Awards serve as bookends to period in which Tehran and Washington have seesawed between confrontation and possible reconciliation

The growing, diverse phenomenon spans atheists, agnostics and others with varying levels of spirituality and religiosity, all disenfranchised with the churches they grew up in

Saudi offers to up production as gesture toward historic 3-way agreement that would also include US-Saudi defense pact, weapons sale, and civil nuke program, WSJ reports

UN special coordinator says 'outraged by the continued incitement, provocations, and lack of accountability' for reprisal attacks, following attack on family in West Bank town

Images said to date from tenure as defense minister show him posing with a glass of wine in a bathroom; photo of Gantz in swimsuit also distributed online

Children from same daycare all in good condition; initial probe finds patient was on recent flights between Israel and Budapest; pediatricians urge parents to check vaccinations

Idit Silman would be third minister to visit Gulf kingdom in a month, hopes to bring delegation with her but is awaiting for Riyadh to approve visas

Foreign ministry calls award for Narges Mohammadi 'biased and political,' Iranian media accuses her of collaborating with 'terrorist groups'

Tank crewmen who slowed the Syrian onslaught on day one of Yom Kippur War take The Times of Israel to their tanks, and vent frustration with fellow vets protesting judicial reforms

Former president gives 'total endorsement' to combative Ohio congressman, after saying he would be open to serving as interim leader himself if GOP cannot settle on successor