Central Elections Committee permits former lawmaker Idit Silman to join Likud; committee will rule Thursday on petitions to disqualify Ra'am and Balad, both Arab parties

The New York Times: Siblings survived Birkenau concentration camp during Holocaust, lived near each other in Alabama and married other German refugees after the war

Reza Pahlavi, whose father headed Iran until Islamic Revolution of 1979, says regime could collapse in weeks as mass protests continue

No immediate reports of deaths after island takes 'catastrophic' battering; US authorities urges residents to obey evacuation orders as weather system expected to gain strength

Officials say brother of Ra'ad Hazem, who killed 3 in Dizengoff bar attack in April, and another gunman killed in raid, planned 'significant attacks'

Iranian military fires missiles and drones in cross-border attack after Kurdish Iranian woman was killed by morality police, sparking nationwide protests

Governor of US state warns of 'rough stretch' ahead as massive storm rapidly intensifies off coast, with winds jumping to 155 mph

The former California governor and 'Terminator' actor meets with Holocaust survivors, vows to 'fight prejudice together' and return to the notorious death camp in the future