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US poised to lift sanctions on Iran under nuclear deal

US poised to lift sanctions on Iran under nuclear deal

Senators say agreement off to ‘terrible start’ with Tehran’s sentencing of American reporter and its ballistic missile test   WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States… Read More ›

UN recognizes Yom Kippur as official holiday

UN recognizes Yom Kippur as official holiday

Day of Atonement joins Christmas, Eid al-Fitr and Thanksgiving as Israeli, American efforts bear fruit   The United Nations on Thursday recognized the Day of… Read More ›

Mother of soldier Israel said was killed in Gaza wants him listed as MIA

Mother of soldier Israel said was killed in Gaza wants him listed as MIA

Zehava Shaul says so long as there’s any uncertainty about her son Oron’s fate, she won’t give up hope for his return   The family… Read More ›

Polish students fulfill their promise to a Holocaust survivor

Polish students fulfill their promise to a Holocaust survivor

When Holocaust survivor Anya Ponimonsky of Kiryat Bialik, 77, told her life story to Polish students from the small town in which she grew up,… Read More ›

Ministry of Defense to sue youths who faked kidnapping

Ministry of Defense to sue youths who faked kidnapping

The state is suing Niv Asraf and Eran Nagaoker, who faked Asraf’s kidnapping in Hebron last April, for NIS 625,000. The incident prompted a massive… Read More ›

Which Netanyahu should we believe?

Which Netanyahu should we believe?

Op-ed: Overseas, the prime minister voices his support for all Jewish denominations; in Israel, he appoints a chief rabbi who criticizes the education minister for… Read More ›

Czech Parliament rejects labeling of products from Israeli settlements

Czech Parliament rejects labeling of products from Israeli settlements

One Czech lawmaker says decision “may evoke awkward reminiscence of marking Jewish people during World War II.”   The Czech parliament passed a resolution on… Read More ›

Paris synagogue goers mildly poisoned by toxin smeared on lock

Paris synagogue goers mildly poisoned by toxin smeared on lock

Members of the Jewish community of Bonneuil-sur-Marne poisoned by a toxin applied to keypad of lock of synagogue .   Fourteen people were mildly poisoned… Read More ›

‘Russia open to Assad’s ouster as part of Syrian peace process’

‘Russia open to Assad’s ouster as part of Syrian peace process’

Diplomat says Russia privately accepts that Assad will have gone by end of transition period in Syria.   UNITED NATIONS – Russia has made clear… Read More ›

Israel holds ‘substantive’ talks with Quartet delegation that included EU reps

Israel holds ‘substantive’ talks with Quartet delegation that included EU reps

The meeting is especially significant since Israel suspended contact with the EU regarding the peace process last month.   Israeli officials met with a high-level Quartet… Read More ›

Republican candidates battle over party’s foreign policy

Republican candidates battle over party’s foreign policy

Tuesday’s debate highlighted the divide between those wary of intervention and those calling for a more aggressive anti-IS campaign   WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans,… Read More ›

CNN Republican debate: Winners and losers

CNN Republican debate: Winners and losers

Washington – Republican presidential candidates sought to cement — or improve — their standings in a debate Tuesday night that comes less than two months before… Read More ›

A college professor was suspended after wearing a hijab in solidarity with Muslims

A college professor was suspended after wearing a hijab in solidarity with Muslims

  Wheaton College has put a tenured professor who donned a traditional headscarf as a part of her Christmas Advent devotion on administrative leave. Political… Read More ›

Macquarie has a horror outlook for commodities

Macquarie has a horror outlook for commodities

  After what can only be described as a horrific year for metals and bulk commodity prices, market attention is now quickly turning to what… Read More ›

Burundian plea: ‘How many people must die before you help stop the killings?’

Burundian plea: ‘How many people must die before you help stop the killings?’

People dragged from their homes and killed in the night. Bodies littering the streets of the capital at dawn. An attack on an army barracks.… Read More ›

The woman hired to take on Elon Musk drives a Tesla Model S

The woman hired to take on Elon Musk drives a Tesla Model S

  Former Cisco executive Padmasree Warrior, who was just hired to help Chinese electric-vehicle maker NextEV take on Tesla in the US, says that she’s got nothing… Read More ›

U.S. sells $1.83 billion of weapons to Taiwan despite Chinese objections

U.S. sells $1.83 billion of weapons to Taiwan despite Chinese objections

  Despite strong opposition from China, the Obama administration authorized a $1.83 billion weapons sale to Taiwan Wednesday, marking the first U.S. arms shipment to… Read More ›

Las Vegas – Rumors Fly As Mystery Shrouds Buyers Of Las Vegas Newspaper

Las Vegas – Rumors Fly As Mystery Shrouds Buyers Of Las Vegas Newspaper

  Las Vegas – The ownership mystery surrounding the sale of the Las Vegas Review-Journal has captured the attention of the media industry as the… Read More ›

Washington – Homeland Security Chief Says Social Media Used In Immigration Vetting

Washington – Homeland Security Chief Says Social Media Used In Immigration Vetting

  Washington – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Wednesday that his department has been consulting social media in reviews of immigration applications… Read More ›

New Delhi – Air India Technician Sucked Into Engine At Mumbai Airport

New Delhi – Air India Technician Sucked Into Engine At Mumbai Airport

  New Delhi -A technician working for state-owned Air India died in a “mishap” at an airport in Mumbai on Wednesday evening, according the airline’s… Read More ›