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Manchester, N.H. – Inside The New Hampshire Pitch To Those Who Don’t Want Trump

Manchester, N.H. – Inside The New Hampshire Pitch To Those Who Don’t Want Trump

  Manchester, N.H. – For all the passionate support Donald Trump has amassed in New Hampshire, many Republicans and independent voters are just as passionate… Read More ›

Washington – Obama Takes This Year’s State Of Union To YouTube, Snapchat

Washington – Obama Takes This Year’s State Of Union To YouTube, Snapchat

  Washington – Wired up, and ready to go. President Barack Obama is trying to offset dwindling viewership of the State of the Union by… Read More ›

Washington – Task Force: Mammograms An Option At 40, Do More Good At 50

Washington – Task Force: Mammograms An Option At 40, Do More Good At 50

  Washington – Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other… Read More ›

‘Revenant,’ ‘Martian’ tops at Golden Globes

‘Revenant,’ ‘Martian’ tops at Golden Globes

  Two movies about desperate men left for dead and fighting for survival took top honors at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, which celebrate achievement in… Read More ›

First aid shipment in months reaches besieged Madaya; starving Syrians weep

First aid shipment in months reaches besieged Madaya; starving Syrians weep

The first shipment of foreign aid since October reached the besieged Syrian city of Madaya on Monday, bringing starving residents to tears at the sight,… Read More ›

U.S. bombs ‘millions’ in ISIS currency holdings

U.S. bombs ‘millions’ in ISIS currency holdings

  Washington – In an extremely unusual airstrike, the U.S. dropped bombs Sunday in central Mosul, Iraq, destroying a building containing huge amounts of cash ISIS… Read More ›

Shaked tells US not to worry about NGO bill

Shaked tells US not to worry about NGO bill

US ambassador underlines concern over new legislation, urges justice minister to ‘protect free expression and peaceful dissent’   Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked on Monday said… Read More ›

As interest soars, author of banned Jewish-Arab romance deflects spotlight

As interest soars, author of banned Jewish-Arab romance deflects spotlight

Dorit Rabinyan says support for ‘Borderlife’ in wake of decision to boot it from schools shows backing for Israeli democracy, not just her; foreign editions… Read More ›

Swedish police take flak for covering up refugee sexual assaults

Swedish police take flak for covering up refugee sexual assaults

After paper exposes incidents at music festival, Stockholm official says ‘large part’ of those detained were from Afghanistan   Swedish police were criticized on Monday… Read More ›

Hezbollah: Russia is arming us

Hezbollah: Russia is arming us

Senior Hezbollah militants tell US news outlet that Russia is providing the terrorist group with weapons including long-range missiles and laser-guided rockets. Furthermore, one adds,… Read More ›

Palestinian on hunger strike in Israel in critical condition

Palestinian on hunger strike in Israel in critical condition

The condition of Mohammed al-Qeq, a Palestinian journalist in administrative detention who has been on hunger strike for 48 days, is in critical condition, say… Read More ›

NIS 15 billion for Arab sector – on condition of good behavior

NIS 15 billion for Arab sector – on condition of good behavior

Op-ed: The new five-year plan for the development of Arab communities would not have passed in the government had it been put to a vote… Read More ›

A-G expected to close case against Ashkenazi within weeks

A-G expected to close case against Ashkenazi within weeks

Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein is expected to close the Harpaz Affair.   Until the Harpaz Affair, Ashkenazi was rumored as a future contender for prime minister,… Read More ›

Once staunch critic, Cyprus now sees Israel as fighting for its survival

Once staunch critic, Cyprus now sees Israel as fighting for its survival

Head of the country’s center-right ruling party said that for years his country has had the “wrong perception of Israel.”   Cyprus no longer sees… Read More ›

In last State of the Union address, Arab-Israeli conflict looms over Obama legacy

In last State of the Union address, Arab-Israeli conflict looms over Obama legacy

Obama and his team remain privately skeptical that negotiations toward peace in Syria will succeed, either.   COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Barack Obama will cap his… Read More ›

Heroes of Israel: the Chicken lady

Heroes of Israel: the Chicken lady

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France marks ‘Charlie Hebdo,’ Hyper Cacher anniversary

France marks ‘Charlie Hebdo,’ Hyper Cacher anniversary

Memorial takes place in Paris’s République square where world leaders marched a year ago.   PARIS – French men and women assembled Sunday morning at… Read More ›

Bereaved families fight parole for accomplice in bus bombing

Bereaved families fight parole for accomplice in bus bombing

Mounir Rajbi, convicted of assisting suicide bomber in March 2003 Haifa blast, set to face committee on Tuesday   Families of the victims of a… Read More ›

To say that what happens in China doesn’t matter to the US is to ignore how the global economy works

To say that what happens in China doesn’t matter to the US is to ignore how the global economy works

China matters. The world’s second-largest economy is obviously slowing. Official data would have markets believe it will growing at something like a 6.5% pace this year. Others… Read More ›

The greatest threat in the Middle East is ‘going to get much worse before it gets better’

The greatest threat in the Middle East is ‘going to get much worse before it gets better’

  Sectarian divisions in the Middle East are only getting worse, and there’s little sign that tensions in the region will abate before they explode… Read More ›