Local leader rejects characterization of city in recent Washington Post article. 'I found people to be respectful of our heritage'

Overcoming opposition, lawmakers pass bipartisan proposal for near-blanket ban on advertising for tobacco products

Sydney hosts city's largest-ever fireworks show, Dubai to attempt longest-ever pyrotechnic display, as cities around the world ready for a night of New Years celebrations

Supporters say it is important to prevent 'predatory culture,' allegedly experienced by some, ahead of senator's possible 2020 bid

As disgraced comedian attempts comeback, he's taking on some controversial issues in a manner director Judd Apatow called 'hacky, unfunny, shallow'

Recently returned from the battlefield, the writer, then 28, penned a bitter denunciation of Moshe Dayan's settlement policies: 'The shorter the occupation, the better for us'

Yesh Atid's Lapid says Netanyahu 'out of control,' exhibiting 'moral bankruptcy,' Zionist Union's Yachimovich: He's in 'defiance of the rule of law'

Housing minister will leave cabinet and Knesset, in order to run with ruling party in April's national elections