Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected to succeed Benedict XVI as new pope; asks ''all men and women of good will'' to pray and help him lead the Catholic Church.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz insisted the EU would continue to reject calls from MEPs to condition upgrading of EU-Israel relations to progress in the peace process, at a press conference following Israeli President Shimon Peres’ historic address to the 754 members of the EU assembly on Tuesday.

Israeli President Peres said the international community ''must designate'' Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, in an historic speech Tuesday before the 754 members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Former kidnapped soldier becomes latest well-known Israeli to sign petition calling on US president to release Israeli agent.

The European Union tightened its sanctions against Iran, in response to ''serious violations of human rights'' in the country.

President to ask Europeans to list Hezbollah as terror organization, warn that time is running out for thwarting Iran’s nuke program

Twenty members of the European Parliament condemned recent comments by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan calling Zionism a “crime against humanity” and urged the EU Foreign Ministers to do the same at their meeting Monday in Brussels.

B’nai B’rith International said it is ''disappointed'' to learn the European Union will not yet designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in the wake of the Bulgarian government’s findings that the group was behind the attack that killed six people, five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian in Burgas in July 2012.

''If Iran continues to develop nuclear weapons, the international community, not Israel, will bear the responsibility to stop it,'' French President Francois Hollande said Friday.

Israeli authorities confirmed the itinerary for Barack Obama’s visit to the Jewish State next week.