U.S. President Donald Trump attends a listening session with CEOs of small and community banks at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday: More »
FILE PHOTO: Boston Red Sox batter Ryan Lavarnway hits a two-run single off Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher James McDonald during the first inning of a MLB spring training baseball game in Bradenton, Florida, March 18, 2013. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File photo ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker harvests cannabis plants at a plantation near the northern town of Nazareth, Israel, May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo The Israeli government voted on Sunday in favor of decriminalizing recreational marijuana use, joining some U.... More »
A sculpture of a man wearing Stemrad’s new protective vest, Astrorad, is seen at an exhibit at Madatech, National Museum of Science Technology and Space in Haifa, Israel February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen A vest designed to shield astronauts from deadly sol... More »
Shahar Peer of Israel hits a return to Eugenie Bouchard of Canada during their women’s singles match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 26, 2014. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Former world number 11 Shahar Peer, the most suc... More »
Israel’s Space Communications has begun operating a new communications satellite, Amos-7, it said on Monday, a major milestone after it lost two satellites in the past two years. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during an an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to ensure the U.S. nuclear arsenal is a... More »
Here are some of the highlights of the Reuters interview with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday. More »
Media films and photographs a wrapped iron gate from Dachau concentration camp with the notorious ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (‘Work sets you free’) which was returned to Dachau, Germany, February 22, 2017, after it was stolen in 2014. REUTERS/Ralph Brock A wrought ir... More »
Local and national media report on more than 170 toppled Jewish headstones after a weekend vandalism attack on Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, a suburb of St Louis, Missouri, U.S. February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Tom Gannam U.S. President Donald Trump... More »
General view shows the headquarters of German luxury carmaker BMW in Munich, Germany January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Dalder Israel’s Mobileye and German automaker BMW said on Tuesday they signed an agreement to install Mobileye’s data generation technology i... More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at a Cyber Security Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo Investors are betting heavily that Israeli defense and cyber-security firms will reap a windfall from... More »
Israel’s BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics is seeking early approval in Canada for its adult stem cell treatment for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neuro-degenerative disease, even before it completes late-stage clinical trials. More »
Feb 14, 2017- Los Angeles, CA, USA- Sacramento Kings forward DeMarcus Cousins (15) moves the ball against the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (The Sports Xchange) – The Sacramento Kings ... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the swearing-in ceremony of the new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria One of Rex Tillerson’s first directives as ... More »
FILE PHOTO:A Greek flag flutters in front of the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site in Athens, Greece, June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo It seems as if we have been here before: the euro zone fretting that a cris... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a listening session with the Retail Industry Leaders Association and member company CEOs in the Rosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts A crisis over the relation... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a listening session with the Retail Industry Leaders Association and member company CEOs in the Rosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts – Highlights of the day fo... More »
People watch as India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C37) carrying 104 satellites in a single mission lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer India successfully launched 104 satellites in ... More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool President Donald Trump prepared to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for talks that could shape the c... More »
A general view picture shows the Israeli barrier running between the East Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat (R) and Pisgat Zeev, both located in an area Israel annexed to Jerusalem after capturing it in the 1967 Middle East war February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar... More »
Director Aki Kaurismaki arrives for the screening of the movie ‘The Other Side of Hope’ at the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt One drops you, trapped and powerless, in the middle of a civil war, whi... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President Donald Trump supports the goal of peace between Israel an... More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, preparing for his first meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, will work wi... More »
A combination photo shows Trevon Gross (L) in New York on February 1, 2017, and Anthony Murgio (R) in a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office booking photo that was released on August 4, 2015. The two men were arrested in Florida on August 4, 2015. REUTERS/File Pho... More »
Germany has culled 776,000 farm chickens, turkeys, ducks and other types of poultry since November to combat bird flu, its agriculture ministry said on Monday. More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would present “responsible policies” in talks with U.S. President Donald Tr... More »
