A new automated system for measuring the effectiveness of “antibiotic cocktails” devised by biology and computer-science researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa has been published in the journal Nature Microbiology. The innovative method could be used to find the most effective antibiotic combinations, and allow for treatments to be individualized....

European security officials claim to have intercepted communications showing that an Iranian diplomat, who was charged in an attempted Paris terror attack last summer, coordinated the attempt with associates in Iran, The Independent reported Tuesday. According to the report, a “well-placed Western official” described the communications as text messages or...

Israel charged that Iran has built another factory to produce precision-guided missiles for its terror proxy, Hezbollah, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the secret facility was being built outside of the town of Safita, in northwestern Syria. According to the report, Israel intends to publicize Iran’s attempts...

Israel’s Ambassador to Germany, Jeremy Issacharoff, on Tuesday called on the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel “to change its voting behaviour” at the United Nations and to push for an end to anti-Israel bias at the international body. Issacharoff was quoted in BILD, the country’s largest circulating paper, saying that...

The United States Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, blasted the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Wednesday for “doing nothing” to advance peace, JNS reported. For months, the Palestinian leadership has boycotted a U.S.-led peace initiative and has refused to engage with the White House’s Middle East team. The PA...

Israeli Netta Barzilai, whose victory in last year’s Eurovision meant that Israel would host the competition this year, told BBC Breakfast that efforts to boycott the upcoming contest would “spread darkness,” The Times of Israel reported Friday. "Boycotting isn't the answer"#Eurovision winner @NettaBarzilai reflects on the calls to boycott #eurovision2019...

Luciana Berger, a prominent Jewish Labour MP, has been threatened with deselection by hard-left constituency members over her criticism of party leader Jeremy Corbyn and his failure to confront anti-Semitism, The BBC reported Friday. One local member behind the no-confidence motion, Kenneth Campbell, called Berger a “disruptive Zionist.” Campbell previously...

Ireland’s National Museum recently removed Michael Collins’ cap from display. Who was Collins, and why are his cap and his fate relevant to the latest proposal for peace between the Palestinians and Israel? After World War I, Ireland fought an unconventional war against the United Kingdom’s overlordship. Collins was an...

In the fourth season of the American TV sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” theoretical physicist and all-around nerd Sheldon decides that he no longer wants to physically interact with his friends and colleagues. He cobbles together a telepresence robot with his face on its screen, which navigates around his home...

The first-ever direct flights between Israel and Japan have been chartered for September, Globes reported Thursday. The four flights — two in each direction — have been chartered by three Japanese travel agencies on Sun D’or, El Al’s charter flight unit. The planes will travel from Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport...