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Iran sentences journalist Jason Rezaian to prison

Iran sentences journalist Jason Rezaian to prison

An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to prison for spying, the semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported Sunday. The length of the… Read More ›

Brussels remains under highest terror alert amid warning of ‘imminent threat’

Brussels remains under highest terror alert amid warning of ‘imminent threat’

Brussels, Belgium – Paris and Brussels continued to defend against the threat of terrorist attacks Sunday, with raids and arrests in the Belgian capital and a… Read More ›

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Image posted to Twitter depicts ‘child killer’ Gershon Mesika with a target and blood splatter over his face   Hours after a former local politician… Read More ›

US condemns killing of American yeshiva student

US condemns killing of American yeshiva student

Jewish groups criticize tardy statements on Thursday attack that killed three, including teenager from Sharon, Massachusetts The Obama administration condemned in the “strongest possible terms”… Read More ›

Ezra Schwartz remembered as warm teen with ‘boundless energy’

Ezra Schwartz remembered as warm teen with ‘boundless energy’

In Boston, more than 1,500 mourners attend funeral of 18-year-old yeshiva student murdered by Palestinian terrorist on Thursday   SHARON, Massachusetts — Amid sobs of… Read More ›

Jerusalem cinema to remain closed on Shabbat

Jerusalem cinema to remain closed on Shabbat

Ultra-Orthodox sensitivities win another culture battle in Jerusalem as Cinema City branch owners reject petition to keep theater open on Shabbat. Jerusalem’s religious-cultural wars took… Read More ›

Reports: Soldiers descend on major hotel in Brussels

Reports: Soldiers descend on major hotel in Brussels

Amid an ongoing maximum threat alert level, reports emerge of an imminent threat in some of Brussels’ main streets. Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported that… Read More ›

‘A sympathetic ear to whoever needed it’

‘A sympathetic ear to whoever needed it’

Hadar Buchris, a 21-year-old from Safed who was murdered in a terror attack at Gush Etzion junction, memorialized by students from midrasha she attended in… Read More ›

Indonesia to offer island to ease refugee burden on Australia

Indonesia to offer island to ease refugee burden on Australia

“We can discuss the possibility of allocating an island. But Australia is required to finance it entirely,” Pandjaitan was quoted saying in The Jakarta Post.… Read More ›

17% of Israeli Arabs support ISIS, expert says

17% of Israeli Arabs support ISIS, expert says

Overwhelming number of Israeli Arabs – 82% – agree that Islamic State is an extremist terrorist organization and that they, as Arabs, feel ashamed of… Read More ›

Jerusalem crime rate drops amid heightened police presence

Jerusalem crime rate drops amid heightened police presence

While no official figures have been published delineating the drop in crime, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says thousands of officers on the ground.   One… Read More ›

Islamic Sharia Law Comes to Great Britain

Islamic Sharia Law Comes to Great Britain

‘Sharia Patrols’ Harassing Citizens in London, Belgium, Sweden

‘Sharia Patrols’ Harassing Citizens in London, Belgium, Sweden

Analysis: How Iran exploits ISIS to wage terror

Analysis: How Iran exploits ISIS to wage terror

With the Obama administration and Europe courting the world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism to help defuse the Syrian civil war, core aims of Tehran’s clerical… Read More ›

Hundreds turn out to pay last tribute to slain US teen

Hundreds turn out to pay last tribute to slain US teen

Ezra Schwartz, killed in a terror attack on Thursday, flown to Boston for his funeral; ‘He had a wonderful life,’ father says   Several hundred… Read More ›

Home values are pointing to a sharp wealth divide in major US cities

Home values are pointing to a sharp wealth divide in major US cities

  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s still possible in Boston for a mail carrier, an accountant and a Harvard-trained psychiatrist — basically, the crowd from “Cheers”… Read More ›

America used to have thousands of ‘spa towns’ — here’s what happened to them

America used to have thousands of ‘spa towns’ — here’s what happened to them

  It’s easy to imagine theburgeoning business of “wellness”as a product of our time, sold on narcissism and exhaustion from punishing work schedules. In fact,… Read More ›

Democrat John Bel Edwards wins Louisiana governor’s race in upset for the conservative state

Democrat John Bel Edwards wins Louisiana governor’s race in upset for the conservative state

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democrat John Bel Edwards won the runoff election for Louisiana governor Saturday, defeating the once-heavy favorite, Republican David Vitter,… Read More ›

Washington – Pentagon Pressing Allies For More Help Against Islamic State

Washington – Pentagon Pressing Allies For More Help Against Islamic State

  Washington – The Pentagon is pressing European and Arab allies to provide more troops and support for the war against the Islamic State group,… Read More ›

Washington – Kerry To Meet Israeli, Palestinian Leaders On Ending Violence

Washington – Kerry To Meet Israeli, Palestinian Leaders On Ending Violence

  Washington – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the region to try to stop… Read More ›