A man cleans a street next to a plaque containing a pro-nazi salute honoring Croatian fighters killed during the 1990s’ war in Jasenovac, Croatia, February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic An international exhibition about Anne Frank had already toured over 20 ... More »
Palestinian barber Ramadan Odwan styles and straightens the hair of a customer with fire at his salon in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Mughrabi More »
FILE PHOTO: The Volkswagen logo is seen at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankurt, Germany, September 10, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File Photo Volkswagen signalled it could take legal action against former chairman Ferdinand Piech after a media report... More »
A U.S. Lockheed Martin F-16 flies during an air display at the Farnborough International Air Show, Hampshire, July 19, 2004. REUTERS/Toby Melville U.S. defence firm Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) wants to push ahead with plans to move production of its F-16 combat je... More »
Nochi Dankner (L), once one of Israel’s most powerful businessmen, attends a sentencing hearing at the Tel Aviv District court, Israel December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Shlomi Yosef/Pool Nochi Dankner, once one of Israel’s most powerful businessmen who lost his busine... More »
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks to Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during their meeting in New York, September 25, 2016. Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office (GPO)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Seizing on an... More »
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he speaks during a ceremony marking National Day of Space Technology in Tehran, Iran February 1, 2017. President.ir/Handout via REUTERS Unlike what U.S. president Donald Trump thinks, the nuclear deal between Iran an... More »
Mylan NV has agreed to pay $96.5 million to settle claims by drug purchasers that it delayed launching a generic version of Cephalon Inc’s narcolepsy drug Provigil in exchange for payment from Cephalon. More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker harvests cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation near the northern town of Nazareth, Israel May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo An Israeli government committee gave an initial nod on Sunday for the export of medical marij... More »
The father of a Florida man who prosecutors said operated an illegal bitcoin exchange avoided prison on Friday after pleading guilty in a case that stemmed from an investigation into a cyber breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co. More »
The moon is seen during its final eclipse over Los Angeles, California, early April 15, 2014. REUTERS/Gene Blevins Five teams have qualified to compete in a $30 million Google-backed competition to land and operate robotic spacecraft on the surface of the moon... More »
The front of the U.S. embassy is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo President Donald Trump invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Washington in early February during a phone call in which they discussed... More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks to Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during their meeting in New York, September 25, 2016. Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office (GPO)/Handout via REUTERS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta... More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) stands next to Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during their meeting in New York, September 25, 2016. Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office (GPO)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE ... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia ... More »
U.S.President-elect Donald Trump makes an appearance in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said NATO was obsolete because it had not defended against terror attacks, but that the m... More »
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. President Barack Obama played down fallout from a U.S. abstention on a United Nations resolution last month demanding an end to I... More »
SpaceX Falcon rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Gene Blevins A SpaceX Falcon rocket blasted off from California on Saturday, returning the company to flight for the first tim... More »
Donald Trump speaks as his son-in-law Jared Kushner (L), daughter Ivanka listen at a campaign event at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, New York, U.S., June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s... More »
Anthony Murgio arrives for a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York, March 4, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he conspired to operate an illegal bitcoin exchange, which prosecutors said was... More »
The logo of Microsoft is pictured in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, August 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/File Photo The venture arms of Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Qualcomm (QCOM.O) have invested in Team8, an Israeli creator of cybersecurity start-ups, as big multi... More »
About 22,000 turkeys are to be culled after suspect cases of bird flu were found on two more German farms in the major German poultry production region of Lower Saxony, authorities said on Monday. More »
A woman talks on a mobile phone as she walks past the closed research facility of Semler Research Centre in Bengaluru, India, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa Vasudeva Prakash left his job as a mechanic in Hyderabad three years ago for what he c... More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) stands next to Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during their meeting in New York, September 25, 2016. Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office (GPO)/Handout via REUTERS Donald Trump on Monday chided t... More »
Bezeq Israel Telecom said on Sunday it had received notice that Israel’s telecoms regulator would likely allow Bezeq to merge its various business units. More »
An artificial leaf designed by scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Drury Dutch scientists have developed an artificial leaf that can act as a mini-factory for producing drugs, an advance that could allow... More »
Israeli satellite operator Space Communications said on Wednesday it would launch a new telecommunications satellite in 2019 after losing a prior one in an explosion. More »
Posters are seen in the ‘House of Houdini’ museum in Budapest, Hungary, December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo Even almost 100 years after his death, the name Harry Houdini is synonymous with escapology, but less is known about his first great escape – how... More »
Israeli police detained a prominent Israeli businessman on Monday on suspicion of bribing public officials in Guinea, a country with vast mineral deposits and mining operations, to promote his business interests there. More »
Two U.S. lawmakers are questioning whether Heritage Pharmaceuticals misled them in response to a 2014 congressional inquiry about the rising price a common antibiotic, after 20 U.S. states this week accused the company of price fixing. More »
About 30,000 turkeys and ducks were culled in Germany over the weekend after bird flu was found on two farms, authorities said on Monday. More »
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils his plans to colonize Mars during the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – – Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been forced to delay... More »
An unmanned H-2B rocket blasted off from Tanegashima island in southern Japan on Friday to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast showed. More »
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX hopes to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight on Dec. 16, said Iridium Communications Inc, which plans to have 10 of its satellites on board for launching. More »
A man crosses a main road as pedestrians carrying food walk along the footpath in central Sydney, Australia, August 12, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo – Scientists studying yo-yo dieting in mice say the tendency for people to regain excess weight rapidly ... More »
The rising supermoon is seen behind a statue on top of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger From Beijing to Berlin, star gazers around the world admired the supermoon – the largest, brightest full moon in nea... More »
A stone tablet thought to be about 1,500 years old with a, worn-down chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments is seen in this photo released in Dallas, Texas, U.S., October 21, 2016. Courtesy Heritage Auctions/Handout via REUTERS A 1,500-year-old stone tab... More »
Rock band Aerosmith performs during the ‘Aerosmith: Let Rock Rule’ tour at The Forum in Inglewood, California July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo U.S. rockers Aerosmith, together for some 45 years, will embark on a “farewell” European tour next yea... More »
A company logo is seen at a Pfizer office in Dublin, Ireland November 24, 2015. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton Pfizer Inc’s Celebrex arthritis drug was shown to be at least as safe as the widely used prescription-strength versions of painkillers ibuprofen and napro... More »
An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in this still image from video in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. U.S. Launch Report/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo SpaceX said on Friday a fueling system problem is the most... More »
An employee works at an Israel Antiquities Authority laboratory in Jerusalem October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Israeli archaeologists have made public a fragment of an ancient text which they say is the earliest Hebrew reference to Jerusalem outside the Bib... More »
Actors Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter pose for photos during an event to name Wonder Woman UN Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls at the United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, U.S., October 21, 2016. REUT... More »
A stone tablet thought to be about 1,500 years old with a, worn-down chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments is seen in this photo released in Dallas, Texas, U.S., October 21, 2016. Courtesy Heritage Auctions/Handout via REUTERS A stone tablet thought to ... More »
The International Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected suits filed by the tiny Marshall Islands against the world’s nuclear powers that sought to force them to do more to disarm. More »
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel speaks to journalists in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Germany wants to help Iran push ahead with reforms, Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday, adding he believed the Islamic Republic... More »
Director of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Axel Ruger poses next to a painting by the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, that was stolen in Amsterdam 14 years ago, during a news conference in Naples September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca Two stolen Vincent Van Gogh... More »
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departs after meeting with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, U.S. September 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday told Isra... More »
As diplomatic faux-pas go, it’s a delicate one. More »
Israel qualified for their first World Baseball Classic with a 9-1 victory over Britain on Sunday to clinch the four-team qualifying tournament in Brooklyn. More »
A general view shows Castello road in Aleppo, Syria September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail Moscow stepped up its war of words with Washington on Sunday, saying air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition on the Syrian army threatened the implementation of a U.S... More »
