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Tehran – In Military Drill Iran Tests Suicide Drone

Tehran – In Military Drill Iran Tests Suicide Drone

Tehran – On Saturday, Iranian army officials said it deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic… Read More ›

Israel – Shin Bet: Men Who Led Firebomb Mission Confess To Carrying Out Attack

Israel – Shin Bet: Men Who Led Firebomb Mission Confess To Carrying Out Attack

Israel – The Shin Bet and IDF arrested two Palestinians on suspicion of carrying out a firebombing of an Israeli vehicle on Thursday, which critically… Read More ›

Queens, NY – Fellow Officers Salute The Flag-draped Casket Of Slain Police Man

Queens, NY – Fellow Officers Salute The Flag-draped Casket Of Slain Police Man

Queens, NY – Peers, family and friends of a policeman gunned down along with his partner lined up outside a church Friday and dozens of… Read More ›

New York – Outside Executed Officers Funeral Hundreds Of Angry Police Turn Their Backs On The Mayor

New York – Outside Executed Officers Funeral Hundreds Of Angry Police Turn Their Backs On The Mayor

New York – At the funeral  held for a policeman killed along with his partner in an ambush shooting, hundreds of officers turned their backs… Read More ›

New York – Mourners Will Gather For Slain New York Policeman Today

New York – Mourners Will Gather For Slain New York Policeman Today

New York – Hundreds of mourners were due to gather at a New York City church on Friday to pay their respects for one of… Read More ›

Israel – IDF Injures Palestinian Man Attempting To Climb Gaza By Firing On Him

Israel – IDF Injures Palestinian Man Attempting To Climb Gaza By Firing On Him

Israel – Two Palestinians approached the Gaza-Israel security fence on Friday afternoon. The men ignored the calls of IDF soldiers to stop, and one proceeded… Read More ›

Jerusalem – In Jerusalem’s Old City, Two Police Officers Were Stabbed

Jerusalem – In Jerusalem’s Old City, Two Police Officers Were Stabbed

Jerusalem – On Friday morning two Border Police officers were stabbed in Jerusalem , near the Old City’s Lion’s Gate. Police said one officer, 19,… Read More ›

West Bank, Israel – 2 Responsible For Thursday’s Firebomb Attack Arrested

West Bank, Israel – 2 Responsible For Thursday’s Firebomb Attack Arrested

West Bank, Israel – According to an Israeli security official, two men responsible for Thursday’s firebomb attack in the West Bank were found among 12… Read More ›

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Asia Marks 10 Years After Indian Ocean Tsunami

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Asia Marks 10 Years After Indian Ocean Tsunami

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Many Grieving people  took part in beachside memorials and religious services across Asia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of… Read More ›

Helsinki – 5 Injured When Suspected Arsonist Sets Mosque Ablaze In Sweden

Helsinki – 5 Injured When Suspected Arsonist Sets Mosque Ablaze In Sweden

Helsinki – Police in Sweden say a mosque has been set ablaze by a suspected arsonist, injuring 5. Another mosque in the same town was… Read More ›

Bnei Brak – Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Consider Bigger Role For Women

Bnei Brak – Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Consider Bigger Role For Women

Bnei Brak – A struggle for women’s rights is brewing within Israel’s deeply conservative ultra-Orthodox community. Women, who have largely been shut out of politics,… Read More ›

Jordan – Prisoner Swap Could Be Possible With ISIS For Captured Jordanian Pilot

Jordan – Prisoner Swap Could Be Possible With ISIS For Captured Jordanian Pilot

Jordan –  According to a report in the Arab press, a prisoner exchange may be in the cards for a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic… Read More ›

Tehran – Iran Expands ‘Smart Filter’ Internet Censorship To Facebook

Tehran – Iran Expands ‘Smart Filter’ Internet Censorship To Facebook

Tehran – On Friday Iran said it is going to expand what it calls “smart filtering” of the Internet, a policy of censoring undesirable content… Read More ›

New York – In Broad, Thinly Traded Rally, Wall Street Hits Records

New York – In Broad, Thinly Traded Rally, Wall Street Hits Records

New York – Though trading was light with many traders still out for the Christmas holiday, U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with major indexes hitting… Read More ›

Moscow – Visa, MasterCard Not Supporting Bank Cards In Crimea Any Longer

Moscow – Visa, MasterCard Not Supporting Bank Cards In Crimea Any Longer

Moscow – Following U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this month, the world’s two largest credit and debit card companies, Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, said on… Read More ›

West Bank – Firebomb Thrown At Car In West Bank Hurts Girl And Her Father

West Bank – Firebomb Thrown At Car In West Bank Hurts Girl And Her Father

West Bank – The Israeli military said, a firebomb attack on a car in the West Bank left an 11-year-old Israeli girl severely burned and… Read More ›

Gaza – Hamas Military Wing: Warns Israel They Are Playing With Fire

Gaza – Hamas Military Wing: Warns Israel They Are Playing With Fire

Gaza  – Saying Israel would be the first to be burned by its fire, Hamas’s armed wing, Izaddin al-Qassam, warned Israel against “continuing to violate”… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Funeral Yesterday For Young Beit Shemesh Fire Victim

Jerusalem – Funeral Yesterday For Young Beit Shemesh Fire Victim

Jerusalem – Israeli investigators continue to probe the cause of a deadly Beit Shemesh fire yesterday, which left a seven year old boy dead and… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Bodies Of Har Nof Terrorists Returned To Families And Buried In West Bank

Jerusalem – Bodies Of Har Nof Terrorists Returned To Families And Buried In West Bank

Jerusalem – The Israeli government on Thursday returned the corpses of the two terrorists who carried out November’s Har Nof massacre, resulting in the brutal… Read More ›

Cairo –  Search For Bodies Of 22 Missing IDF Soldiers In Egypt By Israeli Delegation

Cairo – Search For Bodies Of 22 Missing IDF Soldiers In Egypt By Israeli Delegation

Cairo – Sources quoted by the Egyptian media said, an Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo early Thursday morning in an attempt to find the remains… Read More ›