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Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt

One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages is over. Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences. According to the court… Read More ›

Trump, Clinton boost diplomatic credentials with Sissi meetings

Trump, Clinton boost diplomatic credentials with Sissi meetings

Republican candidate tells Egypt president about his ‘high regard for peace-loving Muslims’ as White House hopefuls compete for confabs with world leaders   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Obama: Israel cannot ‘permanently occupy, settle Palestinian land’

Obama: Israel cannot ‘permanently occupy, settle Palestinian land’

In final, wide-ranging UN address, US president also says Palestinians must reject incitement, recognize ‘legitimacy of Israel’   US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday… Read More ›

NY bombing suspect’s Orthodox neighbors seem resigned to backyard terror

NY bombing suspect’s Orthodox neighbors seem resigned to backyard terror

Another attack is not far off, say Jews of Elizabeth, New Jersey, with some comparing spate of attacks to situation in Israel   ELIZABETH, New… Read More ›

Higher education budget plan to grow by NIS 6 billion

Higher education budget plan to grow by NIS 6 billion

Education Minister Naftali Bennett has presented a six-year plan to improve higher education in Israel and bring all sectors of Israeli society, including the ultra-Orthodox,… Read More ›

Algerian mapgate

Algerian mapgate

A map of the Middle East in an Algerian geography textbook that labels Israel by that name rather than with “Palestine” has evoked a public… Read More ›

Washington – White House: Snowden Should Return To US To Face Charges

Washington – White House: Snowden Should Return To US To Face Charges

  Washington – The White House says President Barack Obama continues to believe that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden should return to the… Read More ›

North Korea makes rare public appeal for flood relief

North Korea makes rare public appeal for flood relief

North Korea usually projects itself to the world as a fully functioning worker’s paradise. Yet severe flooding in the country’s northeast has resulted in a… Read More ›

China, Russia begin joint exercises in South China Sea

China, Russia begin joint exercises in South China Sea

Chinese and Russian naval forces began joint exercises in the South China Sea on Monday, adding a new twist to ongoing tensions over Chinese island-building… Read More ›

Clinton didn’t think illness was ‘going to be that big a deal’

Clinton didn’t think illness was ‘going to be that big a deal’

Hillary Clinton said Monday night she’s “met a high standard of transparency” about her health and didn’t think the pneumonia was “going to be that… Read More ›

Real ‘Fault in our Stars’ couple takes a tragic turn

Real ‘Fault in our Stars’ couple takes a tragic turn

It wasn’t supposed to end like this. Last year, Katie Prager, who has cystic fibrosis, fought relentlessly to get a lung transplant as Medicare, Medicaid… Read More ›

London Mayor Sadiq Khan hints he’s with Clinton

London Mayor Sadiq Khan hints he’s with Clinton

  London’s Sadiq Khan made history in May when he became the first Muslim mayor of a major Western capital. Now he’s embarking on a… Read More ›

Dozens of heroin overdoses reported in Ohio as state battles epidemic

Dozens of heroin overdoses reported in Ohio as state battles epidemic

Ohio authorities reported at least 24 heroin overdoses in Akron as the state battles a drug epidemic. The overdoses Friday night occurred in separate incidents,… Read More ›

Clinton’s stumble brings health, age into campaign limelight

Clinton’s stumble brings health, age into campaign limelight

In a race between two of the oldest candidates ever to run for president, neither us rushing to publicize their full health records   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Trump silent on Clinton health scare, but has long pushed idea she’s not well enough

Trump silent on Clinton health scare, but has long pushed idea she’s not well enough

Republican nominee has said rival is ‘not strong enough to be president’; his spokeswoman last month claimed she has dysphasia   WASHINGTON (AFP) — Donald… Read More ›

Doctor: Clinton has pneumonia, but ‘recovering nicely’ after 9/11 wobble

Doctor: Clinton has pneumonia, but ‘recovering nicely’ after 9/11 wobble

Two months before Election Day, Democratic candidate’s slump as she leaves commemoration ceremony plays into GOP rumors about her health   NEW YORK (AP) —… Read More ›

Man catches flight after swallowing 110 cocaine packets

Man catches flight after swallowing 110 cocaine packets

  Sitting on a nine-hour flight from Thailand to Australia can be uncomfortable at the best of times. Now imagine doing that with 110 bags… Read More ›

Duterte’s tongue the least of Obama’s Philippine problem

Duterte’s tongue the least of Obama’s Philippine problem

It’s not just a runaway tongue that worries the United States about the volatile new president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. It’s what else he’s… Read More ›

First face transplant patient, Isabelle Dinoire, dies at 49

First face transplant patient, Isabelle Dinoire, dies at 49

Paris – The recipient of the world’s first face transplant, Isabelle Dinoire, has died, according to French doctors. A statement released by Amiens Hospital, which… Read More ›

Wave of bombings in Syria claimed by ISIS kills at least 48

Wave of bombings in Syria claimed by ISIS kills at least 48

The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the Monday attacks, which took place across war-torn Syria, including the city of Homs and suburbs of… Read More ›