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New Delhi – India Turns To Israel For Armed Drones As Pakistan, China Build Fleets

New Delhi – India Turns To Israel For Armed Drones As Pakistan, China Build Fleets

  New Delhi – India has accelerated plans to buy drones from Israel that can be armed, defense sources said, allowing the military to carry… Read More ›

San Francisco – Report Says Apple Moving Forward On Building A Car

San Francisco – Report Says Apple Moving Forward On Building A Car

  San Francisco – Apple is speeding up work on a project that could lead to the California tech giant building its own electric car,… Read More ›

New York – Biotech Stocks Sink After Hillary Clinton ‘Price Gouging’ Tweet

New York – Biotech Stocks Sink After Hillary Clinton ‘Price Gouging’ Tweet

  New York – Biotech stocks tumbled on Monday, dampening an early rally on Wall Street, after leading U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted… Read More ›

The Pope vs. the GOP

The Pope vs. the GOP

Washington – Congressional Republicans hope Pope Francis leaves his liberal-leaning views at the Vatican. When he addresses a joint session of Congress Thursday during an event… Read More ›

Scott Walker drops out of 2016 presidential race

Scott Walker drops out of 2016 presidential race

Washington – Scott Walker announced Monday he is dropping out of the GOP presidential race. The Wisconsin governor entered the primary in July as a front-runner… Read More ›

Disappearance of North Korean girl still a mystery, 4 years later

Disappearance of North Korean girl still a mystery, 4 years later

Pyongyang, North Korea – Four years ago, Mun Su Gyong’s parents in Pyongyang received a letter from their daughter, colorfully decorated with pink hearts, embellished with… Read More ›

91-year-old woman may face charges on Auschwitz actions

91-year-old woman may face charges on Auschwitz actions

Former death camp worker accused of complicity in the deaths of 260,000 Jews   BERLIN, Germany — A 91-year-old woman who worked at Auschwitz has… Read More ›

Palestinian youth killed in West Bank explosion

Palestinian youth killed in West Bank explosion

Israeli troops find teen’s body while on patrol near Hebron. Army checking whether grenade detonated in his hands   A Palestinian youth was killed in… Read More ›

Israel’s SodaStream offers to take in Syrian refugees

Israel’s SodaStream offers to take in Syrian refugees

Company boss says he can help 200 families resettle and work in Negev: ‘I refuse to stand by and observe this human tragedy unfold’  … Read More ›

Netanyahu: Putin meeting crucial to avoiding ‘misunderstandings’ at northern border

Netanyahu: Putin meeting crucial to avoiding ‘misunderstandings’ at northern border

Leaders meet on cooperation in Syria to avoid confusion and agree on protocol to allow Israeli action against Hezbollah in the Golan. Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Ynet readers donate NIS 300,000 for boy’s bionic hands

Ynet readers donate NIS 300,000 for boy’s bionic hands

13-year-old Assaf finds hope as funds raised to allow beginning of process to give him sophisticated bionic hands – but it’s still not enough for… Read More ›

Firebomb throwers given light sentences in hopes of ‘rehabilitation’

Firebomb throwers given light sentences in hopes of ‘rehabilitation’

Jerusalem District Court judge hands down 2-5.5 year sentences for E. Jerusalem youths convicted of synagogue arson and multiple firebomb attacks; prosecutor weighing appeal. A… Read More ›

Premature detonation of grenade kills Palestinian in attempted attack on Israeli soldiers

Premature detonation of grenade kills Palestinian in attempted attack on Israeli soldiers

Muhannas Mashraka dies when a grenade intended to harm Israeli forces explodes early.   A Palestinian man was killed on Monday night when a grenade… Read More ›

‘Israel, Russia to coordinate in air, sea, and electromagnetic arena’

‘Israel, Russia to coordinate in air, sea, and electromagnetic arena’

For first time, chiefs of staff from Russia and Israel hold direct meeting.   The IDF and Russian military will set up a joint working… Read More ›

Analysis: When Jews get administrative detention

Analysis: When Jews get administrative detention

The district court ruling affirming Meir Ettinger’s detention until at least February did little to clarify the confusing legal melee   When Jews like Meir… Read More ›

Russian chief rabbi: Jews are safe here long-term

Russian chief rabbi: Jews are safe here long-term

Western sanctions over the Kremlin’s role in fomenting unrest in Ukraine, as well as declining oil revenues, have severely stressed Russia’s economy.   Russian Jewry… Read More ›

Rocket from Gaza hits open field in south; no injuries

Rocket from Gaza hits open field in south; no injuries

Sirens didn’t sound after solitary rocket strikes open field in Ashkelon region, just hours after Iron Dome batteries deployed   A rocket was fired into… Read More ›

Scientists are calling for a ban on beauty products that could be a threat to the planet

Scientists are calling for a ban on beauty products that could be a threat to the planet

  Scientists are calling for an outright federal ban on plastic microbeads commonly used in body washes, face scrubs, and toothpaste, explaining that the micro-sized… Read More ›

A new study about blood pressure will completely change the way doctors practice medicine

A new study about blood pressure will completely change the way doctors practice medicine

  It’s easy to get confused by the overly dramatic daily news about health and medicine. One day coffee is great for you, the next… Read More ›

SYRIZA WINS GREECE’S ELECTION

SYRIZA WINS GREECE’S ELECTION

  Greece went to the polls on Sunday, and handed a bigger-than-expected victory Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, who was Prime Minister until the vote was called.… Read More ›