An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. Courtesy of Twitter.com/Kris N./Handout via REUTERS SpaceX is aiming to resume flights in November following a launch pad fire that destroy... More »
An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in Cape Canaveral, Florida September 1, 2016. Courtesy of Twitter.com/GirlieToNerdy/Handout via REUTERS SpaceX on Thursday said efforts to develop and certify a space taxi for NASA are not be... More »
New autopilot features are demonstrated in a Tesla Model S during a Tesla event in Palo Alto, California. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach Mobileye NV said in a U.S. securities filing on Friday that its top executives were assured by Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive El... More »
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and two of its senior officers received grand jury subpoenas last week in connection with a federal antitrust investigation into generic drug pricing, the company disclosed. More »
An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in this still image from video in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. U.S. Launch Report/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo SpaceX founder and chief Elon Musk said on Friday he was u... More »
An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in this still image from video in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. U.S. Launch Report/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo If history is any guide, Elon Musk’s SpaceX could be groun... More »
An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in this still image from video in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. U.S. Launch Report/Handout via REUTERS Israel’s Space Communication Ltd said on Sunday it could seek $50 mil... More »
An explosion on the launch site of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is shown in this still image from video in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 1, 2016. U.S. Launch Report/Handout via REUTERS An explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk’s Spa... More »
Israeli technology company Shellanoo is planning to raise at least 100 million shekels ($26.5 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in late September or October, it said on Sunday. More »
Iran has detected and removed malicious software from two of its petrochemical complexes, a senior military official said on Saturday, after announcing last week it was investigating whether recent petrochemical fires were caused by cyber attacks. More »
By Andrea Shalal | UEDEM, Germany UEDEM, Germany The German air force worked closely with a Berlin theater on its production of “Terror”, a play about a pilot prosecuted for shooting down a hijacked airliner to prevent it from hitting a crowded stadium. “The p... More »
JERUSALEM Israel’s tax authority, looking to crack down on unreported capital, said on Monday it has received a list from French authorities of more than 8,000 Israeli customers that held bank accounts at the Swiss arm of HSBC. HSBC early last year acknowledge... More »
ANKARA Turkey aims to develop good relations with Syria and Iraq, and both countries need to be stable for counter-terrorism efforts to succeed, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday. Turkey has long been one of Syrian President Bashar al-As... More »
ASHKELON, Israel Philistines were no “philistines”, say archaeologists who unearthed a 3,000-year-old cemetery in which members of the biblical nation were buried along with jewelry and perfumed oil. Little was known about the Philistines prior to the recent e... More »
JERUSALEM An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Sunday for murdering a teenage girl at a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem last year, an attack he carried out just weeks after serving a jail term for a similar attack a decade earlier. ... More »
U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff released voting questions on Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s long-acting opioid painkiller for a panel of independent experts who will recommend to the agency whether to approve the drug. An FDA spokesman on Friday ... More »
An experimental, long-acting painkiller made by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd does not have abuse-resistant properties when taken orally, according to a preliminary review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, whose proposed trade name is Va... More »
TZEELIM VALLEY, Israel The disposable paper face masks offer little protection from the clouds of dust that fill the cliffside cave where Israeli archaeologists are wrapping up the largest excavation in the Judean desert of the past half-century. Clipped into ... More »
ISTANBUL Long-running efforts to fully restore Israeli-Turkish ties strained after an Israeli raid of a Turkish boat in 2010 must now await the formation of a new government in Ankara, Israel’s top diplomat in Turkey said. Turkey downgraded diplomatic relation... More »
HOLLYWOOD, Fla./WASHINGTON Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump attacked his top Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Friday, calling her “crooked,” and promised his supporters that he would not bore them by becoming overly presidential. The commen... More »
GAZA Israel on Sunday extended the distance it permits Gaza fishermen to head out to sea along certain parts of the coastline of the enclave, which is run by the Islamist group Hamas. The fishing zone was expanded from six nautical miles (11 km) to nine (16 km... More »
TEL AVIV Already a pioneer in high-tech and cutting-edge agriculture, Israel is starting to attract American companies looking to bring medical marijuana know-how to a booming market back home. Since 2014, U.S. firms have invested about $50 million in licensin... More »
DUBAI The secretary of the Iranian National Security Council has congratulated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on regaining the city of Palmyra, Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. “The determination of the Syrian nation, government and army to eliminate t... More »
