Reports indicate that Netanyahu and friends never intended to push through a new immunity law, rather using it as a distraction while they pursue a bill to override the High Court

'Under no circumstance will we enter a war,' says Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, amid soaring tensions

After AG agrees to push off pre-indictment session until October, Labor and Meretz MKs say Netanyahu will use time to stifle court

Jihadist group in Latakia region accuses Damascus of chlorine strike, drawing US warning to Assad over use of banned weapons

After US presidential hopeful calls regime leader a 'tyrant,' Pyongyang retorts that he's an 'imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being'

Poll finds Americans oppose preemptive strike on Islamic Republic, but huge majority supports massive retaliation if Iran attacks US forces

Eric Garcetti, a Democrat, criticized by left-wing US groups after saying 'I support the embassy being here' while in Israeli capital

State Department says it will respond 'quickly and appropriately' to alleged strike by Assad regime, denounces Russia for support of Damascus

United Arab Emirates 'welcomes' announcement of economic summit, highlighting potential benefits to Palestinians; Saudi Arabia to send its economic minister

Right-wing activist group finds Hasmonean Palace tombs demolished, bones strewn on ground; remains re-interred at nearby Kfar Adumim settlement