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Iran-linked groups may be behind kidnapping of Americans in Iraq

Iran-linked groups may be behind kidnapping of Americans in Iraq

Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kata’ib Hezbollah and the Badr Organization are the principle focus of the probe into how the men were snatched in the Dora… Read More ›

Jerusalemites pitch in to help find diamond ring accidentally thrown in trash

Jerusalemites pitch in to help find diamond ring accidentally thrown in trash

Dozens of Jerusalemites answered the requests of a woman who lost her engagement ring to help her search through a vast pile of garbage.  … Read More ›

‘I begged her to keep breathing and not to stop’

‘I begged her to keep breathing and not to stop’

Renana Meir recalls terrorist attack in Otniel that killed her mother.   As Dafna Meir, 38, lay on the floor of her home with a knife… Read More ›

Palestinian Authority hard-liners blast security cooperation with Israel

Palestinian Authority hard-liners blast security cooperation with Israel

PA security commander unveils that PA security forces have prevented some 200 terrorist attacks against Israel since October 2015.   Palestinian factions on Wednesday strongly… Read More ›

US condemns Israel’s Jordan Valley land expropriation

US condemns Israel’s Jordan Valley land expropriation

Government declares 370 acres near West Bank settlement south of Jericho as state land, in largest such appropriation since 2014   Washington on Wednesday condemned… Read More ›

Billionaire VC says that most companies will eventually pay an Amazon ‘tax’

Billionaire VC says that most companies will eventually pay an Amazon ‘tax’

  Chamath Palihapitiya is a famous startup investor who runs his own venture-capital firm, Social Capital. He was an early Facebook employee and is now estimated… Read More ›

Asian markets are enjoying a rare moment in the sun

Asian markets are enjoying a rare moment in the sun

  Risk assets across Asia are enjoying a rare moment in the sun on Thursday, buoyed by a rebound in Chinese stocks, higher crude prices… Read More ›

Donald Trump is crushing a pair of GOP rivals in their own backyard

Donald Trump is crushing a pair of GOP rivals in their own backyard

  Donald Trump’s lead in the Republican presidential nominating contest isn’t just relegated to the early-primary states. He’s even winning on other high-profile candidates’ home turf.… Read More ›

New York – NYC Parks, Weeks After Rape Claim, Set To Get Security Funds

New York – NYC Parks, Weeks After Rape Claim, Set To Get Security Funds

  New York, NY – The city’s parks are poised to receive additional money for security less than two weeks after a young woman reported… Read More ›

New York – Is That Credit Card With The Annual Fee Really Worth It?

New York – Is That Credit Card With The Annual Fee Really Worth It?

  New York – The biggest months for adding and dropping credit cards are December and January, so now’s the time to make sure that… Read More ›

Washington – NOAA, NASA: 2015 Was Hottest On Earth By A Wide Margin

Washington – NOAA, NASA: 2015 Was Hottest On Earth By A Wide Margin

  Washington – Last year wasn’t just the Earth’s hottest year on record — it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust.… Read More ›

Kenyan Muslim who shielded Christians from terrorists dies

Kenyan Muslim who shielded Christians from terrorists dies

  Kenya – Kill us all or leave. That’s what Salah Farah told Al-Shabaab gunmen who ambushed a bus he was riding in the Kenyan county… Read More ›

Who are the Pakistan Taliban today?

Who are the Pakistan Taliban today?

A faction of the Pakistani Taliban has denied responsibility for the attack on a university in northwest Pakistan. The TTP “strongly condemn the attack on… Read More ›

South China Sea: Vietnam says China moved oil rig into contested waters

South China Sea: Vietnam says China moved oil rig into contested waters

  Hong Kong (CNN)Vietnam has pressed China to withdraw an oil rig from disputed waters in the South China Sea, potentially leading to a re-run… Read More ›

US academic group reaffirms opposition to Israel boycott

US academic group reaffirms opposition to Israel boycott

Association of American Universities re-releases statement calling academic boycotts of Israel a violation of academic freedom   WASHINGTON — After members of the American Anthropological… Read More ›

Zarif decries US ‘addiction to coercion’ with new sanctions

Zarif decries US ‘addiction to coercion’ with new sanctions

Iranian foreign minister says ballistic missile program part of Tehran’s ‘legitimate defense program’   DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — New U.S. sanctions over Iran’s ballistic missile… Read More ›

New English collection opens the doors to Yehuda Amichai’s unforgettable poetry

New English collection opens the doors to Yehuda Amichai’s unforgettable poetry

Israel’s greatest modern poet is revealed in all his diversity, sensuality and universality   Yehuda Amichai arrived in the land of Israel, as he noted… Read More ›

‘Hezbollah is getting the most sophisticated Russian weapons’

‘Hezbollah is getting the most sophisticated Russian weapons’

Advanced weapons are going from Russia to Syria and then into Hezbollah’s hands, according to an IDF reserve officer. These deliveries likely include Onyx missiles,… Read More ›

Goodbye Iran, hello Israel? Sudan changes its approach

Goodbye Iran, hello Israel? Sudan changes its approach

While Jerusalem and Khartoum are a long way from normalized relations, the last few months have seen Sudan edge closer to the moderate Sunni camp… Read More ›

Explaining a non-existent policy

Explaining a non-existent policy

Op-ed: Something that is often conspicuously absent from the discussions of Israeli PR problems is the country’s clear lack of a consistent and clear policy… Read More ›