Articles by: JewishNews-Abe

Pyongyang – Over 1 Million Volunteers In N. Korea Step Up To Defend Country

Pyongyang – Over 1 Million Volunteers In N. Korea Step Up To Defend Country

  Pyongyang – North Korean media have reported that more than 1 million young people have volunteered to join or rejoin the military to defend… Read More ›

Tehran – Iran Unveils New Missile, Says Seeks Peace Through Strength

Tehran – Iran Unveils New Missile, Says Seeks Peace Through Strength

  Tehran – Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km… Read More ›

New York – Congressman Says NYC Federal Building Gunman Got ‘raw Deal’

New York – Congressman Says NYC Federal Building Gunman Got ‘raw Deal’

  Edgartown, MA – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met on Saturday with Senator Elizabeth Warren, a popular progressive leader with a big support base… Read More ›

American Airlines to end direct flights to Israel from Philadelphia

American Airlines to end direct flights to Israel from Philadelphia

The last direct flight from Philadelphia to Tel Aviv will be on January 4, 2016. The final Tel Aviv to Philadelphia flight will take place… Read More ›

Police: Woman sought in Bangkok bombing probe

Police: Woman sought in Bangkok bombing probe

Bangkok, Thailand – Police are looking for a “woman wearing a black shirt” in connection with this week’s deadly bombing at Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine, a senior… Read More ›

Greece’s Prime Minister Tsipras resigns, calls for early elections

Greece’s Prime Minister Tsipras resigns, calls for early elections

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Thursday he was resigning and called for early parliamentary elections, resetting the debt-ridden country’s government after members of… Read More ›

China: Sodium cyanide levels well past limit at Tianjin explosion site

China: Sodium cyanide levels well past limit at Tianjin explosion site

High levels of dangerous chemicals remain at the site of last week’s deadly chemical warehouse blasts in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin — hundreds… Read More ›

READ: Full text of secret deal between Iran and IAEA on inspections

READ: Full text of secret deal between Iran and IAEA on inspections

Officials confirm draft does not differ from final, confidential deal between UN nuclear watchdog and Tehran   VIENNA — The following is a transcript of… Read More ›

Netanyahu reaches out to Jewish Agency over global Diaspora initiative

Netanyahu reaches out to Jewish Agency over global Diaspora initiative

PM seeks meeting to resolve conflict over nixed project, but is treading lightly to avoid offending coalition partners   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written… Read More ›

US: IAEA ‘in no way’ allowing Iran to self-inspect nuke site

US: IAEA ‘in no way’ allowing Iran to self-inspect nuke site

After secret side deal emerges, State Department says ‘that is not how the IAEA does business’   The State Department on Thursday said “in no… Read More ›

Labor leader says he would welcome Ashkenazi in party

Labor leader says he would welcome Ashkenazi in party

Call follows similar invitation from Yesh Atid head Lapid   Former IDF chief of staff Lt.- Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi should enter politics with Labor,… Read More ›

Palestinian female prisoner launches hunger strike

Palestinian female prisoner launches hunger strike

Attorney Shireen Issawi, held without trial for suspected involvement in terror, strikes in support of Mohammed Allaan   Palestinian detainee Shireen Issawi, held by Israel… Read More ›

GOLDMAN: Our clients recently asked us a surprising question

GOLDMAN: Our clients recently asked us a surprising question

  Wall Street’s investment pros get paid a lot of money to answer all sorts of questions about the markets and the economy. And there’s… Read More ›

The Tianjin explosion could be a turning point in China’s war on corruption

The Tianjin explosion could be a turning point in China’s war on corruption

  The massive explosion that tore through the port of Tianjin on August 12 has had a profound effect on the city. As well as… Read More ›

Uber is making New York City cab drivers miserable — and now they have proof

Uber is making New York City cab drivers miserable — and now they have proof

  Taxi drivers aren’t happy with the effects that Uber and other ride-hailing services are having on their business. Now New York cab drivers have… Read More ›

Republicans have left Clinton playing in an empty field

Republicans have left Clinton playing in an empty field

Analysis: As long as the 17 Republican presidential hopefuls are busy spreading poison against each other, and as long as the institutionalized Republican leadership is… Read More ›

Two Israeli universities among top 100 worldwide

Two Israeli universities among top 100 worldwide

Shanghai Ranking puts Jerusalem’s Hebrew University at number 67 and Haifa’s Technion at 77; Technion ranked 18th globally for computer science and engineering. Jerusalem’s Hebrew… Read More ›

Hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with hunger striking detainee

Hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with hunger striking detainee

Arab MKs and religious leaders participate in demonstration in support of Mohammed Allaan; protesters shout slogans calling for kidnapping and killing of soldiers. Around 200… Read More ›

Former chief of staff: Ariel Sharon designed Gaza disengagement to save West Bank settlements

Former chief of staff: Ariel Sharon designed Gaza disengagement to save West Bank settlements

Former US President George W. Bush promised Sharon that the settlement blocs would be included within Israel’s final borders after revealing the Gaza disengagement plan,… Read More ›

Joe Biden calls Chattanooga shooter a “perverted jihadist” at memorial service

Joe Biden calls Chattanooga shooter a “perverted jihadist” at memorial service

Biden told a packed arena that the ideology that drove Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a 24-year-old engineer, to go on a rampage at two local military… Read More ›