Other newcomers to the games this year will be Syria, Fiji, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Uganda and Laos.

The fire erupted in a central London residential area, and there is still fear that residents of the building are trapped inside.

UNHCR estimates it faces a $1 billion funding gap this year and urgently needs hundreds of millions for Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises Swiss, Dutch for reassessing funding to terrorist-glorifying Palestinian NGOs.

TAU researchers discover antiquity on back of pottery shard long on display at Israel Museum.

A Jewish woman was hurled from her apartment window to her death in April. Why are the French authorities reluctant to address the murder as a hate crime?

Mayor DeBlasio: "New York City is proud to honor his memory."

“Israel knows of no change in the Palestinian policy, which is to continue to pay the families of terrorists,” a senior diplomatic source said.