The Ford Motor Company has bought the Israeli machine learning startup SAIPS, the automobile giant announced Wednesday, as part of its pledge to develop driverless cars by 2021. The acquisition of the Rehovot-based tech company is reportedly in the range of tens of millions of dollars, though no financial details...

Despite not having diplomatic relations, Israel’s air force is participating in joint exercises this week with the air forces of Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates at a U.S. Air Force base in Nevada. It is highly unusual for countries that don’t officially recognize each other to work together in...

Baby Yehia has enormous chocolate-brown eyes. His family, Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, nicknamed their huggable little boy “Yaya.” They almost lost Yaya because he was born with multiple severe heart defects that doctors in India and Pakistan could not repair – or at least not for a price the...

An increasing number of Israeli Arabs are joining their country’s national service program, pursuing better professional opportunities while forging closer ties with Israeli society, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. Israel’s national service program is an alternative to army service, and allows participants — typically observant Zionist Jewish women who opt out of army service for...

Gov. Chris Christie signed into law on Tuesday a bipartisan bill prohibiting New Jersey’s pension fund from investing in companies that boycott Israel. The legislation passed the state’s Senate unanimously in May and its General Assembly by a wide margin of 70-3 in July, The Jerusalem Post reported. New Jersey currently does $1.3 billion worth of trade...

Two West Bank terror cells created by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah have been broken up by Israeli security over the past few months, the Shin Bet revealed Tuesday. Members were recruited via Facebook and other social media by members of Hezbollah’s foreign operations unit operating out of both Lebanon...