At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, ...

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff claims questions over whether Ukraine can cede four regions to Russia is ‘elephant in the room’ in ...

Officials from Ukraine and Russia are holding ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia, as US president Donald Trump reportedly pushes ...

Such communities have been exempted from Israel’s mandatory military service since 1948. Read more at straitstimes.com.

THE senior Russian Orthodox bishop who allegedly the target of a murder plot by two ethnic Ukrainian laymen has asked to meet ...

Few remember Walter Duranty. Those who do recall that he was the Moscow bureau chief for the New York Times during the early ...

Fighting wars on multiple fronts has left Israel's military ranks severely depleted. However, moves to force members of the ...

When an invitation to visit Moscow arrived in my inbox, it was the culmination of a series of emails and telephone calls from ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim bold statements of ...