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

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

Raphael Lemkin helped draft the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide after years of campaigning for measure

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

PM criticizes Bennett and Shaked’s decision to break away from Jewish Home, saying move could ‘shatter right bloc to pieces’

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'