All today's headlines

Rebels seize town of al-Shaddadeh in Syria's oil-producing east after clashes kill 130 combatants and displace tens of thousands; newly uprooted civilians join 2.5 million people already displaced by civil war.

British-Jewish author Naomi Alderman, in town for the Jerusalem International Book Fair, talks about writing, creating games and about how Israel feels today, now that she's no longer 'frum.'

Four foreign-born roommates successfully sued their former landlord for failing to return the security deposit they gave him for an apartment in Tel Aviv.

Russian Officials say flying glass shattered by the explosions caused most injuries. Meteor shower may have been connected with asteroid size of Olympic swimming pool that was due to pass Earth.

The nearly two weeks of coalition talks that have passed have been little more than foreplay. But not to worry: Netanyahu will never entrust the task to someone else.

Netanyahu dismisses expense as extravagant, but only after a report exposes that the Prime Minister's Bureau was allotted NIS 10,000 in state funds for cold treats meant to accommodate the leader's guests.

Israeli funds were stingier in 2012; Israeli start-ups to get coached in Boston; Carmel ventures ranked most active fund in Israel; MVP raised $110 million in capital.

This hidden spot, covered in wildflowers and just across from the soon-to-be-renovated old railway station, offers stunning views of Jerusalem in all directions.

Jan Grabowski's new book paints a damning portrait of Polish citizens who betrayed and murdered their Jewish neighbors without German orders.

The Radical Republicans' purist disdain for compromise in Lincoln's time is shared by today's left in Israel. They might sleep well at night, but by refusing to engage in realpolitik, what world will they wake up to in the morning?