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Jerusalem – Israel Makes Arrests In Siemens Bribe Affair

Jerusalem – Israel Makes Arrests In Siemens Bribe Affair

Jerusalem –  Authorities have arrested six current and former executives from Israel’s electric company on suspicion of accepting $20 million in bribes from German engineering… Read More ›

Surabaya, Indonesia – AirAsia Crash Probe Focuses On Weather And Timing Of Request To Climb

Surabaya, Indonesia – AirAsia Crash Probe Focuses On Weather And Timing Of Request To Climb

Surabaya, Indonesia – Investigators into the AirAsia flight are focusing on the timing of the crew’s request to climb to a higher altitude to avoid… Read More ›

Somalia – U.S. Air Strike Kills Key Militant Leader

Somalia – U.S. Air Strike Kills Key Militant Leader

Somalia – U.S. and Somali officials said on Tuesday that a leader of the Somali militant group al Shabaab was killed by a U.S. air… Read More ›

United Nations – Britain Says It Cannot Support The New Palestinian U.N. Draft Resolution

United Nations – Britain Says It Cannot Support The New Palestinian U.N. Draft Resolution

United Nations – Britain joined the United States on Tuesday, declaring that it cannot support a new Palestinian draft proposal calling for peace with Israel… Read More ›

Cleveland- David Blatt Already On Hot Seat

Cleveland- David Blatt Already On Hot Seat

There is a growing level of worry within the Cleveland Cavaliers organization about first-year coach David Blatt and his ability to reach the team, according to… Read More ›

Washington – Obama:  Curbing Nuclear Program Could Make Iran Very Successful Regional Power

Washington – Obama: Curbing Nuclear Program Could Make Iran Very Successful Regional Power

Washington – In an interview with NPR News President Barack Obama said, Iran could become a “very successful regional power” if Tehran agrees to a… Read More ›

Moscow – As Economy Shrinks Russian Ruble Drops 7%

Moscow – As Economy Shrinks Russian Ruble Drops 7%

Moscow – As the country is buffeted by falling oil prices and Western sanctions, the Russian currency extended its losses on Monday after a report… Read More ›

Egypt – Annual Festival Honoring Moroccan Rabbi Abu Hatzeira Banned By Court

Egypt – Annual Festival Honoring Moroccan Rabbi Abu Hatzeira Banned By Court

An Egyptian court has banned an annual festival in honor of Moroccan rabbi that was regularly attended by hundreds of Jewish pilgrims, mainly from Israel… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinian Throwing Rocks At Cars Killed By IDF

West Bank – Palestinian Throwing Rocks At Cars Killed By IDF

West Bank – A military spokeswoman said, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who had been hurling rocks at cars on a highway in the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Two Brothers Who Allegedly Planned A Terrorist Attack In Capital Indicted

Jerusalem – Two Brothers Who Allegedly Planned A Terrorist Attack In Capital Indicted

Jerusalem – For working with Hamas to carry out a major terrorist attack in the capital, the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office on Monday filed an… Read More ›

Seoul – 4 S. Korea Officials Face Punishment Over ‘Nut Rage’

Seoul – 4 S. Korea Officials Face Punishment Over ‘Nut Rage’

Seoul – Four South Korean officials will be punished for improper conduct during an investigation into a former Korean Air Lines executive who forced a… Read More ›

Tehran – Iranian Official: One Thing More Important Than Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Is The Fight Against Satellite TV

Tehran – Iranian Official: One Thing More Important Than Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Is The Fight Against Satellite TV

Tehran – According to a senior commander in Iran’s Basij militia, the paramiltary volunteer corps which is part of the Revolutionary Guards, the fight against… Read More ›

Garages Vandalized At Chicago Synagogue With Anti-Semitic Slurs

Garages Vandalized At Chicago Synagogue With Anti-Semitic Slurs

Chicago – Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on various garages and a synagogue in a highly populated Jewish area in Chicago early Sunday morning. Messages were… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Alumni Of High School Calls On Students To Refuse To Serve In IDF

Jerusalem – Alumni Of High School Calls On Students To Refuse To Serve In IDF

Jerusalem – A letter published Sunday and signed by 53 alumni of Jerusalem’s Arts and Science Academy warned current students: “The Israeli military is responsible for… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Ranking Senator Graham: If The UN ‘Takes Over’ Peace Process US Congress May Suspend Funds

Jerusalem – Ranking Senator Graham: If The UN ‘Takes Over’ Peace Process US Congress May Suspend Funds

Jerusalem – Visiting US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) on Saturday night alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, There will be a “violent backlash” by… Read More ›

Syria – Islamic State Fighters Are Moving Closer And Closer To Israel

Syria – Islamic State Fighters Are Moving Closer And Closer To Israel

Syria – Islamic State has suffered severe losses as a result of coalition air strikes in the last months. Over 1,000 of its fighters have… Read More ›

Pyongyang – N. Korea Suffers New Internet Outage, Calls Obama ‘Monkey’ And Threatens “Deadly Blows”

Pyongyang – N. Korea Suffers New Internet Outage, Calls Obama ‘Monkey’ And Threatens “Deadly Blows”

Pyongyang – After the release of a comedy film about a fictional plot to kill its leader, North Korea suffered a new Internet outage on Saturday… Read More ›

Lebanon – The Twitter Account For Iranian Army: Our Soldiers On Israel’s Borders

Lebanon – The Twitter Account For Iranian Army: Our Soldiers On Israel’s Borders

Lebanon – A twitter account affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) tweeted photos of IRGC soldiers with blurred faces supposedly on the border of… Read More ›

New York – JetBlue Flies 730 Law Enforcement For NYC Officer’s Wake, Funeral, For Free

New York – JetBlue Flies 730 Law Enforcement For NYC Officer’s Wake, Funeral, For Free

New York – JetBlue flew 730 officers from law enforcement agencies across the country to New York for the wake and funeral of a slain… Read More ›

London – Snow And Ice Sweep Europe Stranding Drivers And Leaving Some Without Power

London – Snow And Ice Sweep Europe Stranding Drivers And Leaving Some Without Power

London – Snow and icy weather swept through parts of Europe on Saturday stranding drivers overnight and leaving thousands of homes without power in Britain.… Read More ›