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Jordan – Father Of Pilot Captured By Islamic State Pleads For Release

Jordan – Father Of Pilot Captured By Islamic State Pleads For Release

Jordan – The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded for his son’s release. Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, speaking… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia – Women Drivers Being Sent To Terrorism Court

Saudi Arabia – Women Drivers Being Sent To Terrorism Court

Saudi Arabia – On Thursday, two Saudi women detained for nearly a month in defiance of a ban to keep females from driving were referred… Read More ›

Tehran –  In Massive Six-Day Drill Iran Will Show Off Military Prowess

Tehran – In Massive Six-Day Drill Iran Will Show Off Military Prowess

Tehran – Iran’s Press TV reports that they will began a six-day, wide-scale military drill on Thursday that will span an area of 2.2 million… Read More ›

Washington – After Six Years In White House Obama Personal Chef To Hang Up Apron

Washington – After Six Years In White House Obama Personal Chef To Hang Up Apron

Washington – The White House chef is stepping down.  Political advisers, chiefs of staff, press secretaries and national security advisers have come and gone in the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – In East Jerusalem Municipality Approves 380 Building Permits

Jerusalem – In East Jerusalem Municipality Approves 380 Building Permits

Jerusalem – The Jerusalem Local Planning and Building Committee on Wednesday approved 380 construction permits for east Jerusalem homes in Ramot and Har Homa, also… Read More ›

Sydney – Australia PM Says There Is, Increased Terrorist Chatter Following Sydney Siege

Sydney – Australia PM Says There Is, Increased Terrorist Chatter Following Sydney Siege

Sydney – Tony Abbott, Australian Prime Minister, said on Tuesday security officials had intercepted a heightened level of “terrorist chatter” in the aftermath of the… Read More ›

Washington – FBI Warns Of Islamic State Threat To Mississippi River Bridge

Washington – FBI Warns Of Islamic State Threat To Mississippi River Bridge

Washington – The FBI has warned local authorities of a threat that Islamic State militants would blow up the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge spanning the… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Mayor And Wife Visit Site Of Police Officers’ Killings

Brooklyn, NY – Mayor And Wife Visit Site Of Police Officers’ Killings

Brooklyn, NY – With his wife by his side, Mayor Bill de Blasio visited the place where two New York City police officers were shot… Read More ›

New York – Israeli Bank Assists U.S. Taxpayers In Hiding Assets In Offshort Bank Accounts, They Admit

New York – Israeli Bank Assists U.S. Taxpayers In Hiding Assets In Offshort Bank Accounts, They Admit

New York – Bank Leumi will pay $130 million and has fired two senior employees to settle an investigation into a scheme to help U.S.… Read More ›

Havana – Cuba Says It Has A Right To Grant Asylum To US Fugitives, Despite Warming Of Ties

Havana – Cuba Says It Has A Right To Grant Asylum To US Fugitives, Despite Warming Of Ties

Havana -In the clearest sign yet that the communist government has no intention of extraditing America’s most-wanted woman despite the warming of bilateral ties, Cuba said… Read More ›

Netanya – Natural Gas Developers Challenged By Israel Over Monopoly

Netanya – Natural Gas Developers Challenged By Israel Over Monopoly

Netanya – On Tuesday, Israel’s antitrust authority said it will challenge the ownership structure of the country’s natural gas resources, a decision that could rattle… Read More ›

Israel – Menorah Causes Apartment Fire In Jerusalem

Israel – Menorah Causes Apartment Fire In Jerusalem

Jerusalem – A menorah placed too close to a door set fire to a Jerusalem apartment building on Tuesday, Israel Police reported. Three fire fighting… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Thousands Of Ukrainians Take Refuge In Israel Fleeing Civil War

Tel Aviv – Thousands Of Ukrainians Take Refuge In Israel Fleeing Civil War

Tel Aviv – Amid loud Hebrew music and green-clad soldiers waving Israeli flags, they streamed off the shuttle buses into Terminal One of Ben-Gurion Airport,… Read More ›

Paris – After Bullet Crashes Through Synagogue Window In Belleville, French Police Search For Suspects

Paris – After Bullet Crashes Through Synagogue Window In Belleville, French Police Search For Suspects

Paris – A bullet fired from an air gun crashed through a window of a Paris synagogue’s office. French police reportedly are searching for two… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Official: Settlement Funding Up Before Vote A Political Ploy?

Jerusalem – Israel Official: Settlement Funding Up Before Vote A Political Ploy?

Jerusalem – In what opponents view as a political ploy aimed at gaining favor with hard-line voters, Israel’s outgoing government is pumping millions of dollars… Read More ›

Rockland County, NY – Third Teen Charged With Hate Crime In Black Friday Mall Assault Spree

Rockland County, NY – Third Teen Charged With Hate Crime In Black Friday Mall Assault Spree

Rockland County, NY -18 year old Florend Gjevukaj of Yonkers, the third suspect sought by police in connection with an early morning Black Friday assault… Read More ›

Havana – Cuba: We’re Open To Obama’s Detente

Havana – Cuba: We’re Open To Obama’s Detente

Havana – Cuba says it’s open to every one of U.S. President Barack Obama’s moves to improve relations between the two countries and strengthen private… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Peres: You Can’t Feed The Poor With Declarations, Latet

Jerusalem – Peres: You Can’t Feed The Poor With Declarations, Latet

Jerusalem – Politicians must make eradicating poverty their top priority,  a, former president Shimon Peres said Monday, after the release of Latet’s Alternative Poverty Report. Peres… Read More ›

Paris – Man Rams Van Into Market In France Shouting “Allahu Akbar” , Injures 10

Paris – Man Rams Van Into Market In France Shouting “Allahu Akbar” , Injures 10

Paris – An official at the local prefecture told Reuters, a  man driving a van ploughed into a crowd strolling through a Christmas market in… Read More ›

Israel- Holocaust Survivors Should Be Enabled To Live In Dignity

Israel- Holocaust Survivors Should Be Enabled To Live In Dignity

President Reuven Rivlin has issued a call for Holocaust survivors to be able to live in dignity with sufficient funds for all their needs and… Read More ›