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Cabinet expected to okay natural gas deal Sunday

Cabinet expected to okay natural gas deal Sunday

Cabinet expected to okay natural gas deal Sunday   Israel’s government is expected Sunday to give the go-ahead to a controversial gas deal that backers… Read More ›

Islamic State chief raped American hostage, US finds

Islamic State chief raped American hostage, US finds

Abu Bakr Baghdadi took Kayla Mueller as a ‘wife,’ according to Yazidi teen who informed American intel officials   WASHINGTON (AP) — American hostage Kayla… Read More ›

Israeli growers could benefit from Russian-European flower feud

Israeli growers could benefit from Russian-European flower feud

Critics say the “flower war” marks a new low in relations with the West and is Moscow’s retaliation for a Dutch investigation into the downing… Read More ›

Nefertiti’s tomb may have finally been found

Nefertiti’s tomb may have finally been found

Archaeologist says Egyptian queen’s final resting place may be hidden behind a wall in the grave of King Tut   An American archaeologist believes he… Read More ›

Croatian ISIS captive reportedly beheaded

Croatian ISIS captive reportedly beheaded

Zagreb, Croatia – Croatia is now feeling the pain of apparently losing one of its own — in one of the most brutal and public ways… Read More ›

U.S. begins manned airstrikes from Turkey targeting ISIS

U.S. begins manned airstrikes from Turkey targeting ISIS

  For the first time, the United States launched manned airstrikes from a base in Turkey against ISIS forces in Syria, the Pentagon said Wednesday.… Read More ›

Explosion rocks China’s Tianjin; 17 killed

Explosion rocks China’s Tianjin; 17 killed

Beijing – A series of explosions shook the northern Chinese city of Tianjin late Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring more than 300, according to officials… Read More ›

Bernie Sanders pulls ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll

Bernie Sanders pulls ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll

For first time, former First Lady not most popular in survey of Democratic primary voters   Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders surpassed front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton… Read More ›

IRGC officer: We laugh at Obama’s ‘ridiculous’ military threats

IRGC officer: We laugh at Obama’s ‘ridiculous’ military threats

Revolutionary Guards commander mocks American threat that all options remain on the table, saying it has become a joke   An adviser to Iranian Supreme… Read More ›

UK Labour front-runner scrutinized for ties to anti-Semites, extremists

UK Labour front-runner scrutinized for ties to anti-Semites, extremists

Tony Blair warns electing Jeremy Corbyn as leader could lead to opposition party’s ‘annihilation’   Jeremy Corbyn, a left-wing British MP on track to become… Read More ›

Spat over Tel Aviv day at Paris beach

Spat over Tel Aviv day at Paris beach

Decision to dedicate a day of beach parties in the French capital to Israel’s most famous beach city sparks condemnation from pro-Palestinian group saying it… Read More ›

Israelis will pay the price for Obama-Netanyahu battle

Israelis will pay the price for Obama-Netanyahu battle

Op-ed: The US president will go back to Chicago in a year and a half and the Israeli prime minister will retire one day, but… Read More ›

Obama: I don’t oppose Netanyahu across the board

Obama: I don’t oppose Netanyahu across the board

Barack Obama pledges his commitment to Israel while US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro calls on PM to talk with US about the day after… Read More ›

Foreign Ministry employees: Someone is trying to destroy us

Foreign Ministry employees: Someone is trying to destroy us

Critics cite Iran’s budget bump for embassies to highlight cuts by Israel.   Israel only has 100 foreign embassies to Iran’s 167, Foreign Ministry workers… Read More ›

Hunger striker transferred to Barzilai hospital amid fears he will be force-fed

Hunger striker transferred to Barzilai hospital amid fears he will be force-fed

MK Ahmad Tibi says he was assured by medical center’s director that Mohammad Allan’s strike won’t be forcibly broken.   A Palestinian security prisoner who… Read More ›

Analysis: Arabs see US-trained anti-Islamist force as only fit to ‘play paintball’

Analysis: Arabs see US-trained anti-Islamist force as only fit to ‘play paintball’

The Arab world perceives the dramatic failure of the small US-trained Syrian rebel force as a further indication that it cannot be a reliable ally… Read More ›

US-Russia agree to act on Syria chemical attacks

US-Russia agree to act on Syria chemical attacks

Draft resolution aimed at identifying perpetrators of WMD attacks in war-torn country circulates at Security Council   UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and… Read More ›

Purported ISIS video threatens Croatian hostage

Purported ISIS video threatens Croatian hostage

  In a video purportedly released by ISIS on Wednesday, a group claiming to be ISIS’ branch in the Sinai Peninsula threatens to kill a… Read More ›

Police: Tennessee movie theater attack suspect had been committed 4 times

Police: Tennessee movie theater attack suspect had been committed 4 times

Vincente David Montano, the man who was killed Wednesday by Nashville police after he allegedly went after moviegoers with a hatchet and pepper spray, had… Read More ›

Iran busy cleaning up suspect nuclear site, US intelligence believes

Iran busy cleaning up suspect nuclear site, US intelligence believes

Satellite images show bulldozers at Parchin facility that IAEA is set to inspect in fall   Classified satellite images obtained by US government sources show… Read More ›