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Mineola, NY – Prosecutor: NY-based ‘scam Charity’ Duped High School Kids

Mineola, NY – Prosecutor: NY-based ‘scam Charity’ Duped High School Kids

Mineola, NY – More than 100 New York teenagers — and dozens in Chicago, Houston and Nashville, Tennessee — were duped by a Long Island-based… Read More ›

Syrian official: We’re ready to negotiate with ‘real opposition’

Syrian official: We’re ready to negotiate with ‘real opposition’

The Syrian government is willing to negotiate a political solution with what it calls the “real opposition,” a reference to non-armed groups, a senior government… Read More ›

World’s longest nonstop flight announced

World’s longest nonstop flight announced

  Chalk up another superlative for Emirates. The Dubai-based airline has announced it will begin operating the world’s longest regularly scheduled nonstop flight. Daily service… Read More ›

Purported ISIS militants post list of 1,400 U.S. ‘targets’

Purported ISIS militants post list of 1,400 U.S. ‘targets’

A group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division this week posted online a purported list of names and contacts for Americans it refers to… Read More ›

Islamic State making gains in Afghanistan, US general warns

Islamic State making gains in Afghanistan, US general warns

Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner says jihadists have potential ‘to evolve into something more serious, more dangerous’   WASHINGTON — The Islamic State is making small… Read More ›

Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chemical weapons on them

Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chemical weapons on them

Germany’s Defense Ministry says attack on peshmerga fighters left many suffering from ‘respiratory irritation’   Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq… Read More ›

Islamic State likely used mustard gas on Kurds, US says

Islamic State likely used mustard gas on Kurds, US says

  The United States is investigating whether the Islamic State used chemical weapons, the White House said Thursday, following allegations that IS militants deployed chemical… 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 ›

Google sees its first post-Alphabet spin-off

Google sees its first post-Alphabet spin-off

  When Google dropped the bombshell about its enormous corporate overhaul on Monday, analysts and investors predicted that we’d likely start seeing some spin-offs. Lo… Read More ›

Here’s the country other than Mexico that sends the most immigrants to each US state

Here’s the country other than Mexico that sends the most immigrants to each US state

Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently circulated a “Transforming World Atlas” that investigates some of the big demographic and economic trends that define the world.… Read More ›

This housing bubble is ready to pop

This housing bubble is ready to pop

  Vancouver is my favorite city in North America. It’s my second favorite in the world, roughly tied with Capetown, South Africa. The top spot… Read More ›

West Allis, WI – Wallenda Completes His Longest Tightrope Walk In Wisconsin

West Allis, WI – Wallenda Completes His Longest Tightrope Walk In Wisconsin

  West Allis, WI – High-wire daredevil Nik Wallenda has completed his longest tightrope walk ever during an appearance at the Wisconsin State Fair. TV… Read More ›

Seattle – Federal Court: Anti-Muslim Group Can’t Post Ads On Buses

Seattle – Federal Court: Anti-Muslim Group Can’t Post Ads On Buses

  Seattle – A federal appeals court says an anti-Muslim group can’t post ads on Washington state buses showing photos of terrorists and saying the… Read More ›

Washington – As Chinese Yuan Falls More, Some See Little Cause For Alarm

Washington – As Chinese Yuan Falls More, Some See Little Cause For Alarm

  Washington – A free-falling Chinese currency could make China’s goods cheaper for foreigners, squeeze Western companies, discourage Chinese tourism, increase China’s exports and complicate… 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 ›

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 ›

Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery

Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery

Recent elective liver surgery reveals 90-year-old former American president’s cancer is widely spread; Carter says he’ll undergo treatment at Emory Healthcare. ATLANTA – Former US… Read More ›

Ankara’s attacks in Syria bad for Kurds and Assad, good for Islamists and Erdogan

Ankara’s attacks in Syria bad for Kurds and Assad, good for Islamists and Erdogan

BESA’s Inbar: It’s all domestic politics, with Turkish president rallying voters ‘around flag.’   Ankara’s escalating military campaign against Kurds in Syria and in southeastern… Read More ›