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Even as health care reform twists in the wind, immigration policy looms as the next big political debate, and Hispanics and Jews are moving to the forefront in a burgeoning political alliance.

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Hispanics and Jews head U.S. immigration policy burgeon

Over 30,000 Israeli Holocaust survivors forced to work by the Nazis set to benefit from backdated claims.

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German court pledges 500 million euros for Jewish ghetto workers

A teenage girl has been sentenced to a 90-lash flogging and two months in prison as punishment for assaulting a teacher, a Saudi judge said in an interview published Sunday.

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Saudi teenager gets 90 lashes, 2 months in prison for assaulting teacher

Hamas leader Khaled Meshal called on Egypt on Friday to stop building an underground wall along its border with Gaza, which the Islamist group says would put further strain on the isolated enclave.

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Hamas calls on Egypt to halt building ‘wall of death’

As airports the world over tighten their security following the attempted Christmas bombing on a Northwest Airlines plane, the final security check at Ben-Gurion International Airport is being carried out by employees who have not been trained for the job, Haaretz has learned.

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Haaretz probe: Israel airport security often carried out by untrained employees

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed cautious optimism Monday that talks with the Palestinians would soon resume.

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Israel believes Abbas on verge of agreeing to peace talks

The FBI gave the “all clear” on Sunday after an investigation of what it said was a “non-serious” incident on Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit, the same flight involved in an attempted terror attack last week.

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Second Detroit-bound flight lands safely after security scare

Airport security in Israel and other countries will be increased following Friday’s failed attempt by a suspected Al-Qaida militant to blow up a plane in Detroit. Ben-Gurion International Airport security upped its alert level and will introduce stricter inspections of passengers traveling to the U.S., as will other airports.

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Airport security beefed up following foiled Detroit attack

WARSAW – A still unidentified resident of Sweden is suspected of being the middle man in the brazen theft of the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei (“Work Sets You Free”) sign from the Auschwitz concentration camp last Friday.

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Motive and mastermind still unclear in theft of Auschwitz sign

Several developing nations rejected on Saturday a climate deal worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama and four major emerging economies, saying it could not become a United Nations blueprint for fighting global warming.

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Developing nations bog down U.S.-led climate deal