A mix of snow and ice blanketed a large swath of the northern U.S. over the weekend, after a major winter storm hit parts of ...

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor ... Nearby is a gallery of paintings by Fatima Abu Roomi, a Nazareth artist who creates wonderfully detailed self-portraits ...

Rainfall in Israel stands at only 60% of the average ... only 30% of the regular average was recorded so far this period, ranking this winter as the second-lowest in terms of rainfall over the ...

We've named hurricanes since the 1950s. So why don't we name winter storms? After all, naming weather systems goes back hundreds of years. Storms are typically named after places, dates ...

JERUSALEM — Israel’s top general resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas’ surprise attack that triggered the war in Gaza and adding to pressure on Prime ...

World over, more people die in the winter than any other season. Scientists have investigated why for decades. They have some answers—but can’t explain the excess deaths completely. Across the ...

(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories ... “Most importantly, we want things that will warm us in winter,” one of the many displaced ...

the region in the Roman Empire where scholars believe the messiah and his disciples lived (now part of Israel and Palestine) — even though he was likely born and raised in Nazareth in Galilee.

As a fragile cease-fire begins in Gaza, Israel hasn’t fulfilled its top war aim: to destroy Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promising his frustrated right-wing supporters ...

The announcement came after Israel said it had received the names of hostages due to be released on Sunday. Under the terms of the agreement, the cease-fire will last six weeks. During this period ...

A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, ushering in an initial six-week period of calm and raising hopes for the release of dozens of hostages held by the ...