Scientists have finally sequenced the shark genome, revealing that humans and sharks derive genes for reproduction, sleep and obesity from the same early fish

Some 7,000 Palestinians demonstrate in northern Gaza ■ Explosive devices, grenades and firebombs hurled at Israeli troops

Israel, trailing behind in gender equality, still a captive of its founding chauvinistic ethos, isn't yet ready or willing to learn the lessons America is slowly absorbing from a year of #MeToo. But here, as in the U.S., women are finding their voice

EU foreign policy chief adds that Gaza desalination plant 'closer than ever' to being completed

While Jews in the far-right German party celebrated in muted fashion in Wiesbaden on Sunday, some 400 demonstrators attended a counterrally and all major Jewish-German groups united to criticize the new faction

There has been widespread speculation that Trump might fire Rosenstein after The New York Times reported that he'd made remarks about Trump's fitness for office

The Coalition of Jewish Values emerged in early 2017, giving a voice to the Orthodox right in America for the first time. The group claims to represent over 1,000 rabbis, but liberal skeptics suggest that figure is much closer to six

Avi Gabbay told King Abdullah that two-state solution is 'the best way to bring peace and long-term security to Israel'