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A stunned Europe steps up security following Paris carnage

A stunned Europe steps up security following Paris carnage

Leaders throughout continent announce heightened defense measures, question the future of borderless Europe   ROME (AP) — Soldiers and paramilitary troops toting semi-automatic rifles patrolled… Read More ›

Father, brother of Paris attacker placed in custody

Father, brother of Paris attacker placed in custody

The assailant was known to police as being close to radical Islam but had never been linked to terrorism enquiry   Police took into custody… Read More ›

The Paris terror attacks: What we know

The Paris terror attacks: What we know

Islamic State has struck on an unprecedented scale; a skilled bomb-maker is likely still on the loose; some of the attackers were French nationals, one… Read More ›

Syria gov’t, opposition to meet by year’s end

Syria gov’t, opposition to meet by year’s end

Agreement reached in Vienna talks to attempt creation of transitional government in 18 months, push peace talks at end of 2015. High-level talks on the… Read More ›

Brazilian musician: I’ll never go back to Israel

Brazilian musician: I’ll never go back to Israel

South American composer and singer Caetano Veloso, who performed in Tel Aviv in July with fellow musician Gilberto Gil, publishes a three-page article on the… Read More ›

Syrian passed through Greece before attacking in Paris

Syrian passed through Greece before attacking in Paris

Investigations into Paris attacks begin to bear fruit with ‘number of arrests’ made in Belgium; attackers included Syrian, Egyptian, French citizens. Intense investigations were underway… Read More ›

Traffic accident or failed terror attack?

Traffic accident or failed terror attack?

The IDF spokespersons office said Saturday night they are checking a report that the driver tried to enter Psagot to carry out a stabbing attack… Read More ›

Israeli leaders express condolences, declare ‘wake up’ call against Muslim extremism

Israeli leaders express condolences, declare ‘wake up’ call against Muslim extremism

The Knesset will be lit in the colors of the French flag and Israeli flags will be lowered to half-mast in solidarity with France.  … Read More ›

Far-right settler rabbi: Paris attacks are payback for the Holocaust

Far-right settler rabbi: Paris attacks are payback for the Holocaust

The quote from Dov Lior, the chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, was first reported by the Walla! news agency.   A… Read More ›

Why not hear about Islam from a woman who grew up as Muslim in the ME?

Why not hear about Islam from a woman who grew up as Muslim in the ME?

Paris attacks: Bataclan and other assaults leave many dead

Paris attacks: Bataclan and other assaults leave many dead

France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 120 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb… Read More ›

Undercover Israeli Police Raid Hospital and Arrest Terrorist

Undercover Israeli Police Raid Hospital and Arrest Terrorist

Hospital raid video offer rare glimpse into undercover Israeli units Troops undergo intensive training, often come from Arabic-speaking minorities, and immerse themselves in the ‘local… Read More ›

Saudi Prince: Israeli peace is non-sustainable without a two-state solution

Saudi Prince: Israeli peace is non-sustainable without a two-state solution

  Israel cannot sustain peace unless the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved through the creation of a two-state solution, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal said in an… Read More ›

Ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed in possible anti-Semitic attack in Milan

Ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed in possible anti-Semitic attack in Milan

Victim, named as 40-year-old Nathan Graff, sustains light to moderate wounds; attacker flees scene   A 40-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed multiple times Thursday… Read More ›

Here’s a simple explanation for why the retail business is brutal

Here’s a simple explanation for why the retail business is brutal

  Retail is a tough business. This week, the retail sector got hammered, notably Macy’s and Nordstrom, which saw shares crash. Macy’s stock fell 14%… Read More ›

US Secret Service officer was arrested after texting naked photos to a police officer posing as a teenage girl

US Secret Service officer was arrested after texting naked photos to a police officer posing as a teenage girl

  A U.S. Secret Service officer assigned to the White House was arrested this week after he sent naked pictures of himself to someone he… Read More ›

Wall Street banks are writing huge checks to finance the takeover boom

Wall Street banks are writing huge checks to finance the takeover boom

  Big-ticket takeovers are generating huge financing dealsfor Wall Street. The Anheuser-Busch InBev-SABMiller deal, announced November 11, has the biggest loan package in the history of… Read More ›

Washington – Obama Calls Trump’s Plan To Deport Illegal Immigrants Unrealistic

Washington – Obama Calls Trump’s Plan To Deport Illegal Immigrants Unrealistic

  Washington – President Barack Obama said on Thursday Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s plan for mass deportation of undocumented immigrants is unrealistic. “The notion… Read More ›

Onowa, IA – Fiorina Says No “Ill Will” For Clinton

Onowa, IA – Fiorina Says No “Ill Will” For Clinton

  Onowa, IA – – Carly Fiorina says she bears no “ill will” to Hillary Rodham Clinton for not saying more to a man who… Read More ›

New York – New York City Revenues Ahead Of Forecast For Fiscal 2016

New York – New York City Revenues Ahead Of Forecast For Fiscal 2016

New York –  New York City will take in $304 million more in taxes and other revenues than forecast for the current fiscal year, allowing… Read More ›