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New York – Why It Matters That So Few Mutual Fund Managers Are Women

New York – Why It Matters That So Few Mutual Fund Managers Are Women

New York – Diversify. The financial industry says you have to do it with your investments. But when it comes to who’s running mutual funds,… Read More ›

New York – Most Inmates Who Escape Get Caught: How Some Were Nabbed

New York – Most Inmates Who Escape Get Caught: How Some Were Nabbed

  New York – One escaped inmate was captured wearing his victim’s baseball cap. Two other fugitives were too busy enjoying wine and cheese to… Read More ›

Orange County, NY – Anti-Annexation Bill To Reach Senate Floor; Police Investigate Yiddish Twitter Threat Made Against Larkin

Orange County, NY – Anti-Annexation Bill To Reach Senate Floor; Police Investigate Yiddish Twitter Threat Made Against Larkin

  Orange County, NY – Just days after announcing that the Assembly passed an annexation oversight bill that could spell trouble for the proposed Kiryas… Read More ›

New planet discovered by 15-year-old intern

New planet discovered by 15-year-old intern

  Advice to interns: work hard and make your mark. And if you can discover a new planet while you’re at it, you could also… Read More ›

Iraqi forces: ‘We don’t need training, we need weapons’

Iraqi forces: ‘We don’t need training, we need weapons’

Al-Mazraa, Iraq – Al-Mazraa is a dusty village just south of Baiji, where a battle is raging between ISIS fighters and pro-government Iraqi forces trying to… Read More ›

Austria, Switzerland probe suspected espionage in Iran nuclear talks

Austria, Switzerland probe suspected espionage in Iran nuclear talks

Swiss and Austrian authorities are investigating claims of potential espionage during recent nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, including the United States, officials from each… Read More ›

Former Al-Jazeera America journalist suing network for bias

Former Al-Jazeera America journalist suing network for bias

Shannon High-Bassalik says during Gaza war she was told to cast Israel as the villain and emphasize the Arab point of view   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Israeli officials to weigh in on nuclear deal in US

Israeli officials to weigh in on nuclear deal in US

National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen to meet with counterpart Susan Rice to discuss Israeli concerns over pact with Iran   National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen… Read More ›

World powers would accept Iran deal without answers on past arms activity

World powers would accept Iran deal without answers on past arms activity

Officials say clarifications on military dimension of Tehran’s nuclear program won’t be possible by June 30 deadline   WASHINGTON — World powers are prepared to… Read More ›

Madrid court shelves 2010 Gaza flotilla investigation

Madrid court shelves 2010 Gaza flotilla investigation

A Madrid court has decided to shelve its investigation into the Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara, but leaves possibility of reopening probe. A Madrid… Read More ›

Culture minister: The government does not have to fund culture

Culture minister: The government does not have to fund culture

Miri Regev tells cultural figures that it is her right to determine criteria for funding and withdraw it from institutions, says “the artists won’t dictate… Read More ›

Weinstein’s attack on Shaked uncalled for

Weinstein’s attack on Shaked uncalled for

Op-ed: The attorney general knows, or is supposed to know, that many leading jurists in Israel and in the world support the justice minister’s ‘simplistic… Read More ›

Kremer first Israeli to be picked in MLB draft

Kremer first Israeli to be picked in MLB draft

In addition to Kremer, the Houston Astros selected Alex Bregman, also Jewish, as the second overall pick in the draft, good enough to earn an… Read More ›

Arab sector set to demand more funds to fight poverty

Arab sector set to demand more funds to fight poverty

Some of the Arab communities with high unemployment include Umm el-Fahm, Taiba, Tamra, Rahat, Sakhnin and Kafr Kana.   Israeli Arab poverty rates are dropping,… Read More ›

When BDS and corporate social responsibility collide

When BDS and corporate social responsibility collide

Companies have to weigh the costs and benefits of taking political sides, which will likely depend on the political views of their core customers and… Read More ›

Wanted: New spymaster who can watch Iran, forge secret ties

Wanted: New spymaster who can watch Iran, forge secret ties

As Mossad head Tamir Pardo closes out term, the cast of possible replacements includes old hands from the clandestine service and tried & tested army… Read More ›

Scientist reveal how many days a week you need to work out to actually make a difference

Scientist reveal how many days a week you need to work out to actually make a difference

How much should you exercise? Many of us have certain ideas in our heads about what works best to keep us “in shape” and what does… Read More ›

US should act in Mideast now to avoid messier cleanup later, says expert

US should act in Mideast now to avoid messier cleanup later, says expert

Ariel Cohen: Iran going nuclear would lead to Saudis following suit.   By decreasing its footprint in the Middle East at a time of growing threats,… Read More ›

Why does Israel have to fund those who despise it?

Why does Israel have to fund those who despise it?

Op-ed: Oddly enough, people who use artistic freedom to harm the state think that Israel’s citizens should pay for their hateful words against the state.… Read More ›

Hamas: Palestinian Authority, not IS, conspiring against us

Hamas: Palestinian Authority, not IS, conspiring against us

The Islamist group that rules Gaza reverses its claim that Salafis have been committing bombings, points finger at Ramallah and presents alleged confession. Hamas claimed… Read More ›