Taliban’s new leader described as educated, well-respected
The Afghan Taliban’s new leader is an educated and well-respected member of the organization who could prove easier to negotiate a peace settlement with, a… Read More ›
The Afghan Taliban’s new leader is an educated and well-respected member of the organization who could prove easier to negotiate a peace settlement with, a… Read More ›
Thousands of children as young as eight are working in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms in Indonesia, putting them at risk of cancer, respiratory… Read More ›
The United Nations says it fears for the safety of an estimated 10,000 families trapped in Falluja as Iraqi forces press in to retake the… Read More ›
Citing lack of faith in Israeli system, NGO will no longer report human rights violations on behalf of Palestinians, says doing so does not bring… Read More ›
Republican candidate just 41 delegates short of party nomination, while Democrat hopefully needs just 78 more WASHINGTON — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive… Read More ›
Yisrael Beytenu head is often a voice for moderation — and a vocal populist whose rhetoric undercuts his apparent restraint But Israel’s onetime foreign… Read More ›
New York, NY – A New York City police officer shown on video pointing his gun at a bystander who was filming a police encounter… Read More ›
West Point, NY – Vice President Joe Biden told the U.S. Military Academy’s class of 2016 on Saturday that greater diversity, including more women… Read More ›
Detroit – An 89-year-old Holocaust survivor has fulfilled her longtime wish to sing the U.S. national anthem at a Major League Baseball game. Hermina… Read More ›
Tropical Cyclone Roanu lashed the coast of Bangladesh with heavy winds and sheets of rain, killing at least 21 people and forcing the evacuation of… Read More ›
Washington – Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was likely killed in an airstrike in Pakistan on Saturday, two U.S. officials told CNN. One of… Read More ›
After a day of political twists and turns, Yisrael Beytenu reportedly accepts deal to join Likud-led government Avigdor Liberman met Wednesday afternoon with Prime… Read More ›
After Netanyahu reportedly gives Liberman defense post, opposition head hits out at party colleague Yachimovich for ‘filthy campaign’ against him Opposition leader Isaac Herzog… Read More ›
Op-Ed: Has the PM calculated wisely — for Israel’s sake and his own — in giving this most sensitive of positions to a brusque, ambitious… Read More ›
Washington – A top aide to Donald Trump said on Sunday he did not believe a report that the billionaire once posed as his own… Read More ›
Piscataway, NJ – President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to shun those who want to confront a rapidly changing world by building… Read More ›
New York – Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he hopes to be able to work with British Prime Minister David Cameron… Read More ›
It looks like the 2016 election is entering the avant-garde. A mural depicting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin… Read More ›
A member of a homegrown Islamist militant group in Bangladesh has been arrested in connection with the hacking deaths of two LGBT-rights activists, police in… Read More ›
Damascus, Syria – The brutality of Syria’s civil war is staggering: More than 300,000 people killed, and millions either internally displaced or have fled the… Read More ›