Investigators are trying to determine if the prime suspect in a series of bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey over the weekend had been radicalized during trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and whether his attack was directed by ISIS or another terrorist group, CBS reported Tuesday. Ahmad Khan Rahami had visited Afghanistan, the country from...

A Palestinian teenager who attempted to stab an Israeli soldier near Hebron was shot and killed Tuesday, marking the fifth consecutive day that there has been a terror attack or attempt, The Times of Israel reported. The dead assailant was identified by Palestinian health officials as 16-year-old Issa Salem Tarayrah....

Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world’s largest generic drug manufacturer, is partnering with chip-making giant Intel to create a wearable device that tracks the progress of Huntington’s disease, Reuters reported Thursday. While Huntington’s is a degenerative and fatal genetic condition, its symptoms can be treated at different stages. The disease causes a breakdown of nerve cells in the...

Paralympic swimmer Inbal Pezaro won a bronze medal for Israel on Thursday at the Rio Paralympic Games, finishing third in the women’s 200-meter individual swimming medley. Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung won the gold, and Spain’s Teresa Parales won silver. It was the third medal for Team Israel at Rio. Marksman...

A preacher at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem called for the destruction of Moscow and Washington, D.C. in a sermon last Wednesday. Palestinian Sheikh Abdallah Ayed claimed that “Allah has promised both places to us. Allah promised the Prophet Muhammad that Islam would rule the entire land.” He called for...

A top Hezbollah official acknowledged that the Iran-backed terrorist group has been blocking the appointment of a new Lebanese president, Ya Libnan reported Sunday. Hezbollah’s second-in-command Naim Qassem said that the Future Movement, a political party primarily supported by Lebanese Sunnis, must “end its hesitation” and support the Hezbollah-backed presidential candidate Michel Aoun,...