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Bennett to warn Biden return to Iran nuclear deal a mistake, source says

Bennett to warn Biden return to Iran nuclear deal a mistake, source says

Source criticizes previous government, saying that Iranian nuclear program ‘has advanced uranium enrichment capabilities’, agreement may be dead in the water since hardliner Raisi now… Read More ›

Israeli jets strike Gaza following fires set by arson balloons

Israeli jets strike Gaza following fires set by arson balloons

Israel hits Hamas weapons factory, tunnel entrance and underground rocket launcher next to a school; raids after incendiary devices from enclave ignite blazes in southern… Read More ›

Taliban Takeover Prompts Fears Of A Resurgent Al-Qaida

Taliban Takeover Prompts Fears Of A Resurgent Al-Qaida

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The lightning-fast changes in Afghanistan are forcing the Biden administration to confront the prospect of a resurgent al-Qaida, the group that… Read More ›

Afghanistan fallout engulfs Harris’ first day of Southeast Asia trip

Afghanistan fallout engulfs Harris’ first day of Southeast Asia trip

Vice President Kamala Harris, undertaking a suddenly high-stakes visit to Southeast Asia this week amid the first major foreign policy crisis of the Biden administration,… Read More ›

Explosive balloons launched from Gaza – report

Explosive balloons launched from Gaza – report

This comes following a recent escalation between Israel and the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave, and Egypt closing the Rafah border crossing.   Incendiary balloons were reportedly… Read More ›

Bennett’s pandemic strategy begins to bear fruit but the end is nowhere near

Bennett’s pandemic strategy begins to bear fruit but the end is nowhere near

Opinion: Despite the continued rise in new cases and hospitalizations, PM finds himself in a far better situation than what even the most optimistic predictions… Read More ›

Coronavirus cabinet decides school year to begin September 1, vaccines on campus

Coronavirus cabinet decides school year to begin September 1, vaccines on campus

Teachers and staff will be required to have a ‘Green Pass’ to enter schools; students 12 and over will get COVID shots during school hours,… Read More ›

Biden Says US-Led Evacuation From Kabul Is Accelerating

Biden Says US-Led Evacuation From Kabul Is Accelerating

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from the Kabul airport accelerated this weekend,… Read More ›

Kabul’s airport is the epicenter of a desperate and deadly scramble to escape the Taliban

Kabul’s airport is the epicenter of a desperate and deadly scramble to escape the Taliban

One week after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, the situation at the capital’s airport has become increasingly desperate, with more than 20,000 people in and… Read More ›

Taliban promise to protect women , then kill them for how they dress

Taliban promise to protect women , then kill them for how they dress

The Taliban have shot and killed a woman for not wearing a burka the same day the group promised to honor women’s rights.   The… Read More ›

Israelis are COVID angry, but at whom?

Israelis are COVID angry, but at whom?

Opinion: Accepting that coronavirus is a permanent feature in the world and certain measures and restrictions are now routine is key to mental health as… Read More ›

Soldier critically hurt in Gaza border shooting identified as Barel Shmueli, 21

Soldier critically hurt in Gaza border shooting identified as Barel Shmueli, 21

Border police officer in intensive care in life-threatening condition after surgery; Shmueli was shot in head during riots on Gaza border   A Border Police… Read More ›

Miami Beach Suspends Law Used Against People Filming Police

Miami Beach Suspends Law Used Against People Filming Police

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach police officers are no longer enforcing a new law that critics believe has emboldened officers to arrest bystanders… Read More ›

The author of ‘The Kite Runner’ has a message for anyone worried about Afghanistan

The author of ‘The Kite Runner’ has a message for anyone worried about Afghanistan

Khaled Hosseini’s novels show readers around the world a side of Afghanistan that goes beyond war and terror. His debut best-seller “The Kite Runner” was… Read More ›

No Palestinian state under Bennett led government, FM says

No Palestinian state under Bennett led government, FM says

It’s not possible for a two-state resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict while the government it led by Naftali Bennet, Lapid told Channel 11.   It’s… Read More ›

Israel’s education minister has been taught a lesson

Israel’s education minister has been taught a lesson

Opinion: In light of the announcement that children will receive the COVID vaccine in schools despite her best efforts, Yifat Shasha-Biton must engage in some… Read More ›

Desperate mothers reported to throw babies over Kabul airport barbed wire

Desperate mothers reported to throw babies over Kabul airport barbed wire

British officer says not all infants made it to safety; thousands stranded in no-man’s land between Taliban fighters and Western troops   Thousands of Afghans… Read More ›

US To Erase Student Debt For Those With Severe Disabilities

US To Erase Student Debt For Those With Severe Disabilities

  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that… Read More ›

US holding direct and daily talks with Taliban in effort to ease Biden’s Afghanistan crisis

US holding direct and daily talks with Taliban in effort to ease Biden’s Afghanistan crisis

Washington – While the US State Department continues to engage in high-level diplomatic talks with the Taliban in the neutral setting of Doha, Qatar, as… Read More ›

Israel ‘prints’ world’s first 3D living malignant brain tumor

Israel ‘prints’ world’s first 3D living malignant brain tumor

Each model is printed in a bioreactor we have designed in the lab using a hydrogel sampled and reproduced from the extracellular matrix taken from… Read More ›