Semyon Bychkov will succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the Paris Opera starting in August 2028, the company’s general director Alexander Neef said Tuesday. The 73-year-old Bychkov agreed to a four-year... Read more »

A recent poll of Likud members found that firebrand legislator Tally Gotliv, who entered the current Knesset at the 25th slot on the ruling party’s slate, would come in first in a... Read more »

US President Donald Trump has rejected a proposal put forward by United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to renew negotiations with Iran – mediated by Saudi Arabia and Oman – and has... Read more »

The future governance of Venezuela remained uncertain following the US capture of the country’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, on Saturday, with splits emerging between US President Donald Trump’s administration, the US Congress and... Read more »

Gangland shootings claimed the lives of three people within hours in the Arab Israeli community on Monday, in what President Isaac Herzog lamented as a “national scourge.” Just five days into the... Read more »

The second week of protests in Iran finds the Iranian regime in what can best be described as a “mixed trend.” On the one hand, the demonstrations have not stopped and their... Read more »

There is a strong sense in Iran that the protests are justified, which explains the support for them. The plunging rial, the harsh living conditions, and the complete lack of government accountability... Read more »

The fifth round of talks between Israel and Syria will reportedly start on Monday in Paris, the first in nearly two months, as progress toward a security arrangement between the two countries... Read more »

The smuggling of weapons into Israel is no longer a marginal criminal phenomenon but an ongoing strategic threat that traces a clear blood trail: from porous borders with Egypt and Jordan, through... Read more »