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144-year-old Arctic shipwreck discovered; climate change to thank?

144-year-old Arctic shipwreck discovered; climate change to thank?

Archaeologists have discovered parts of two 19th-century whaling ships in the Arctic, thanks to sonar technology, intrepid divers and … climate change? “With less ice… Read More ›

Google Cardboard saves baby’s life

Google Cardboard saves baby’s life

A toy-like cardboard contraption that sells for less than $20 online has helped save the life of a baby who was so sick that doctors… Read More ›

Six Yitzhar settlers jailed for attacks on security forces

Six Yitzhar settlers jailed for attacks on security forces

Two men, four minors get 8-month sentences in plea bargain for crimes including rock-throwing, disrupting police work   Lod District Court on Thursday sentenced six… Read More ›

Bennett: Authorities looking at ‘one or two rabbis’ who helped radicalize ‘hilltop youth’

Bennett: Authorities looking at ‘one or two rabbis’ who helped radicalize ‘hilltop youth’

Education minister says he’s launched programs to rehabilitate young Jewish extremists; insists Israel must control West Bank ‘forever’; rules out change to status quo on… Read More ›

Radical Israeli rabbis come under fire amid settler violence

Radical Israeli rabbis come under fire amid settler violence

Recent attacks against Arabs have brought the teachings of extremists into the spotlight   JERUSALEM (AP) — A small group of extremist Israeli rabbis who… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia-Iran feud jeopardizes U.S. efforts on ISIS, Syria

Saudi Arabia-Iran feud jeopardizes U.S. efforts on ISIS, Syria

Washington – The growing rupture between Saudi Arabia and Iran is threatening U.S. efforts to end the Syrian civil war and stop ISIS in the Middle… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia-Iran row spreads to other nations

Saudi Arabia-Iran row spreads to other nations

  The fallout of Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shiite cleric is spreading beyond a spat between the Saudis and Iranians, as other Middle East… Read More ›

White House outlines gun control moves

White House outlines gun control moves

The Obama administration will announce a series of executive actions on Tuesday to combat gun violence in the U.S. Among other things, the actions would… Read More ›

15-year-old Arab girl indicted on two counts of attempted murder

15-year-old Arab girl indicted on two counts of attempted murder

According to the indictment, earlier this month the unidentified teenager confessed to attempting to stab two Jews in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter so she… Read More ›

2015 was Israel’s third hottest year on record

2015 was Israel’s third hottest year on record

Galilee broke records with scorching August temperatures, while Merom Golan saw greatest freeze in 60 years   The Israeli Meteorological Service (IMS) said 2015 was… Read More ›

Making aliyah to join the IDF

Making aliyah to join the IDF

Around 70 young people from across the world made aliyah to Israel in the last few days in order to join the IDF as lone… Read More ›

New Year’s Eve terror attack thwarted in NY

New Year’s Eve terror attack thwarted in NY

The US Justice Department arrest a man who planned to attack a restaurant in upstate New York on New Year’s Eve; he is charged with… Read More ›

Israel kicks off New Year’s 2016

Israel kicks off New Year’s 2016

Throughout Israel partygoers celebrat the new year; pictures of celebrations throughout the world; more subdued atmosphere in Europe due to security concerns. Thousands of partygoers… Read More ›

Police evacuate two Munich train stations, citing threat of terrorist attack

Police evacuate two Munich train stations, citing threat of terrorist attack

German authorities said on Twitter they had received a tip regarding a planned militant attack on New Year’s Eve in the Bavarian capital.   German… Read More ›

Report: White House delays imposing new sanctions on Iran

Report: White House delays imposing new sanctions on Iran

The US sanctions were expected to be formally announced this week, the Wall Street Journal said.   The White House has delayed imposing new financial sanctions… Read More ›

Israeli aid group to assist Missouri flood victims

Israeli aid group to assist Missouri flood victims

Israel-based humanitarian aid organization IsraAID says it will send a team to assist victims of extreme flooding in the United States.   Israel-based humanitarian aid… Read More ›

Coalition forces kill ISIS leader connected to Paris attack

Coalition forces kill ISIS leader connected to Paris attack

The U.S.-led coalition killed multiple figures withinISIS senior leadership over the last few weeks, including an operative closely linked to the ringleader of the November… Read More ›

Close encounter between U.S. warship and Iranian rocket

Close encounter between U.S. warship and Iranian rocket

  Washington – A U.S. aircraft carrier came within about 1,500 yards of an Iranian rocket while operating in the Strait of Hormuz, a Pentagon official… Read More ›

Belgians arrest 2 accused in New Year’s terror plot

Belgians arrest 2 accused in New Year’s terror plot

  Belgian authorities have arrested two people on suspicion of being involved in a plot to attack “emblematic sites” in Belgium’s capital during New Year’s… Read More ›

Birmingham, AL – Southeast Storm Death Toll Rises To 18 Share Tweet Share Mail

Birmingham, AL – Southeast Storm Death Toll Rises To 18 Share Tweet Share Mail

  Birmingham, AL – The death toll in the Southeast climbed to 18 on Saturday after days of tumultuous weather — unusual warmth, tornadoes and… Read More ›