December 11, 2013
10:05 am

South African mourners sing and chant slogans while waiting for the convoy transporting the body of former president Nelson Mandela to pass by, in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Mandela’s body arrives for viewing in South Africa

Residents line streets to watch procession go by

By AP

December 11, 2013
2:30 am

US President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro in South Africa on Tuesday December 10, 2013. (photo credit: AP)

Obama-Castro handshake like Chamberlain-Hitler, McCain says

US senator questions why president would give Cuban leader a propaganda coup, becoming latest to compare Obama policies to Munich 1938

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 11, 2013
12:32 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Dec. 10, 2013 (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top senator says new Iran sanctions will have to wait

Word of delay comes after Kerry warns lawmakers that applying ‘gratuitous’ pressure could give Tehran an excuse to back out of Geneva deal

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and AP

December 10, 2013
10:03 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting at at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on November 6, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Kerry pleads with Congress to freeze new Iran sanctions bill

Secretary of state warns lawmakers that applying ‘gratuitous’ pressure could give Tehran an excuse to back out of Geneva deal

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and AP

December 10, 2013
3:00 pm

14 dead after fiery crash in Egypt

Fuel tanker overturns in Nile Delta city of Kafr el-Zayat, causing flaming explosion which engulfs several passing vehicles

By AP

December 10, 2013
2:33 pm

Illustrative photo of Syrian fighters of 'The Beloved of Allah' brigade hold their weapons before fighting with government forces on the outskirts of Aleppo, on November 14, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra/File)

Activists say 12 rebels killed in Syria infighting

Al-Qaeda-linked group reportedly set up Sharia court in newly liberated zone, leading to deadly clash with rivals

By AP

December 10, 2013
1:21 pm

TV-CBS-DoveThe makers of 'The Bible' on TV, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, are going back again in time for a CBS miniseries based on the historical novel 'The Dovekeepers,' sometime in 2015 (photo credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)keepers_Horo

CBS orders miniseries based on ‘The Dovekeepers’

Novel is about four women who work to save 900 Jews being attacked by Romans in a fortress in Masada

By AP

December 10, 2013
10:22 am

People hold images of former South African president Nelson Mandela ahead of his memorial service at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Bernat Armangue)

South African Jews disappointed with PM for opting out of Mandela tribute

As world leaders flock in, Jewish leaders say Netanyahu missed ‘golden opportunity’ to improve ties with Pretoria; absence for financial reasons plays into ‘image of Jews as stingy’

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 9, 2013
8:57 pm

An Ultra Orthodox boy is arrested during a large protest outside the military prison, south of Haifa December 9, 2013. (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yeshuv/Flash 90)

Protest against arrest of draft dodgers turns violent

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators gather outside prison to support yeshiva students who failed to answer draft summons

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 9, 2013
6:12 pm

Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, centre, attends a press conference, with Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Thorbjorn Jagland, left and Geir Lundestad, head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute at the Nobel Institute, in Oslo Monday. ( photo credit: AP/Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix

Syria chemical weapons mission may be delayed

Deadline to get most toxic materials out of Syria ‘will be quite difficult to meet,’ says disarmament organization head

By AP

December 9, 2013
5:12 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, flanked by newly released Palestinian prisoners, greets the crowd in Ramallah, on October 30, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

US trying to ‘blackmail’ us over prisoner releases, Abbas adviser says

Yasser Abed Rabbo claims Kerry trying to force Palestinians to accept unsatisfactory framework peace deal

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 8, 2013
12:35 pm

Iran's heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak, 150 miles (240 kilometers) southwest of Tehran (photo credit: AP/ISNA/Hamid Foroutan/File)

IAEA inspectors visit Iran’s Arak heavy water facility

Monitoring is part of the interim nuclear agreement signed by Iran and Western powers last month

By AP

December 8, 2013
11:22 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (photo credit: AP/John Minchillo/File)

Nuclear deal has helped Iran economy, Rouhani says

Speaking to parliament, Iran’s president points to new movement in investments and stock exchange as a result of agreement

By AP

December 8, 2013
6:41 am

Merrill Newman, center, walks beside his wife Lee, left, and his son Jeffrey after arriving at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Ben Margot)

US vet Merrill Newman, 85, home from North Korea

Korean war veteran was detained by Pyongyang regime for his actions in the Korean War sixty years ago

By AP

December 8, 2013
4:21 am

Obamas to attend Tuesday service for Mandela

President will be accompanied in South Africa by the first lady

By AP

Writer: AP

Mandela’s body arrives for viewing in South Africa

Residents line streets to watch procession go by

Obama-Castro handshake like Chamberlain-Hitler, McCain says

US senator questions why president would give Cuban leader a propaganda coup, becoming latest to compare Obama policies to Munich 1938

Top senator says new Iran sanctions will have to wait

Word of delay comes after Kerry warns lawmakers that applying ‘gratuitous’ pressure could give Tehran an excuse to back out of Geneva deal

Kerry pleads with Congress to freeze new Iran sanctions bill

Secretary of state warns lawmakers that applying ‘gratuitous’ pressure could give Tehran an excuse to back out of Geneva deal

14 dead after fiery crash in Egypt

Fuel tanker overturns in Nile Delta city of Kafr el-Zayat, causing flaming explosion which engulfs several passing vehicles

Activists say 12 rebels killed in Syria infighting

Al-Qaeda-linked group reportedly set up Sharia court in newly liberated zone, leading to deadly clash with rivals

CBS orders miniseries based on ‘The Dovekeepers’

Novel is about four women who work to save 900 Jews being attacked by Romans in a fortress in Masada

South African Jews disappointed with PM for opting out of Mandela tribute

As world leaders flock in, Jewish leaders say Netanyahu missed ‘golden opportunity’ to improve ties with Pretoria; absence for financial reasons plays into ‘image of Jews as stingy’

Protest against arrest of draft dodgers turns violent

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators gather outside prison to support yeshiva students who failed to answer draft summons

Syria chemical weapons mission may be delayed

Deadline to get most toxic materials out of Syria ‘will be quite difficult to meet,’ says disarmament organization head

US trying to ‘blackmail’ us over prisoner releases, Abbas adviser says

Yasser Abed Rabbo claims Kerry trying to force Palestinians to accept unsatisfactory framework peace deal

IAEA inspectors visit Iran’s Arak heavy water facility

Monitoring is part of the interim nuclear agreement signed by Iran and Western powers last month

Nuclear deal has helped Iran economy, Rouhani says

Speaking to parliament, Iran’s president points to new movement in investments and stock exchange as a result of agreement

US vet Merrill Newman, 85, home from North Korea

Korean war veteran was detained by Pyongyang regime for his actions in the Korean War sixty years ago

Obamas to attend Tuesday service for Mandela

President will be accompanied in South Africa by the first lady

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