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Australian Open 2016: Caroline Wozniacki crashes out in shock defeat

Australian Open 2016: Caroline Wozniacki crashes out in shock defeat

  Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki might be the best of friends but the pair could scarcely have had more different experiences on the Australian… Read More ›

Hundreds may be dead after ISIS abductions in Deir Ezzor

Hundreds may be dead after ISIS abductions in Deir Ezzor

The city of Deir Ezzor in northern Syria has seen more than its share of conflict and suffering since the Syrian insurgency began. But the… Read More ›

American officials condemn ‘barbaric’ attacks on Israeli civilians

American officials condemn ‘barbaric’ attacks on Israeli civilians

State Department calls stabbings ‘horrific’; UN envoy ‘increasingly alarmed’ by near daily terror attacks, calls on leaders to work against violence   The US State… Read More ›

Israel employs double legal standard in West Bank, US envoy charges

Israel employs double legal standard in West Bank, US envoy charges

Furious Netanyahu calls critique from Dan Shapiro, on a day when murdered mother-of-six laid to rest, ‘unacceptable and incorrect’   US ambassador to Israel Dan… Read More ›

Bush slams Clinton, Slaughter over proposal to ‘shame Israel’

Bush slams Clinton, Slaughter over proposal to ‘shame Israel’

While GOP presidential hopeful castigates rival, veteran US diplomats say former secretary of state unlikely to have considered idea   WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate… Read More ›

Eizenkot: Iran deal is an opportunity

Eizenkot: Iran deal is an opportunity

At a convention on Monday the IDF chief of staff discusses a range of issues relating to Israel’s security, including the potential increased threat from… Read More ›

Cartel suspected of price-fixing Israeli high school trips to Poland

Cartel suspected of price-fixing Israeli high school trips to Poland

Nine officials at tourism companies are arrested on suspicion of fixing prices for Israeli high school students’ trips to Poland to learn about the Holocaust.… Read More ›

Hebron has become ‘terror central’

Hebron has become ‘terror central’

55 out of the 150 attacks carried out so far in the current terror wave orignated in Hebron; the Otniel attack marks an escalation in… Read More ›

PA security forces warn of permeation of ISIS ideology; Laud Israel-PA-US cooperation

PA security forces warn of permeation of ISIS ideology; Laud Israel-PA-US cooperation

If Islamic State and other extremist groups decide to fight Israel, they will find sympathy in the Arab street.   A senior Palestinian security official… Read More ›

MKs propose letting the public submit legislation to the Knesset

MKs propose letting the public submit legislation to the Knesset

The publicly proposed bills cannot be Basic Laws or amendments to Basic Laws, which have constitutional status, or deal with foreign relations, national security or… Read More ›

Daughter of terrorist victim Dafna Meir: I’m sorry I couldn’t help you

Daughter of terrorist victim Dafna Meir: I’m sorry I couldn’t help you

The mother of six who always told people that life was as “good as honey” was killed on Sunday evening, as she stood just inside… Read More ›

Druse ex-MK: Syrian brethren not abandoned by Assad

Druse ex-MK: Syrian brethren not abandoned by Assad

Majallie Whbee says many Druse have died fighting in regime army – from generals to privates.   Syrian Druse have tried to stay neutral since the… Read More ›

Czech leader: Muslim integration ‘practically impossible’ in Europe

Czech leader: Muslim integration ‘practically impossible’ in Europe

‘Let them have their culture in their countries and not take it to Europe, otherwise it will end up like Cologne,’ warns President Milos Zeman… Read More ›

Why India is the next ‘ecommerce battleground’

Why India is the next ‘ecommerce battleground’

  A handful of major US tech companies will be abuzz about India this year. Facebook will persist in battling net neutrality debates to continue its “Free Basics” internet program there.… Read More ›

The No. 1 fear for investors a month ago has now become reality

The No. 1 fear for investors a month ago has now become reality

For investors in the stock market, nothing is more important than earnings. In the long run, earnings and the expectation for earnings growth is what… Read More ›

Bombshell report accuses tennis officials of ignoring evidence of widespread match-fixing

Bombshell report accuses tennis officials of ignoring evidence of widespread match-fixing

  A bombshell report has been dropped on the world of men’s tennis with a BuzzFeed News/BBC investigation uncovering secret files that point to widespread match-fixing in… Read More ›

Hollis, NH – GOP Establishment Loses Hope Of Winning Iowa, New Hampshire

Hollis, NH – GOP Establishment Loses Hope Of Winning Iowa, New Hampshire

  Hollis, NH – After months of predicting a comeback for their preferred candidates, Republican establishment leaders now concede the first two contests on the… Read More ›

Tokyo – Oil Slides To Lowest Since 2003 As Iran Sanctions Lifted Share Tweet Share Mail

Tokyo – Oil Slides To Lowest Since 2003 As Iran Sanctions Lifted Share Tweet Share Mail

  Tokyo – Brent and U.S. crude futures fell to the lowest since 2003 in Asian trading on Monday as the market braced for a… Read More ›

Charleston, SC – Sanders Releases Universal Healthcare Plan Before Democratic Debate

Charleston, SC – Sanders Releases Universal Healthcare Plan Before Democratic Debate

  Charleston, SC – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released details late on Sunday about his “Medicare-for-all” universal healthcare plan and how he would… Read More ›

Albany, NY – Build A Better Weather Network? New York Takes The Dare

Albany, NY – Build A Better Weather Network? New York Takes The Dare

  Albany, NY – Counting every raindrop or measuring every gust of wind is impossible, but New York is getting closer with a uniquely extensive… Read More ›