November 14, 2016
9:43 am

A commerical jet flies in front of the moon on its approach to Heathrow airport in west London on November 13, 2016. (AFP/Adrian DENNIS)

Largest supermoon since 1948 to light up Monday evening sky

Moon gazers in Israel advised to look heavenward at about 5 p.m. as lunar orb makes closest pass to Earth in over 68 years

By AP and Times of Israel staff

November 14, 2016
8:44 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, attends a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of the death of founder of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, at the mausoleum of Anitkabir in Ankara, on November 10, 2016. (AFP/ADEM ALTAN)

Tensions flare as Turkey heads to vote on new Erdogan powers

President seeks reform that would crown him head of state, head of government and head of the ruling party

By Stuart Williams

November 14, 2016
7:42 am

American Nazi Party fliers dropped in Missoula, Montana, November 2016. (Courtesy photo)

American Nazi Party fliers in Montana accuse Jews of controlling media to ‘poison’ US

Missoula synagogue asks police for extra security after leaflets distributed in city proclaim ‘Jewish run media’ is ‘brainwashing’ country ‘to destroy us’

By JTA

November 14, 2016
6:20 am

Hamas members stand next to an Egyptian watch tower on the border between Egypt and Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, September 21, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Easing blockade on Gaza, Egypt may be signaling thaw with Hamas

Cairo considers establishing a free trade zone between the Strip and Sinai, while the Islamist terror group has begun arresting dozens of Salafists

By Avi Issacharoff

November 14, 2016
4:59 am

Stephen Bannon leaves Trump Tower in New York on November 11, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)

ADL, top Democrats decry senior White House role for Bannon

Former Breitbart News chief, picked to share Trump chief of staff duties with Reince Priebus, derided for ‘alt-right, anti-Semitic & misogynistic views’

By Eric Cortellessa

November 14, 2016
4:29 am

US President Barack Obama is greeted at a ceremony to commemorate Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on November 11, 2016. (Yuri Gripas/AFP)

Obama on farewell tour to a Europe fearful of ‘Trump effect’

After calling GOP president-elect ‘unfit,’ US president must now calm jittery allies; will deliver speech in Greece on globalization’s challenges

By Jerome Cartillier

November 14, 2016
3:23 am

A picture of rocker Bruce Springsteen and biker Dan Barkalow taken November 12, 2016 after the singer got stuck on the side of a New Jersey highway when his motorcycle broke down. (Facebook screen capture)

Bikers help Springsteen, stranded on roadside

Famed rocker a ‘nice guy, real down to earth,’ say motorcyclists who helped him near hometown of Freehold, New Jersey

By AP

November 14, 2016
2:49 am

'60 Minutes' correspondent Lesley Stahl interviews President-elect Donald J. Trump and his wife Melania at their home, November 11, 2016, in New York (Chris Albert for CBSNews/'60 Minutes' via AP)

Trump seeks to calm protests, tells racist supporters to ‘stop it’

In first televised interview after election, president-elect also tries to reassure his backers on gun rights, abortion, immigration

By AFP and AP

November 14, 2016
2:05 am

File: European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at a press conference at the Romanian Foreign Ministry in Bucharest on October 7, 2016. (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)

EU ministers seek ‘strong partnership’ with Trump

UK, France, Hungary are no-shows as continent’s foreign ministers gather to consider ramifications of US election

By Danny Kemp

November 14, 2016
1:49 am

Head of the Zionist Camp party Isaac Herzog attends a meeting of the lobby for strengthening the periphery, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 13, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Left-wing MKs up in arms over bill to legalize outposts

Lawmakers criticize move to save Amona, accusing ministers and PM of damaging Israel’s standing; NGOs vow to challenge ‘unconstitutional’ proposal

By Marissa Newman and Tamar Pileggi

November 14, 2016
12:04 am

This combination of pictures created on November 11, 2016 shows Reince Priebus, left, and Stephen K. Bannon. (AFP PHOTO / STF)

Trump names RNC head as chief of staff, ex-Brietbart boss as top strategist

GOP insider Preibus gets leading role in White House; Steve Bannon, accused of anti-Semitism, also to have key job in new administration

By Jonathan Lemire and Laurie Kellman

November 13, 2016
11:22 pm

Cars queue at a petrol station in the Egyptian capital Cairo on November 4, 2016. The government announced an increase in fuel prices, with low grade petrol increasing by 50 percent to 2.35 pounds a liter while higher octane fuel rose by about one third to 3.5 pounds per liter. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

Egypt detains 200 alleged Islamists over calls to protest

Members of banned Muslim Brotherhood arrested for urging crowds to demonstrate about price rises

By Hamza Hendawi

November 13, 2016
11:18 pm

Thousands of anti-Donald Trump protesters, including many pro-immigrant groups, hold a demonstration outside of a Trump property as New Yorkers react to Trump's election as president of the United States on November 13, 2016 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Immigrants demonstrate against Trump as protests persist

Protesters in New York express anger at president-elect’s deportation plans; more rallies slated across country

By AP

November 13, 2016
10:50 pm

View of the a mosque in the Old City of Acre, in Northern Israel on October 24, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Bill to quieten mosque prayer calls passes initial hurdle

Ministerial Committee approves controversial measure after Netanyahu vows his support; Arab MKs call proposal ‘hate-filled’

By Times of Israel staff

November 13, 2016
10:02 pm

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Oxon Hill, MD on February 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster/File)

Gingrich: Possible top Trump aide worked in finance, so not anti-Semitic

Former House speaker defends Stephen Bannon, up for chief of staff, against charges of links to alt-right, saying he spent time in Hollywood and at Goldman Sachs