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Ultra-Orthodox Israelis have long been exempt from compulsory military service. But the October 7th attack by Hamas and Israel's subsequent military response have brought forward calls for change. The government's decision on whether to end the exemption has major political consequences.
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The Israeli war cabinet has met on how to respond after Iran launched an aerial attack on the country. Former NBC News correspondent and Tel Aviv bureau chief Martin Fletcher breaks down what is most likely to happen next in the Israel-Iran conflict.
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Divisions within the House Republican conference could threaten both the future of the package and Mike Johnson's speakership.
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The company's directors are asking shareholders to again approve the multibillion-dollar compensation plan and to move the company's registration to Texas, from Delaware.
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Emergency services are increasingly likely targets for cyberattacks, warns the Department of Homeland Security.
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Nine people have been arrested and search warrants are out for three others in last year's $14.77 million gold heist from a Toronto airport.
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Columbia University's president is set answer questions on antisemitism and the school's response to conflicts on campus over the Israel-Hamas war.
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The state has been in turmoil since its Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban dating back to the Civil War.
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In debating how to respond to last weekend's Iranian airstrike, Israel's war cabinet is choosing between options that could deter future attacks or de-escalate hostilities.
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Two separate airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people and left grieving relatives weeping over the dead and injured. A market crowded with women and children in central Gaza and an apartment in Rafah were struck without warning, eyewitnesses told NBC News.
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After the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, followed by the Israeli Armed Forces' strikes on Gaza, UN Women has worked to analyse the differentiated impact on women, men, boys, and girls, to ensure adequate responses to their needs.
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In debating how to respond to last weekend's Iranian airstrike, Israel's war cabinet is choosing between options that could deter future attacks or de-escalate hostilities, but all carry drawbacks.
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Today, UN Women launches its latest Gender Alert on Gaza. Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned. Women who have survived Israeli bombardment and ground operations have been displaced, widowed, and facing starvation. This devastating differentiated impact continues to make the war on Gaza also a war on women.
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