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The PA claims Israeli soldiers have been given the green light to open fire and kill Palestinians.

The PA claims Israeli soldiers have been given the green light to open fire and kill Palestinians.

  The Palestinian Authority on Sunday accused Israel of carrying out “field executions” of Palestinian youths and said it would file charges with the International… Read More ›

Source: Delegation heads to Egypt to discuss long-term truce between Hamas and Israel

Source: Delegation heads to Egypt to discuss long-term truce between Hamas and Israel

The delegation is also expected to visit Qatar and Turkey.   A senior Hamas delegation is preparing to head to Egypt for talks on a… Read More ›

Analysis: Danny Danon appointment shows what Netanyahu thinks of UN

Analysis: Danny Danon appointment shows what Netanyahu thinks of UN

If your basic assumption – one backed by years of evidence – is that the United Nations is stacked against you, then does it really… Read More ›

Lebanon detains hardline anti-Hezbollah cleric

Lebanon detains hardline anti-Hezbollah cleric

Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir tried to leave Beirut in a disguise using a forged passport before being caught at the airport; he is a firebrand critic… Read More ›

‘Straight Outta Compton’ is crushing expectations

‘Straight Outta Compton’ is crushing expectations

  Universal’s epic year at the box office just got even better. The N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton” took in an astounding $24.2 million on… Read More ›

This font lets you see if you’re on the NSA’s radar

This font lets you see if you’re on the NSA’s radar

  When the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden began leaking classified documents in 2013, it became clear that Western intelligence agencies were monitoring online communications with… Read More ›

Putin calls an emergency defense meeting as tensions mount in Ukraine

Putin calls an emergency defense meeting as tensions mount in Ukraine

  Russian-backed rebel forces in Ukraine are building up to “full combat readiness” after an urgent meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and some of… Read More ›

Des Moines, IA – Clinton Reaffirms She Didn’t Send, Receive Classified Emails

Des Moines, IA – Clinton Reaffirms She Didn’t Send, Receive Classified Emails

  Des Moines, IA – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated Saturday that she did not send or receive emails marked classified from her… Read More ›

Washington – US Secret Service To Hire 1,100 Staff

Washington – US Secret Service To Hire 1,100 Staff

  Washington – Secret Service plans to hire 1,100 more officers and agents for an agency besieged by embarrassing scandals and security lapses, two law… Read More ›

Washington – Trump: As U.S. President I’ll Deport All Undocumented Immigrants

Washington – Trump: As U.S. President I’ll Deport All Undocumented Immigrants

  Washington – Republican presidential contender Donald Trump would deport all undocumented immigrants and rescind U.S. President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration if he… Read More ›

Volcano alerts issued in Ecuador, Japan

Volcano alerts issued in Ecuador, Japan

Cotopaxi, a volcano not far from the Ecuadorean capital of Quito, spewed ash several times, sending large gray puffs 3 miles into the sky, officials… Read More ›

Israeli border police officer stabbed; Palestinian suspect killed

Israeli border police officer stabbed; Palestinian suspect killed

  Jerusalem – An man suspected of stabbing an Israeli border police officer was shot and killed Saturday, authorities said. The officer was stabbed at the… Read More ›

North Korea threatens to attack U.S.

North Korea threatens to attack U.S.

North Korea threatened to “retaliate against the U.S. with tremendous muscle” if it didn’t cancel multinational military exercises scheduled to begin Monday. South Korea conducts… Read More ›

Choppers and chops but little policy as 2016 hopefuls butter up Iowa

Choppers and chops but little policy as 2016 hopefuls butter up Iowa

Trump, Clinton and Sanders all draw large crowds at state fair, but front-runners prefer pork on a stick and helicopter rides to laying out positions… Read More ›

Cabinet expected to okay natural gas deal Sunday

Cabinet expected to okay natural gas deal Sunday

Cabinet expected to okay natural gas deal Sunday   Israel’s government is expected Sunday to give the go-ahead to a controversial gas deal that backers… Read More ›

Islamic State chief raped American hostage, US finds

Islamic State chief raped American hostage, US finds

Abu Bakr Baghdadi took Kayla Mueller as a ‘wife,’ according to Yazidi teen who informed American intel officials   WASHINGTON (AP) — American hostage Kayla… Read More ›

Republicans have left Clinton playing in an empty field

Republicans have left Clinton playing in an empty field

Analysis: As long as the 17 Republican presidential hopefuls are busy spreading poison against each other, and as long as the institutionalized Republican leadership is… Read More ›

Two Israeli universities among top 100 worldwide

Two Israeli universities among top 100 worldwide

Shanghai Ranking puts Jerusalem’s Hebrew University at number 67 and Haifa’s Technion at 77; Technion ranked 18th globally for computer science and engineering. Jerusalem’s Hebrew… Read More ›

Hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with hunger striking detainee

Hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with hunger striking detainee

Arab MKs and religious leaders participate in demonstration in support of Mohammed Allaan; protesters shout slogans calling for kidnapping and killing of soldiers. Around 200… Read More ›

Former chief of staff: Ariel Sharon designed Gaza disengagement to save West Bank settlements

Former chief of staff: Ariel Sharon designed Gaza disengagement to save West Bank settlements

Former US President George W. Bush promised Sharon that the settlement blocs would be included within Israel’s final borders after revealing the Gaza disengagement plan,… Read More ›