After decades in Babylonian exile, Judeans returned home under Persian rule to rebuild the temple and restore Jerusalem’s life. Leaders like Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah guided both physical ...

The Bnei Menashe, meaning “Sons of Manasseh,” say they trace their ancestry to the ancient tribe of Manasseh, one of the ...

The Bnei Menashe are a community of around 10,000 people from the Kuki, Mizo and Chin tribes of northeast India who believe ...

On Israeli independence day, the government is honoring a triple amputee soldier, an Israeli hostage negotiator and a soldier who drew controversy for boasting about destroying homes in Gaza.

Twenty Israeli hostages are back on Israeli territory, freed after two years in Hamas custody, marking the successful first phase of a landmark ceasefire agreement between Israel and the militant ...

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South Korea will send a special envoy to Iran to discuss the safe passage of its vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, following a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, the foreign ministry ...

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Gradually stories of survival through music in captivity are coming to light. After more than two years of torture in the Hamas tunnels in Gaza numerous hostages are only now beginning to talk about ...

Fluent in Aramaic, Kurdish, and Arabic, the owner of this small shop in Ankawa is renowned for having the best kebabs in Erbil. "Hezbollah or Allah?" -- "God or his party?"-- someone from Dilan Adamat ...

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday over the Israeli military’s barrage of attacks in Lebanon against Iran-backed Hezbollah, Iranian state media reported. Two tankers were able to pass ...

Israel has issued new warnings for Beirut, amid a fragile ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran. Sirens sounded in northern Israel on Thursday, as Hezbollah claimed it was attacking with rocket ...