A Turkish professor believes ferula drudeana that grows on Mount Hasan in Anatolia is the ancient plant silphion, which was thought to be eaten into extinction 2,000 years ago

Arrests reported during Yaakov Shabtai's visit to Old City, day after clashes between cops and Palestinians at flashpoint holy site and across East Jerusalem

Platteville police release video from arrest of road rage suspect, who sustained serious injuries after being put in patrol vehicle parked on train tracks

Foreign dignitaries on hand to pay last respects to the country's longest-serving premier, as small protests held against ceremony opposed by most Japanese

Arrests come on top of internet restrictions and blocking of Instagram and WhatsApp, which activists say is aimed at preventing details of the protests from reaching the world

Japan says official blindfolded, had head restrained and hands bound, demands formal apology over Moscow's 'absolutely unacceptable' treatment of consular official

Certificate of Sephardic Ancestry validates identity, while an online ancestral database of 45,000 Sephardic family names makes searching for roots easier

'Dialogue has restarted with Iran on clarification of outstanding safeguards issues,' Rafael Grossi says after declaring UN watchdog won't close probe opposed by Tehran

85-year-old former prime minister, kicked out of politics for tax fraud, makes his way back with the help of TikTok as far-right government takes power

Suspect, 3 children injured in blaze in central city of Rehovot

Brothers of Italy party and allies set to form 1st far-right Italian government since WWII, but face challenges including ties with the EU, political instability and war in Ukraine

'Shalom Israel': Serbian sports star to compete in Tel Aviv's Watergen Open against other top-ranked players in his first visit since 2006

In a triumphant week, Riyadh brokers Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap, holds UN summit, hosts German chancellor and talks energy with White House, but human rights pushed aside

Nasser al-Kidwa builds support in terror-ruled Strip, calling Palestinian Authority 'totalitarian' and destructive, as PA's rule appears increasingly tenuous

Kurdish separatist groups near Iranian border say no casualties in wave of drone and artillery attacks; Tehran says Kurds smuggling weapons to protesters