Photo: AP 'They told me to strip. I told them to forget about it,' says 17-year-old young woman arrested during evacuation of Ramat Migron. 'Woman cop put her hands under my shirt and afterwards...

Stunned Muslims were trying to understand Friday why a normally soft-spoken Army officer who served on his local mosque's charity committee allegedly fatally shot 13 people at the sprawling Fort Hood military base in Texas. Officials at the copper-domed Muslim...