Iran executes Ali Ardestani for espionage, accusing him of relaying sensitive information to Israel's Mossad for cryptocurrency rewards.

Israel strikes Hezbollah and Hamas targets in Lebanon after evacuation warnings, escalating tensions despite a year-old ...

Each day, Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear on our pages. This year, tidbits about plastic recycling, whale sharks and crab Rangoon enlightened and ...

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Guardia di Finanza officers patrol a shopping street in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012.

Jerusalem is not merely a city. It is the beating heart of Jewish history, faith, and identity and one of the most contested places on earth precisely because of that centrality. To understand the ...

Hadar Goldin was killed during the 2014 Gaza war. The bodies of the final two American Israeli hostages -- Omer Neutra and Itay Chen -- were returned to Israel by Hamas last week, according to ...

On Monday, Nov. 17, I attended an event at The Fletcher School entitled “Israel and Palestine: Assessment and Community Dialogue.” For the first time in my 36 years as a professor at Tufts University ...

Santa inspired by St. Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop known for kindness and secret gift-giving. Santa's red suit popularized by Coca-Cola, earlier depictions showed him in bishop's attire. Santa's ...

A political debate tactic is to pretend a disliked policy or cause is not what it seems to be but is really something else. President Donald Trump’s deportations of illegal immigrants are, for example ...

The season is known as both “fall” and “autumn.” The word “autumn” comes from Latin, while “fall” originated in 17th-century Britain as a shortening of the phrase “fall of the leaf.” While both are ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United States showed a unified front on Monday in the face of growing international anger over Israel’s airstrikes on Hamas leaders on Qatar and its intensifying ...