US president Barack Obama today promised to work closely with Israel and do whatever is necessary to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear arms, “the world’s worst weapons”.

President Barack Obama has arrived in Israel and vowed "eternal" support for his top Middle East ally.

An El Al passenger jet landed safely at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport today after a wheel exploded.

An Israeli Arab student accused of trying to hijack an El Al flight today denied planning to seize control of the plane and crash it into a Tel Aviv skyscraper.