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New York – How The Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared During Rosh Hashanah

New York – How The Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared During Rosh Hashanah

  New York – U.S. stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, a day before the start of a crucial Federal Reserve meeting. Policymakers at the U.S.… Read More ›

United Nations – UN: Israel-Palestinian Clashes A Threat Beyond Jerusalem

United Nations – UN: Israel-Palestinian Clashes A Threat Beyond Jerusalem

  United Nations – The U.N.‘s Mideast envoy warned Tuesday that clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in and around Jerusalem’s holy sites have the potential… Read More ›

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook working on a ‘Dislike’ button

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook working on a ‘Dislike’ button

Facebook is finally going to do it — it’s finally going to make a “Dislike” button. “We have an idea that we’re going to be… Read More ›

Pilot spots large object off Reunion, aviation authorities say

Pilot spots large object off Reunion, aviation authorities say

Nearly two months after debris from the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 washed up on Reunion Island, a large object reportedly floating off the island… Read More ›

Yazidis capture life in refugee camp through the lens

Yazidis capture life in refugee camp through the lens

Forced to flee the advance of ISIS, they left almost everything behind: close friends and treasured belongings, favorite lessons and a place to call home.… Read More ›

‘2 in 100′ Syrian refugees may be IS members, Cameron told

‘2 in 100′ Syrian refugees may be IS members, Cameron told

Lebanese minister says extremists are picking out possible recruits in refugee camps before trafficking them into Europe   A Lebanese official warned British Prime Minister… Read More ›

Gulf states urge world to do more to help refugees

Gulf states urge world to do more to help refugees

Arab monarchies defend record on Syrian refugees; in Riyadh meeting, also slam Israeli ‘aggressions’ against al-Aqsa   RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Gulf monarchies on Tuesday… Read More ›

Refugee surge to Europe raises extremism concerns

Refugee surge to Europe raises extremism concerns

With border controls overwhelmed, some warn of terror threat among throngs of desperate asylum seekers   PARIS (AP) — When Islamic State extremists lost control… Read More ›

“Think very hard if you really want to marry him”

“Think very hard if you really want to marry him”

No, that’s not advice from a radio talk-show host. That’s what Maxine Fassberg, Intel Israel’s CEO, told a female student whose spouse wanted to give… Read More ›

EU, Jordan warn against ‘provocation’ at Al Aqsa mosque

EU, Jordan warn against ‘provocation’ at Al Aqsa mosque

The warnings come amidst the third day of clashes between security forces and Palestinian rioters at the holy site, leading to a wave of violence… Read More ›

Heavy rains, hail and flooding hit Galilee and Negev

Heavy rains, hail and flooding hit Galilee and Negev

Northern Israel experienced its first true rains of the season today, while intense storms set the Negev’s rivers flowing. The dark and yellowish week that… Read More ›

Police investigating if Jerusalem crash death caused by rock attack

Police investigating if Jerusalem crash death caused by rock attack

According to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, several rocks were thrown at Alexander Levlovitz vehicle at approximately 11 p.m.   Police on Tuesday were investigating whether… Read More ›

Israel vows to stop Palestinian stone throwers ‘using all means necessary’

Israel vows to stop Palestinian stone throwers ‘using all means necessary’

Netanyahu issued the statement at the conclusion of an emergency meeting that was convened following the death of an Israeli national, Alexander Levlovitz.   Israel’s… Read More ›

Miles to go before I sleep’ – On the front lines of the migration crises in Europe

Miles to go before I sleep’ – On the front lines of the migration crises in Europe

The images being shown ranged from horrific stories of dead refugees suffocating in a truck while being smuggled, to Germans clapping and welcoming arrivals.  … Read More ›

Netanyahu to convene emergency meeting on harsher punishment for stone-throwing

Netanyahu to convene emergency meeting on harsher punishment for stone-throwing

Announcement of ministerial session comes amid high tension in Jerusalem over the Jewish New Year.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called to convene an… Read More ›

Australia’s new PM may be Jewish, but hasn’t given it much thought

Australia’s new PM may be Jewish, but hasn’t given it much thought

Malcolm Turnbull said his mother claimed Jewish ancestry, but is more interested ‘on the here and now’ than researching his roots   Australia’s next prime… Read More ›

Carl Icahn just upped his bet on the company Jim Chanos is shorting

Carl Icahn just upped his bet on the company Jim Chanos is shorting

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has added to his position in Cheniere — a natural-gas exporter thathasn’t turned a profit in more than 20 years. Icahn… Read More ›

OPEC is winning the oil war

OPEC is winning the oil war

  Oil markets may not balance until late 2016, but supply is finally contracting in a big way. Early last week the EIAconfirmed that U.S.… Read More ›

This number may be the biggest ‘alarm siren’ in Hillary Clinton’s brutal summer

This number may be the biggest ‘alarm siren’ in Hillary Clinton’s brutal summer

  Support for former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign tumbled in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll published Monday. And the drop… Read More ›

Afghanistan – Al Qaeda Chief Urges Lone Wolf Attacks In U.S. And West

Afghanistan – Al Qaeda Chief Urges Lone Wolf Attacks In U.S. And West

  Afghanistan – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on young Muslim men in the United States and other Western countries to carry out attacks… Read More ›