A lighting company is taking its technology in an unexpected new direction amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Car manufacturer Groupe Renault recently hosted a global hackathon to scout out
It was a mission she knew she might not survive. Still, in March 1944, a young Jewish immigrant to Palestine named Hannah Senesh (Anna Szenes) parachuted into occupied
It’s here! Last week, Israel rolled out the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccination and began to immunize the adult population. Dubbed “Operation Give a Shoulder” – a Hebrew phrase meaning
LOS ANGELES— In Israel, the sight of an African American man dressed in full Hasidic regalia tends to attract second glances even from people who don’t recognize this
ORAN, Algeria — A mysterious virus rips through the city of Oran, Algeria, in Albert Camus’ novel “The Plague.” Today the city on the Mediterranean coast grapples with
Mourners at a funeral and babies at a maternity ward were among the nearly 200 killed and injured Tuesday in militant attacks in Afghanistan. Officials said militants attacked
Pakistan allowed thousands of stranded Afghans to return home after reopening the two primary border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Islamabad said the two border crossings on the
The United Nations has called for an investigation into “disturbing” accounts of the torture of dozens of Afghan migrants by Iranian border guards, some of whom reportedly drowned
Saudi Arabia executed a record number of people in 2019, including an increased number of political dissidents, in addition to those convicted of murder and drug offenses, according
More than 5,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan by mid-July. But as troops depart under the Feb. 29 U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, Iran is stepping up its
