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Washington – Trump Endorses Jewish Settlement Expansion In West Bank

Washington – Trump Endorses Jewish Settlement Expansion In West Bank

  Washington – Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump advocated for the continued building of settlements in the West Bank on Wednesday, The Daily Mail reported.… Read More ›

Detroit – Fiat Chrysler, Google To Cooperate On Autonomous Minivans

Detroit – Fiat Chrysler, Google To Cooperate On Autonomous Minivans

  Detroit – Fiat Chrysler and Google will work together to more than double the size of Google’s self-driving vehicle fleet by adding 100 Chrysler… Read More ›

United Nations – UN Needs $80 Million For Schools For Palestinian Refugees

United Nations – UN Needs $80 Million For Schools For Palestinian Refugees

  United Nations –  The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees expressed hope Tuesday that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait… Read More ›

Iranian commander threatens to close Strait of Hormuz to US

Iranian commander threatens to close Strait of Hormuz to US

Hossein Salami also says in speech aired on state TV that ‘Americans cannot make safe any part of the world’   TEHRAN, Iran — The… Read More ›

US-Israel aid talks stumble over missile defense — report

US-Israel aid talks stumble over missile defense — report

On top of $700 million more annually, Jerusalem said to seek separate funding for surface-to-air programs   Negotiations over a new US security aid package… Read More ›

Israeli binary options firm inadvertently tries to sell to Canadian fraud investigator

Israeli binary options firm inadvertently tries to sell to Canadian fraud investigator

Jason Roy couldn’t believe his luck when a salesman from what he later established was an Israeli company, Central Option, phoned him, and illegally tried… Read More ›

Pentagon on alert after names of American generals appear on ISIS ‘hit-list’

Pentagon on alert after names of American generals appear on ISIS ‘hit-list’

ISIS claims the military officials named were directly involved in attacks in Syria and Iraq.   The Pentagon is on allert following the publication of… Read More ›

Bernie Sanders is escalating his attacks on Hillary Clinton — and Trump is taking notes

Bernie Sanders is escalating his attacks on Hillary Clinton — and Trump is taking notes

  Sen. Bernie Sanders is planning on taking his presidential bid all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this summer. And it looks… Read More ›

Uber made a move for Chinese users that could finally blow its competition out of the water

Uber made a move for Chinese users that could finally blow its competition out of the water

  Uber is making a play for its Asia-Pacific users that could drive the company miles ahead of its largest rivals in the region. The… Read More ›

Billionaire fund manager Steve Cohen: ‘My worst fears were realized’ in February

Billionaire fund manager Steve Cohen: ‘My worst fears were realized’ in February

  There are more hedge funds today than there have ever been in history, says billionaire Steve Cohen, and it’s bringing about one of his… Read More ›

Des Moines, IA – Marines Investigating Claim About Men In Iconic Iwo Jima Photo

Des Moines, IA – Marines Investigating Claim About Men In Iconic Iwo Jima Photo

  Des Moines, IA – The Marine Corps says it has begun investigating whether it mistakenly identified one of the men shown raising the U.S.… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – No Trees Please, Says Hikind

Brooklyn, NY – No Trees Please, Says Hikind

Brooklyn, NY – Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have had ambitious goals when he announced his intention to plant one million trees in New York… Read More ›

New York – Free To Speak, Stop-and-frisk Judge Claims Some Victories

New York – Free To Speak, Stop-and-frisk Judge Claims Some Victories

New York – Tossing the gavel aside, feisty Judge Shira Scheindlin is speaking out, declaring victory over critics in the battle over police stop-and-frisk tactics… Read More ›

N.Y. college students accused of fabricating racially motivated attack

N.Y. college students accused of fabricating racially motivated attack

  Three New York college students who said they were targets of a racially motivated attack face multiple charges for what prosecutors are calling a… Read More ›

Experts: More Women in Iran’s parliament signals shift in society

Experts: More Women in Iran’s parliament signals shift in society

  Iran President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter over the weekend to praise the fact that 17 women will be part of the country’s new… Read More ›

Brazil blocks WhatsApp

Brazil blocks WhatsApp

  Rio de Janeiro – A regional judge on Monday ordered all telephone operators in Brazil to block WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by… Read More ›

Trump looks to crush Cruz as Indiana votes Tuesday

Trump looks to crush Cruz as Indiana votes Tuesday

‘If we win Indiana, it’s over,’ says Republican front-runner; ‘I am in for the distance,’ says Texas senator   WASHINGTON (AFP) — An increasingly confident… Read More ›

Mummy portraits stolen by Nazis returned to Jewish family

Mummy portraits stolen by Nazis returned to Jewish family

Rare Roman-era paintings confiscated by Germany, acquired by author of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ sold to University of Zurich, given back to heirs… Read More ›

Obama has wish about bin Laden’s last moments

Obama has wish about bin Laden’s last moments

President talks to CNN on fifth anniversary of al-Qaeda chief’s killing by US special forces at his Pakistan compound   Five years after US special… Read More ›

UK Labour chief Corbyn rejects call to denounce Hamas, Hezbollah

UK Labour chief Corbyn rejects call to denounce Hamas, Hezbollah

As senior party members said to mull resignation over handling of anti-Semitism row, leader says he will continue to engage Palestinian groups, declares Labour ‘absolutely… Read More ›