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14 dead after magnitude-6.4 earthquake shocks Taiwan

14 dead after magnitude-6.4 earthquake shocks Taiwan

At least 14 people were killed and 484 were injured Saturday morning when a magnitude-6.4 earthquake hit Taiwan, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported. More… Read More ›

Protests in Europe target migrants

Protests in Europe target migrants

  Several hundred protesters gathered Saturday in front of a local eatery in Calais, France, chanting slogans such as “We are one” and singing the… Read More ›

IDF lifts closure on West Bank hometown of Jerusalem terrorists

IDF lifts closure on West Bank hometown of Jerusalem terrorists

Army closed off Qabatiya on Wednesday, following deadly shooting, stabbing attack that killed 19-year-old border policewoman   Israel on Saturday evening lifted a closure on… Read More ›

Israel, US gear up for large-scale missile defense drill

Israel, US gear up for large-scale missile defense drill

IDF will host biennial Juniper Cobra exercise to ‘improve cooperation and coordination’ with American counterpart   Israel and the United States will train together against… Read More ›

Israeli TV: Kerry set to come to Israel to try to restart peace bid

Israeli TV: Kerry set to come to Israel to try to restart peace bid

If all else fails, Channel 2 says, Obama administration may seek in its final months to impose an accord; Herzog: US hasn’t given up on… Read More ›

On the streets of Haifa, anger and fear mar a sunny exterior

On the streets of Haifa, anger and fear mar a sunny exterior

“I’m afraid to wake up in the morning and find out that I have cancer,” said Etti Ben-Adiva, who works at a cafe along the… Read More ›

Israel helping coalition battle Islamic State, general says

Israel helping coalition battle Islamic State, general says

Nitzan Alon says Jewish state is essentially part of the international group fighting terror group   A top Israeli general said Wednesday that the Islamic… Read More ›

The Yahoo-acquisition guessing game is underway, and one big name has been crossed off the list

The Yahoo-acquisition guessing game is underway, and one big name has been crossed off the list

  The guessing game about potential Yahoo bidders is in full swing, following the company’s announcement on Wednesday that it’s open to consider any “qualified… Read More ›

Donald Trump on Obama’s mosque visit: ‘Maybe he feels comfortable there’

Donald Trump on Obama’s mosque visit: ‘Maybe he feels comfortable there’

  Real-estate mogul Donald Trump said Wednesday that President Barack Obama may have visited a Maryland mosque “because he feels comfortable there.” During an interview… Read More ›

GoPro posts wider-than-expected loss: Guidance for Q1 revenues miss, shares tank 20%

GoPro posts wider-than-expected loss: Guidance for Q1 revenues miss, shares tank 20%

  GoPro reported really ugly fourth-quarter results on Wednesday. The digital-camera maker posted an unexpected earnings loss as its growth slowed and new products failed… Read More ›

Boko Haram kills dozens in raid near Nigeria refugee camp

Boko Haram kills dozens in raid near Nigeria refugee camp

  At least 46 people were killed and 35 others injured when Boko Haram gunmen raided Dalori village near Maiduguri, burning the Nigerian village and… Read More ›

Mob calls for assaults on foreigners in Sweden; clashes at UK migrant protests

Mob calls for assaults on foreigners in Sweden; clashes at UK migrant protests

  London – Tensions over Europe’s migrant crisis led to arrests and violence in Sweden and the UK over the weekend, with a masked mob calling… Read More ›

CNN/WMUR poll: Trump, Sanders still up in New Hampshire

CNN/WMUR poll: Trump, Sanders still up in New Hampshire

Washington – Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump maintain wide leads in their respective primary races in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN/WMUR poll conducted by… Read More ›

UN chief ‘alarmed’ at Hamas vow to keep building Gaza tunnels, rockets

UN chief ‘alarmed’ at Hamas vow to keep building Gaza tunnels, rockets

Ban says terror group endangering ‘humanitarian and development efforts by international community and Palestinian and Israeli authorities’   United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed… Read More ›

Hamas hints at deal to exchange soldiers’ bodies for prisoners

Hamas hints at deal to exchange soldiers’ bodies for prisoners

Terror group official says tunnel in deadly collapse was same passageway used in capture of Oron Shaul during 2014 war   The Hamas terror group… Read More ›

Opposition head calls for IDF to bomb Gaza tunnels

Opposition head calls for IDF to bomb Gaza tunnels

As Israelis near Gaza border report digging sounds, Herzog blasts ‘idle’ government response to apparent Hamas rebuilding of underground attack system   ThIn this Thursday,… Read More ›

GOP prepares for Trump-less debate

GOP prepares for Trump-less debate

Des Moines, Iowa – Donald Trump on Thursday night will once again loom large at the final Republican presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses — but… Read More ›

Coca Cola to open Gaza factory ‘within weeks’

Coca Cola to open Gaza factory ‘within weeks’

$20 million manufacturing plant will provide more than 1,000 jobs to unemployment-ridden Strip   Coca Cola is to open a factory in the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

5 Palestinians jailed for 15 years for stoning that led to toddler’s death

5 Palestinians jailed for 15 years for stoning that led to toddler’s death

Military court strikes plea bargain with stone-throwers, which stipulates they will compensate family of four-year-old Adele Bitton   Five Palestinian youths were sentenced to 15… Read More ›

Italian poll questions efficacy of International Holocaust Day

Italian poll questions efficacy of International Holocaust Day

The percentage who consider January 27 ‘useless’ has doubled in two years; 16% of Italians think observance should only be for Jews   Every year,… Read More ›