Articles by: JewishNews-Ester

‘Star Trek’ actor Anton Yelchin dies in freak car accident

‘Star Trek’ actor Anton Yelchin dies in freak car accident

Actor Anton Yelchin, 27, who played Chekov in recent “Star Trek” movies, was killed in a freak accident early Sunday morning, police told CNN. Yelchin,… Read More ›

Asia’s worst refugee crisis in recent years could happen again

Asia’s worst refugee crisis in recent years could happen again

A year after one of southeast Asia’s worst refugee crises, things seem to have improved. But below the surface, the situation remains bleak. In May… Read More ›

Bangladesh arrests more than 11,000 after wave of killings

Bangladesh arrests more than 11,000 after wave of killings

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested nearly 150 suspected militants and more than 11,000 others as part of a crackdown on extremism after… Read More ›

Witness: Orlando shooter laughed during rampage

Witness: Orlando shooter laughed during rampage

Norman Casiano crawled into a bathroom and wedged himself into a stall, crammed with at least a dozen people. They were hiding, crying and saying… Read More ›

Source: Orlando gunman told wife of interest in a terror attack

Source: Orlando gunman told wife of interest in a terror attack

The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mir Seddique Mateen told the FBI that her husband said he wanted to carry out a jihadist attack,… Read More ›

Fuming Obama assails Trump over anti-Muslim remarks

Fuming Obama assails Trump over anti-Muslim remarks

President says GOP candidate’s comments targeting Muslims in wake of Orlando shooting don’t represent ‘America we want’; Ryan says Muslim ban is a non-starter  … Read More ›

Clinton issues stinging rebuke of ‘shameful’ Trump

Clinton issues stinging rebuke of ‘shameful’ Trump

Democratic nominee says remarks by presumptive GOP candidate over Orlando massacre show he is unfit, unqualified to lead   Hillary Clinton unleashed a blistering assault… Read More ›

GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump after Orlando remarks

GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump after Orlando remarks

Republican hopes for a ‘more presidential’ nominee fade as party’s divisions around him grow more acute   WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismayed Republicans scrambled for cover… Read More ›

Zionism didn’t cause the Farhud, Israel didn’t cause Sarona

Zionism didn’t cause the Farhud, Israel didn’t cause Sarona

Op-ed: 75 years later on, the motives behind the pogroms on Baghdad’s Jews are the same as the Sarona Market and Orlando attacks: murderous hatred;… Read More ›

Trump urges ban on immigration from countries with ‘history of terrorism’

Trump urges ban on immigration from countries with ‘history of terrorism’

  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he would suspend immigration to the United States from countries “where there is a proven history… Read More ›

UN warns Israel over its refusal to cooperate with human rights investigations

UN warns Israel over its refusal to cooperate with human rights investigations

The refusal stems from Israel deep conviction that the investigations are biased and akin to a “kangaroo” court whose negative judgment against Israel is already… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: Defining the enemy

ANALYSIS: Defining the enemy

If mass shootings are defined as terrorism, then Congress and the administration would have to enact serious measures to deal with potential attacks, even if… Read More ›

MK Odeh slammed for asking UN to investigate Israel while working with Palestinian mission

MK Odeh slammed for asking UN to investigate Israel while working with Palestinian mission

Odeh said that “so long as Israel occupies another people it can’t be a true egalitarian democracy.”   NEW YORK – The Israeli mission to… Read More ›

High Court: No autopsy for Tel Aviv terror victim

High Court: No autopsy for Tel Aviv terror victim

Family of Ilana Naveh, who may have died of a heart attack at the scene, had objected to request; she, along with three other Sarona… Read More ›

The FBI is ‘manufacturing terrorism cases’ on a greater scale than ever before

The FBI is ‘manufacturing terrorism cases’ on a greater scale than ever before

  The FBI has ramped up its use of sting operations in terrorism cases, dispatching undercover agents to pose as jihadists and ensnare Americans suspected… Read More ›

Hundreds of small businesses and employees have reportedly accused Donald Trump of not paying them

Hundreds of small businesses and employees have reportedly accused Donald Trump of not paying them

  Donald Trump has allegedly been accused of not paying hundreds of contractors and employees for their work, according to media reports published on Thursday.… Read More ›

Elizabeth Warren eviscerates Trump: ‘A loud, thin-skinned fraud’

Elizabeth Warren eviscerates Trump: ‘A loud, thin-skinned fraud’

  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren unloaded on Donald Trump on Thursday, calling the presumptive Republican nominee a “loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud” and a “racist bully”… Read More ›

Washington – Campaign Tweet-fight! Clinton, Trump Camps Brawl On Twitter

Washington – Campaign Tweet-fight! Clinton, Trump Camps Brawl On Twitter

Washington – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are engaged in their first full-blown Twitter war. Trump started it, mocking President Barack Obama’s endorsement of the… Read More ›

New York – Two Israelis Charged In Cyberfraud Against JPMorgan, Others Plead Not Guilty

New York – Two Israelis Charged In Cyberfraud Against JPMorgan, Others Plead Not Guilty

  New York – Two Israeli citizens pleaded not guilty on Thursday to orchestrating a massive computer hacking and fraud scheme that included an attack… Read More ›

Washington – Emails In Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes: WSJ

Washington – Emails In Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes: WSJ

  Washington – Emails between U.S. diplomats in Islamabad and State Department officials in Washington about whether to challenge specific U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan… Read More ›