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High Court grants state more time to solve Duma terrorist attack

High Court grants state more time to solve Duma terrorist attack

Justice defers to state’s judgment that arrests will soon lead to indictments.   The High Court of Justice on Tuesday gave the state more time… Read More ›

Official: Israel to meet Quartet delegations that include EU reps

Official: Israel to meet Quartet delegations that include EU reps

Government says it does not want to “punish” US, Russia and UN for EU’s move on labeling settlement products.   Israel will continue to hod… Read More ›

Analysis: Senior Eritrean Church official stuck in bureaucratic limbo over detention

Analysis: Senior Eritrean Church official stuck in bureaucratic limbo over detention

Father Semere summoned to Holot detention center.   The Holot detention center for illegal African migrants may soon have a celebrity “resident.” Father Semere, the… Read More ›

Israeli robot-cleaning system promises brighter future for solar power

Israeli robot-cleaning system promises brighter future for solar power

A part of the Israeli delegation to COP 21 in France, Ecoppia’s technology can help make solar more cost-effective, say top energy officials   According… Read More ›

A rare map of the most complex conflict on Earth

A rare map of the most complex conflict on Earth

  The war in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was one of the most complex conflicts on Earth, even before the defeat of the M23… Read More ›

BAML: ‘It’s death by a thousand paper cuts’

BAML: ‘It’s death by a thousand paper cuts’

  The high-yield market is in the midst of a meltdown. The sell-off accelerated late last week, when the closure of the Third Avenue Focused Credit fund spooked… Read More ›

It is going to be even worse than we thought on Wall Street

It is going to be even worse than we thought on Wall Street

  Some of Wall Street’s most senior bankers lined up last week to issue a grim forecast: Trading revenues in the last three months of… Read More ›

Washington – Trump’s Doctor Declares GOP Candidate Is In Excellent Health

Washington – Trump’s Doctor Declares GOP Candidate Is In Excellent Health

  Washington – Donald Trump released a glowing letter from his physician Monday declaring that the Republican presidential candidate will be “the healthiest individual ever… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli-American Violinist Perlman Wins ‘Jewish Nobel’ Share Tweet Share Mail

Jerusalem – Israeli-American Violinist Perlman Wins ‘Jewish Nobel’ Share Tweet Share Mail

  Jerusalem – Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman has been awarded this year’s “Jewish Nobel” for his accomplishments as a musician, teacher and advocate for the… Read More ›

Washington – US Looking At Ways To Better Screen Would-be Immigrants Share Tweet Share Mail

Washington – US Looking At Ways To Better Screen Would-be Immigrants Share Tweet Share Mail

  Washington – The Obama administration is reviewing procedures for vetting would-be immigrants, with an eye toward examining applicants’ online presence, to close security gaps… Read More ›

GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown

GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown

Call it the Republican establishment’s nightmare scenario. The GOP establishment, confronted by a recalcitrant electorate that refuses to leave Donald Trump, is being forced to… Read More ›

Plumber sues dealership for $1 million after truck ends up with terrorists

Plumber sues dealership for $1 million after truck ends up with terrorists

All Mark Oberholtzer wanted to do was upgrade his ride. What he got instead was a world of trouble from half a world away. The… Read More ›

Three years after Newtown, Obama lambasts inaction on guns

Three years after Newtown, Obama lambasts inaction on guns

  Washington – Three years after a gunman killed 26 people — mostly first-graders — at an elementary school in Connecticut, President Barack Obama wondered in… Read More ›

World agrees to adopt Paris accord on global warming

World agrees to adopt Paris accord on global warming

After four years of negotiations, 195 nations commit to reduce greenhouse gasses, keep global temperatures from rising   In a landmark move, 195 nations agreed… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel to do its part in ‘important’ climate deal

Netanyahu: Israel to do its part in ‘important’ climate deal

Agreement reached this weekend would actually entail increasing Israel’s greenhouse gas output by 2030, due to population growth   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday… Read More ›

After accord, activists hope Israel finally warms to climate change fight

After accord, activists hope Israel finally warms to climate change fight

But environmentalists say Jerusalem’s plan to battle global warming falls short of what other countries have vowed to do, and might not be implemented at… Read More ›

Obama: Islamic State lost 40% of territories it captured in Iraq

Obama: Islamic State lost 40% of territories it captured in Iraq

American president says US and its allies are hitting ISIS harder than ever, killing five senior leaders since the spring. WASHINGTON – US President Barack… Read More ›

Netanyahu instructs to fortify bus stops in Jerusalem

Netanyahu instructs to fortify bus stops in Jerusalem

Following vehicular attack that left 11 wounded, concrete barriers to be placed in front of 300 bus stations in the capital, after the measure proved… Read More ›

Abbas calls terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

Abbas calls terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

Polls finds two-thirds of Palestinians support knife attacks and say intifada would ‘serve Palestinian national interests in ways that negotiations could not,’ while three-quarters oppose… Read More ›

Analysis: Turkey’s Israel charm offensive is all about Russia

Analysis: Turkey’s Israel charm offensive is all about Russia

Skepticism remains if Erdogan wants rapprochement.   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest charm offensive toward Israel and his country’s Jews seems to show how… Read More ›