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Official: Israel to meet Quartet delegations that include EU reps

Official: Israel to meet Quartet delegations that include EU reps

Government says it does not want to “punish” US, Russia and UN for EU’s move on labeling settlement products.   Israel will continue to hod… Read More ›

Young United Hatzalah volunteer loses battle with illness on 10th birthday

Young United Hatzalah volunteer loses battle with illness on 10th birthday

Raphael’s dream was to one day get healthy and become a full medical emergency volunteer.   A young volunteer for United Hatzalah passed away Sunday after… Read More ›

Netanyahu taps Hebrew U. professor as economic czar

Netanyahu taps Hebrew U. professor as economic czar

Haredi, opposition MKs protest Avi Simhon’s appointment, say he ‘hates families blessed with children’ and the poor   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced… Read More ›

Bomb threats forced evacuations in malls across three states

Bomb threats forced evacuations in malls across three states

  (Reuters) – Thousands of shoppers were evacuated from malls in at least three states on Saturday as bomb threats or scares disrupted one of… Read More ›

There is one debate dominating Wall Street ― and nobody has the answer

There is one debate dominating Wall Street ― and nobody has the answer

  Wall Street is pretty much in agreement that the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates on December 16.  What isn’t clear is what that will… Read More ›

Hotels are making a strange change to rooms because they think it’s what millennials want

Hotels are making a strange change to rooms because they think it’s what millennials want

  When the sports journalist Dan Wetzel checked into his Charlotte, North Carolina, hotel room last Saturday, he was troubled to find it was missing… Read More ›

Iraq – How Saddam’s Fighters Help Islamic State Rule Share Tweet Share Mail

Iraq – How Saddam’s Fighters Help Islamic State Rule Share Tweet Share Mail

  Iraq – Mohannad is a spy for Islamic State. He eavesdrops on chatter in the street markets of Mosul and reports back to his… Read More ›

Menorah found vandalized on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

Menorah found vandalized on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

Even after being toppled over, the Carl Schurz Park menorah was found still lit up in the morning.   NEW YORK – The NYPD Hate… Read More ›

Japanese authorities make another grim ‘ghost ship’ discovery

Japanese authorities make another grim ‘ghost ship’ discovery

Four bodies have been found inside a capsized boat discovered floating off the north coast of Japan’s main Honshu island — the latest of the… Read More ›

U.S. strikes kill leaders of Al-Shabaab and ISIS in Libya

U.S. strikes kill leaders of Al-Shabaab and ISIS in Libya

  Washington – A senior leader of the al Qaeda-affiliated group Al-Shabaab in Somalia and the senior ISIS leader in Libya were each killed in recent… Read More ›

Beijing issues first red alert as air pollution hits hazardous levels

Beijing issues first red alert as air pollution hits hazardous levels

Hong Kong – Beijing’s city government issued its first red alert for pollution on Monday, ordering schools to close, halting outdoor construction and restricting car use… Read More ›

US, other world powers want end to UN probe on Iran nukes

US, other world powers want end to UN probe on Iran nukes

Confidential resolution shows leaders seeking to end IAEA study of past activity, shift to enactment of nuclear deal   VIENNA (AP) — Once a vociferous… Read More ›

FBI: San Bernardino killers were radicalized ‘for quite some time’

FBI: San Bernardino killers were radicalized ‘for quite some time’

Syed and Farook trained at gun range days before massacre, investigators aren’t certain how they became Islamic extremists   SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The… Read More ›

France reels as Le Pen leads National Front into mainstream

France reels as Le Pen leads National Front into mainstream

Far-right faction’s historic victory in the polls should be a ‘wake up call for all democrats in Europe,’ German vice chancellor warns   PARIS (AP)… Read More ›

What Mark Zuckerberg can learn from Elon Musk about changing the world

What Mark Zuckerberg can learn from Elon Musk about changing the world

  Two billionaire events happened last week Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan said they’d give away most of their wealth, and Elon Musk… Read More ›

Washington – US Can’t Access NSA Phone Records In California Terror Case

Washington – US Can’t Access NSA Phone Records In California Terror Case

  Washington – The U.S. government’s ability to review and analyze five years’ worth of telephone records for the married couple blamed in the deadly… Read More ›

New York – Massive Power Outage In Western Orange, Parts Of Sullivan And Rockland Counties

New York – Massive Power Outage In Western Orange, Parts Of Sullivan And Rockland Counties

  New York – The power outage that struck the mid-Hudson region Saturday evening appears to be widespread. Times Herald Record reports, that outages were… Read More ›

Phoenix – Ben Carson Says California Shootings End Refugee Debate

Phoenix – Ben Carson Says California Shootings End Refugee Debate

  Phoenix – Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said Friday that this week’s mass shooting in Southern California should end the debate over whether… Read More ›

Islamic Movement leader: West causes religious wars

Islamic Movement leader: West causes religious wars

Khatib used the example of the expulsion of Muslims from Spain to argue that the West has consistently been acting against Islam.   Deputy head… Read More ›

MK Oren Hazan suspended for 1 month

MK Oren Hazan suspended for 1 month

Complaints lead Ethics Committee to suspend Hazan from Knesset meetings for a month; AG expected to order his indictment on separate matter of finances. What… Read More ›