Israel Radio reported that with about 20 percent of the ballots counted early Thursday morning, Netanyahu had won the support of about 75 percent of electors, giving him an unassailable lead over challenger Danny Danon, a former deputy defense minister.

Casting his ballot at a polling station in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Netanyahu said the party must unify in the face of threats from the left. "It is important at the end of the day that there be one strong Likud against the left in order to lead the …

Israels Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanjahu ist erneut zum Vorsitzenden der Regierungspartei Likud gewählt worden. Nach Auszählung von knapp 60 Prozent der Stimmen kam der Amtsinhaber auf eine Zustimmung von 80 Prozent.

The Palestinians were facing a fresh diplomatic battle Thursday after taking steps to join the International Criminal Court in a move which was strongly condemned by both Washington and Israel. The dramatic move to join the Hague-based court, which …

And the flu, now listed nationally as a pandemic, may get worse. An emergency plan posted at Spectrum's website says that when hospitals get near or at capacity, the first thing would be to cancel elective procedures and non-emergency admissions.

Greenville Health System reported 654 positive flu tests last week, surpassing the number it had during the peak week of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Health officials say you should get plenty of sleep, eat healthy, stay hydrated, wash your hands and avoid …

Influenza pandemics are usually caused by the re-assortment of several influenza viruses, results in the emergence of new influenza virus strains that can infect the entire population. These pandemic strains, as well as seasonal influenza viruses, are …

This is your list — in a way. From the teachers' strike to a possible Sasquatch sighting in Squamish, here's what readers found interesting on our site. We crunched the numbers and have put together a list of the top 14 most read stories on cbc.ca/bc …

When the Hastings woman, a member of S.I.R. (Sasquatch Investigation of the Rockies), caught wind of the Journal Star story that ran last March, she decided to make a trip to Linwood to check it out, something she calls "squatching." In September …

During DNA demethylation, 5-methylcytosine (5-mC) sites are progressively oxidized before removal by repair enzymes. Methods exist to profile the final two rare intermediates, 5-formylcytosine (5-fC) and 5-carboxylcytosine (5-caC), but most approaches …