Taliban’s new leader described as educated, well-respected
The Afghan Taliban’s new leader is an educated and well-respected member of the organization who could prove easier to negotiate a peace settlement with, a… Read More ›
The Afghan Taliban’s new leader is an educated and well-respected member of the organization who could prove easier to negotiate a peace settlement with, a… Read More ›
Thousands of children as young as eight are working in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms in Indonesia, putting them at risk of cancer, respiratory… Read More ›
The United Nations says it fears for the safety of an estimated 10,000 families trapped in Falluja as Iraqi forces press in to retake the… Read More ›
Citing lack of faith in Israeli system, NGO will no longer report human rights violations on behalf of Palestinians, says doing so does not bring… Read More ›
Republican candidate just 41 delegates short of party nomination, while Democrat hopefully needs just 78 more WASHINGTON — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive… Read More ›
Yisrael Beytenu head is often a voice for moderation — and a vocal populist whose rhetoric undercuts his apparent restraint But Israel’s onetime foreign… Read More ›
Mandelblit says state comptroller report ‘contains material that should be reviewed without delay’; he also calls personal criticisms against his predecessor unacceptable and says he… Read More ›
The state comptroller’s report, published Tuesday, underscores the government’s failings in combating the international movement as well as rising anti-Semitism; among other criticisms, the report… Read More ›
Late night meeting between Netanyahu, Kahlon, and Lieberman resolves dispute over pension reform, but Bennett challenges PM on appointing cabinet military secretary, threatening not to… Read More ›
In May, the High Court approved a plan put forward by the state to release the bodies of nine east Jerusalem Arabs involved in terror… Read More ›
“What is today happening in Syria and Iraq is a deep-seated US-Zionist conspiracy that has triggered war in Muslim territories.” Iranian Defense Minister Hossein… Read More ›
The deal includes an allocation of nearly NIS 1.5 billion for pensions for disadvantaged retirees. Representatives of the Likud, Yisrael Beytenu and the Finance… Read More ›
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Noam Tibon, former head of Northern Formation, calls on powers to divide Syria, Iraq into smaller ethnic states. Russia and US are… Read More ›
‘Don’t do this to me again,’ prime minister tells Likud’s newest lawmaker, who visited the holy site hours before he was sworn in Right-wing… Read More ›
One business has been dragging Wall Street down for years — and it took an even bigger-than-usual nosedive at the start of 2016. Revenues… Read More ›
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton targeted her likely Republican rival at a Detroit event on Monday, calling him a “bully” and charging that he’d “bankrupt… Read More ›
Oil’s had a pretty good year. The commodity’s seen a nice rally in light of a weaker US dollar, stronger economic data from China, decreasing non-OPEC production,… Read More ›
Geneva – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a “kind of propaganda or advertisement”… Read More ›
Amsterdam – A patron at a kosher cafe in Amsterdam has been hospitalized after an apparently unprovoked stabbing. Ronnie Eisenmann, president of the advisory board… Read More ›