Complicating matters, although the Finance Ministry is seen as having a pro-market agenda – Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz has threatened to “break the monopoly” in the dairy industry ...

A senior Israeli minister said a “big army operation” on the besieged Gaza Strip may be necessary following rocket strikes between the two sides over the weekend. Israeli Energy Minister and security ...

Micheál Martin became Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) for the second time in his political career on Thursday, a day later than planned. The Irish parliament descended into uproar on ...

Canada's former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland reacts as a group of protesters hold a sign during a press conference in Toronto on Sunday Jan. 19, 2025, as she kicks off her campaign to become ...

JERUSALEM, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's reversal of sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on Israeli settler groups ...

Former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun also took to the stand, testifying that he had drafted the contentious martial law decree, which prohibited political parties from convening to vote it down.

Micheál Martin was due to be elected prime minister at around 1230 GMT following a coalition deal struck last week between the country's two large centre-right parties and a group of independent ...

Yuval Raphael secured the position on Wednesday when she won “Rising Star,” the Israeli TV show that produces each year’s Eurovision entrant through a combination of professional judges and ...

Yuval Raphael — who survived the Hamas slaughter by hiding under piles of dead bodies inside a bomb shelter — earned her spot in the international extravaganza by winning her country’s ...

Yuval Raphael has won the latest series of 'The Rising Star' and will be representing Israel at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest. The 2024/25 edition of Israeli talent show The Rising Star (HaKokhav ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Yuval Raphael, 24, was chosen to compete at May’s contest in Basel, Switzerland, after she won the final of the Israeli talent show Rising Star ...