March 8, 2013
4:08 pm

Assad ‘not bluffing’ about staying in power, Russia says

As civil war intensifies, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says embattled Syrian president ‘digging in’

 

March 8, 2013
3:26 pm

Second swarm of locusts descends on Israel’s south

Shifting winds blow hundreds of thousands of the flying pests across the Egyptian border; volunteers asked to look to the skies

By Ron Friedman and Times of Israel staff  

March 8, 2013
2:59 pm

UN agency to feed 2.5 million Syrians in April

Russia’s foreign minister says Assad won’t step down, civil war will likely drag on

By Karin Laub  

March 8, 2013
2:29 pm

Palestinians throw petrol bombs at cops from inside Temple Mount mosque

Jerusalem police chief calls violence from within al-Aqsa ‘a new escalation’; nine officers and dozens of rioters lightly injured in riots

By Times of Israel staff and AP  

March 8, 2013
1:25 pm

Countdown to coalition

A new government is near…ish; worries on the Syrian border; and is there a doctor in the state?

By Yossi Nachemi  

March 8, 2013
12:49 pm

8 UN observers enter Israel to flee Syria fighting

Peacekeepers hail from the same unit whose troops were snatched by opposition gunmen Wednesday

By Times of Israel staff and AP  

March 8, 2013
12:16 pm

Bin Laden’s son-in-law set to appear in NY court

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a former mosque preacher and teacher, was allegedly the spokesman for al-Qaeda

 

March 8, 2013
11:42 am

Iran: UN human rights rapporteur took US bribes

Ahmed Shaheed, who produced several reports on Tehran’s violations, behaves like a TV celebrity, alleges top Iranian official

 

March 8, 2013
9:28 am

Israel prepares for next war with Hezbollah

While tensions along Israel’s northern border run high, the army is down south, simulating battles with its Lebanese arch-foe

By Daniel Estrin  

March 8, 2013
8:33 am

Ancient Persian artifact exhibit opens in US

The Cyrus Cylinder has been called the world’s first human rights declaration, and inspired the Founding Fathers of America

By Brett Zongker  

March 8, 2013
8:14 am

Southern farmers fear new swarm of locusts

Shifting winds may blow millions more of the flying pests across the border; volunteers asked to look to the skies

By Ron Friedman  

March 8, 2013
6:05 am

North Korea hit by new UN sanctions

Pyongyang says it’s canceling a nonaggression pact with rival South Korea, threatens ‘crushing strikes’ against enemies

 

March 8, 2013
5:20 am

Philippines: Syrian rebels want to release troops

Abductors ask for the International Committee of the Red Cross to escort hostages to safety

 

March 8, 2013
4:58 am

Poll: 9 out of 10 Americans have unfavorable view of Iran

Gallup World Affairs survey shows Iran trailing North Korea, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya and Cuba; Israel enjoys 66% favorability

By Haviv Rettig Gur  

March 8, 2013
3:50 am

Egypt’s police protest against Muslim Brotherhood

Strike threatens to unravel a security force weakened by two years of unrest

By Aya Batrawy