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FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke suspended amid ticket scandal

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke suspended amid ticket scandal

  FIFA announced Thursday that Secretary General Jerome Valcke was suspended, effective immediately, while the organization investigates allegations he participated in a scheme to profit… Read More ›

Kicked Syrian migrant offered football role in Madrid

Kicked Syrian migrant offered football role in Madrid

  One Syrian migrant and his young son are starting a new life in Madrid Thursday — a week after being seen around the world… Read More ›

US starts carrying out Iran nuke deal, appoints coordinator

US starts carrying out Iran nuke deal, appoints coordinator

State Department names Ambassador Stephen Mull as atomic accord czar; Kerry vows to work closely with allies and partners to deepen security cooperaion   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Police gird for Temple Mount violence Friday as unrest persists

Police gird for Temple Mount violence Friday as unrest persists

Men under 40 will be barred from compound; PM tells UN’s Ban Palestinian rioters aim to break status quo; rocks, firebombs thrown and bus set… Read More ›

Saudi king urges Obama to stop ‘Israeli attacks’ on Temple Mount

Saudi king urges Obama to stop ‘Israeli attacks’ on Temple Mount

In phone call with US president, Salman condemns ‘Israeli escalation,’ calls on Washington to intervene, back UN action   US President Barack Obama spoke by… Read More ›

The young Jewish chef who made vegan food tasty — long before Beyonce made it cool

The young Jewish chef who made vegan food tasty — long before Beyonce made it cool

‘Cupcake Wars’ TV star Chloe Coscarelli now winning over diners in Greenwich Village, with a menu that includes kosher ‘bacon’   NEW YORK (JTA) —… Read More ›

Tsunami warnings issued as 8.3-magnitude quake rocks Chile

Tsunami warnings issued as 8.3-magnitude quake rocks Chile

1 person reported killed; Hawaii, entire coast of Chile on alert after powerful earthquake   SANTIAGO, Chile — A powerful magnitude-8.3 earthquake shook Chile’s capital… Read More ›

Iceland’s capital bans all Israeli products

Iceland’s capital bans all Israeli products

Reykjavik has passed a resolution boycotting Israeli-made goods, in protest of Israel’s ‘racist apartheid policy’ towards the Palestinians. The city council of Icelandic capital Reykjavik… Read More ›

Netanyahu to meet Obama in November

Netanyahu to meet Obama in November

PM and US President will meet in Washington on November 9 for the first time since the Iran deal was signed. After months of chilly… Read More ›

Australia’s new PM may be Jewish, but hasn’t given it much thought

Australia’s new PM may be Jewish, but hasn’t given it much thought

Malcolm Turnbull said his mother claimed Jewish ancestry, but is more interested ‘on the here and now’ than researching his roots   Australia’s next prime… Read More ›

Al Qaeda leader to ISIS: You’re wrong, but we can work together

Al Qaeda leader to ISIS: You’re wrong, but we can work together

  After a prolonged spell of silence, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has come alive with a series of audio messages. And they’re raising a… Read More ›

Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia, loses leadership fight

Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia, loses leadership fight

Seven months after surviving a no-confidence vote, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was toppled Monday in a leadership challenge from his popular former communications minister.… Read More ›

Delta State U. shooting: Police seek suspect after history professor killed

Delta State U. shooting: Police seek suspect after history professor killed

Ethan Schmidt and Shannon Lamb both taught at Delta State University. A photo on the school’s website shows them standing together, smiling at a 2013… Read More ›

2 hurt, 9 arrested in second day of Temple Mount clashes

2 hurt, 9 arrested in second day of Temple Mount clashes

Policeman injured in confrontation on the Mount, while Jewish man is attacked at Chain Gate; both treated at the scene   Two Palestinian Muslims scuffle with… Read More ›

Man killed in Jerusalem rock-throwing attack named as Alexander Levlovitz

Man killed in Jerusalem rock-throwing attack named as Alexander Levlovitz

Mevasseret resident, 64, smashed into pole after car hit, may also have had heart attack; ‘my dad was murdered,’ writes his son     Police… Read More ›

Opposition MKs back move to crack down on rock throwers

Opposition MKs back move to crack down on rock throwers

Lapid, Livni express support for ‘heavy hand’ to fight terrorism, extend condolences to family of man killed in Jerusalem attack   Opposition politicians on Monday… Read More ›

Gaza doctor makes stethoscope with 3D printer

Gaza doctor makes stethoscope with 3D printer

Dr. Tarek Loubani hopes the low-cost stethescopes can alleviate supply shortages in the blockaded Strip; he hopes to ‘produce these devices locally so that they… Read More ›

High schooler saves American tourist’s life at Yad VaShem

High schooler saves American tourist’s life at Yad VaShem

MDA volunteer Yam Carmel was walking through the Jerusalem museum when he saw a man collapsed on the floor. Performing CPR, he was able to… Read More ›

Iranian troops join Russians in Syria fighting

Iranian troops join Russians in Syria fighting

Israeli security sources claim Quds Force sending hundreds of elite troops in unprecedented cooperation with Russia to save embattled Syrian regime. Qasem Soleimani, commander of… Read More ›

Netanyahu: We need pact to preserve Jewish Israel

Netanyahu: We need pact to preserve Jewish Israel

PM in London says solution to Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians is “a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes a Jewish state, the nation state of… Read More ›