Americans

'I started feeling it was a good moment': American tourists return to Israel

After a long period when war, flight cancellations, and security concerns kept US tourists away, data point to a shift: More Americans are arriving in Israel, with signs of optimism on the ground.

Tourists in Jerusalem.
Struggled to fit in in Turkey – can he thrive under Kattash? Bacot.

Armando Bacot signs with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Kattash: 'We have been following him for a long time'

The Long Aftermath: The shattered US EMbassy in Beirut following the April 18, 1983, suicide truck bombing, which killed 63 people, including USAID employee Albert Votaw.

From Beirut to October 7, American victims of Iranian terrorism await justice that may never come

The new national flag of Syria is seen on a flagpole at the former Syrian embassy in Washington, DC on November 14, 2025; Illustrative.

American journalist accuses Syrian chargé d'affaires to US of playing role in her 2016 abduction


WWII Jewish American spies’ gear found in Tyrolean glacier after missions in Nazi Europe

Historian Edith Hessenberger: "by now we are 100 percent sure that the objects belonged to the three men of Operation Greenup".

The Jewish American spies that flew into Nazi Europe: WWII US spy gear emerges from Tyrolean glacier.

US State Dept. appoints official to handle case of US-Palestinian teen held in Israeli prison

Mohammed Ibrahim, jailed for stone-throwing since February, is set to meet the new State Department official next week amid calls for his release.

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department, February 10, 2025.

Dream Security raises $45m in secondary financing

The new round is led by a fund called 7GC, founded by Stefan Pols, head of the German office of the private equity fund KKR, and his American partner Jack Linney.

 Israel flag with stock market finance, economy trend graph digital technology.

Ancient interbreeding secret: why Indigenous Americans carry a disease-fighting Denisovan gene

One in three people of mexican ancestry carries the variant, which reached modern humans via neanderthals.

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Police detain two US students in Jerusalem over suspected security violation

Authorities have requested a five-day extension of their detention as the investigation continues.

Police guard while jews visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025.

US drinking plunges: Nearly half of Americans say they don’t drink

A majority, 53%, now say moderate drinking is bad for health, up from 28% in 2015.

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US repatriates minor from Syrian displaced persons camp, reunites him with family

The State Department said on Tuesday that the United States repatriated a US citizen minor from a displaced persons camp in northeast Syria.

Members of a group of Bedouin families who left Sweida, take a shelter at a school, in the village of El Sahoah in Deraa Governorate, Syria, July 28, 2025.

Americans’ support for Israel in Gaza plummets to record low, new Gallup poll finds

The proportion of Americans who say they approve of Israel’s war in Gaza has fallen to 32%, according to the poll, the lowest since the beginning of the war.

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Syrian extremists executed American Druze who sought to aid his family

Saraya, a member of the Druze religious minority, was living in Oklahoma but had returned to the family home in Sweida to take care of his ill father.

Bedouin fighters stand together, following the Syrian presidency's announcement of a ceasefire after days of violence in Sweida province triggered by clashes between Bedouin fighters and Druze factions, in Sweida, Syria, July 19, 2025

US embassy in Israel resumes regular operations after lifting of restrictions

Although the directive requiring embassy personnel and their families to remain in protected areas has been lifted, travel restrictions remain in place.

 View of the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, May 7, 2024.