JERUSALEM, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Nir Barkat, Jerusalem's secular mayoral candidate, won the municipal election Wednesday, claiming 52 percent of the vote over ultra-Orthodox Meir Porush.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews tried to prevent voting at the Beit Israel neighborhood polling place in Jerusalem, officials said.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A secular candidate appeared headed for victory in Jerusalem's mayoral election, exit polls indicated Tuesday, while the race in Tel Aviv was up for grabs.
ANKARA, Turkey, July 31 (UPI) -- While the Turkish government hailed a Supreme Court ruling declining to outlaw the ruling AKP, others said the court warned the party to become more secular.
ANKARA, Turkey, March 15 (UPI) -- The AK Party, the ruling political group in Turkey, has been accused by the country's chief prosecutor of taking part in anti-secular activities.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A study indicates most secular Israelis say they think the national authority overseeing Jewish religious issues is irrelevant and out of touch.
ANKARA, Turkey, July 21 (UPI) -- Polls opened at 7 a.m. Sunday in eastern Turkey for a general election called because Parliament could not agree on a new president.
JERUSALEM, June 25 (UPI) -- A court in Jerusalem convicted right-wing Israeli activist Itamar Ben-Gvir Monday of supporting a terror organization and inciting racism.
SAMSUN, Turkey, May 20 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of Turks took to the streets for the second weekend in support of a secular government in Turkey. Sunday's demonstration in the Black Sea port of Samsun followed massive rallies in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, the BBC reported.
JERUSALEM, March 11 (UPI) -- Members of Israel's gay community have asked Jerusalem police for permission to hold a pride parade in June.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The cancellation of an unprecedented gay-rights march in Jerusalem is seen as an example of the political clout wielded by Orthodox Jews, a report says.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz has met with police officials to see whether the planned Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem could be legally canceled.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Jerusalem police plan to ask Israel's High Court of Justice to cancel the Nov. 10 Pride Parade of gays because of security concerns.
WACO, Texas, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A survey by Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has suggested that 1-in-10 people who choose "no religion" on a poll also name a place they go to worship.
TEHRAN, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the ouster of liberal professors from the country's universities Tuesday.
