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Analysis: Will things turn ugly if Donald Trump loses?

Analysis: Will things turn ugly if Donald Trump loses?

By promoting false notion of rigged elections, GOP nominee stoking fears that he’s giving supporters free rein for a post-vote backlash   Washington, United States… Read More ›

Nick Kyrgios banned for not trying in tennis match, urged to see psychologist

Nick Kyrgios banned for not trying in tennis match, urged to see psychologist

  London – Nick Kyrgios was banned for eight weeks by the ATP World Tour after his latest instance of bad behavior at the Shanghai… Read More ›

Tearful scenes as kidnapped Chibok girls reunited with families

Tearful scenes as kidnapped Chibok girls reunited with families

Abuja, Nigeria – The 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped and released by terrorist group Boko Haram were reunited with their families amid tearful scenes on Sunday.… Read More ›

Opinion: ‘Rigged election’? Trump’s dangerous talk

Opinion: ‘Rigged election’? Trump’s dangerous talk

It might seem as though Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is moving further away from the party that nominated him. Since he declared himself “unshackled”… Read More ›

Dozens killed as airstrikes target Aleppo residences

Dozens killed as airstrikes target Aleppo residences

Local rescue worker says Russian aircraft carried out ‘massacre’ one neighborhood, bombing multi-story building   ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — Dozens of civilians were killed as… Read More ›

Retaking Mosul: a complex offensive of many parts

Retaking Mosul: a complex offensive of many parts

US, Kurds, Turkey and even Iran are playing a role in ousting Islamic State from its last stronghold in Iraq   PARIS, France — A… Read More ›

UN ‘extremely concerned’ for 1.5 million civilians in Mosul

UN ‘extremely concerned’ for 1.5 million civilians in Mosul

Deputy humanitarian affairs chief warns families could be caught in crossfire during push to reclaim Iraq’s second city from IS   UNIITED NATIONS, United States… Read More ›

Australia links teens charged with terror act to ISIS

Australia links teens charged with terror act to ISIS

Two Australian teenagers have been charged with planning an act of terror and for being members of a terrorist organization, police said in a statement… Read More ›

Philippines scraps inquiry into alleged extrajudicial killings

Philippines scraps inquiry into alleged extrajudicial killings

The Philippines Senate Committee — led by President Rodrigo Duterte’s ally — decided Thursday to stop investigating the extrajudicial killings of drug dealers and users… Read More ›

Michelle Obama: The Clinton surrogate that could finish off Trump

Michelle Obama: The Clinton surrogate that could finish off Trump

Not only has Michelle Obama delivered two of the best speeches supporting Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, she also provided the Democratic nominee’s campaign… Read More ›

German police detain Syrian man wanted in alleged bomb plot

German police detain Syrian man wanted in alleged bomb plot

Jaber Albakr, the 22-year-old subject of a nationwide hunt, was caught in Leipzig; he is believed to have been preparing a bomb attack; Albakr had… Read More ›

Lieberman calls for boycotting Joint List

Lieberman calls for boycotting Joint List

Campaign to boycott Knesset speeches by members of the Joint List following their refusal to partake in Shimon Peres’s funeral approved by Prime Minister Netanyahu;… Read More ›

Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar

Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi)recently laid down her vision for a libertarian, hands-off government and judicial system over the weekend, arousing respect but also… Read More ›

Nazi graffiti found on NY Jewish cemetery days before Yom Kippur

Nazi graffiti found on NY Jewish cemetery days before Yom Kippur

The local Temple Beth Shalom’s 70 year old congregation was heartbroken and upset over the vandalism of their property.   A Jewish cemetery in the… Read More ›

Sara Netanyahu’s appeal rejected

Sara Netanyahu’s appeal rejected

Like an earlier ruling by the same court for a different employee, the court ruled that she had no basis to appeal.   The National… Read More ›

The banker who used Nazis to help save Jews

The banker who used Nazis to help save Jews

Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim used bureaucratic and legal channels to make a difference in WWII.   A year prior to the start of the Second World War,… Read More ›

Buffalo, NY – Western New York US Attorney Hochul Announces Resignation

Buffalo, NY – Western New York US Attorney Hochul Announces Resignation

  Buffalo, NY – U.S. Attorney William Hochul has announced his resignation as western New York’s top federal prosecutor at the end of the month.… Read More ›

Spring Valley, NY – Monsey Mom Spearheads Car Magnet Campaign Supporting Local Police Officers

Spring Valley, NY – Monsey Mom Spearheads Car Magnet Campaign Supporting Local Police Officers

Spring Valley, NY – Monsey area residents may be starting a new trend, as a campaign to use car magnets to express appreciation to police… Read More ›

Ashland, NH – Down The Toilet: Farm Stand Turns Outhouse Into Voting Booth

Ashland, NH – Down The Toilet: Farm Stand Turns Outhouse Into Voting Booth

  Ashland, NH – A New Hampshire farm stand is letting customers put their votes for president where he thinks they belong: right in the… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: Kaine heavily invests in Iran deal

ANALYSIS: Kaine heavily invests in Iran deal

Democratic VP nominee trumpets accord more than Clinton ever has.   WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton has walked a fine line discussing the merits of… Read More ›