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Seattle – Federal Court: Anti-Muslim Group Can’t Post Ads On Buses

Seattle – Federal Court: Anti-Muslim Group Can’t Post Ads On Buses

  Seattle – A federal appeals court says an anti-Muslim group can’t post ads on Washington state buses showing photos of terrorists and saying the… Read More ›

Washington – As Chinese Yuan Falls More, Some See Little Cause For Alarm

Washington – As Chinese Yuan Falls More, Some See Little Cause For Alarm

  Washington – A free-falling Chinese currency could make China’s goods cheaper for foreigners, squeeze Western companies, discourage Chinese tourism, increase China’s exports and complicate… Read More ›

Croatian ISIS captive reportedly beheaded

Croatian ISIS captive reportedly beheaded

Zagreb, Croatia – Croatia is now feeling the pain of apparently losing one of its own — in one of the most brutal and public ways… Read More ›

U.S. begins manned airstrikes from Turkey targeting ISIS

U.S. begins manned airstrikes from Turkey targeting ISIS

  For the first time, the United States launched manned airstrikes from a base in Turkey against ISIS forces in Syria, the Pentagon said Wednesday.… Read More ›

Explosion rocks China’s Tianjin; 17 killed

Explosion rocks China’s Tianjin; 17 killed

Beijing – A series of explosions shook the northern Chinese city of Tianjin late Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring more than 300, according to officials… Read More ›

Bernie Sanders pulls ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll

Bernie Sanders pulls ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll

For first time, former First Lady not most popular in survey of Democratic primary voters   Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders surpassed front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton… Read More ›

IRGC officer: We laugh at Obama’s ‘ridiculous’ military threats

IRGC officer: We laugh at Obama’s ‘ridiculous’ military threats

Revolutionary Guards commander mocks American threat that all options remain on the table, saying it has become a joke   An adviser to Iranian Supreme… Read More ›

UK Labour front-runner scrutinized for ties to anti-Semites, extremists

UK Labour front-runner scrutinized for ties to anti-Semites, extremists

Tony Blair warns electing Jeremy Corbyn as leader could lead to opposition party’s ‘annihilation’   Jeremy Corbyn, a left-wing British MP on track to become… Read More ›

Norwegian festival rejects Israeli film for ‘not dealing with the occupation’

Norwegian festival rejects Israeli film for ‘not dealing with the occupation’

Director Roy Zafrani shocked to learn that his emotional documentary about disabled children won’t be screened in Norway because it is not critical of Israel.… Read More ›

Ten months after baby murdered in terror attack, Brauns welcome new daughter

Ten months after baby murdered in terror attack, Brauns welcome new daughter

Chana and Shmulik’s daughter, Chaya Zissel, was only 3 months old when she was murdered in a vehicular attack in Jerusalem. Ten months after their… Read More ›

Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery

Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery

Recent elective liver surgery reveals 90-year-old former American president’s cancer is widely spread; Carter says he’ll undergo treatment at Emory Healthcare. ATLANTA – Former US… Read More ›

Analysis: Turkey-Israel rapprochement not in the cards despite reports

Analysis: Turkey-Israel rapprochement not in the cards despite reports

Despite bilateral meeting in June, ideological differences will prove insurmountable barrier to peace.   There have been reports of talks between Israel and Turkey aimed… Read More ›

Simon Wiesenthal Center criticizes ‘gutter level’ of debate on Iran deal

Simon Wiesenthal Center criticizes ‘gutter level’ of debate on Iran deal

According to Abe Foxman, the former head of the Anti-Defamation League, while Obama is not anti-Semitic, some of his statements may be misconstrued in a… Read More ›

Jewish groups seek changes in anti-Semitism definition at California universities

Jewish groups seek changes in anti-Semitism definition at California universities

University of California President and former US secretary of homeland security director Janet Napolitano has already come out in favor of the proposed definition.  … Read More ›

Ankara’s attacks in Syria bad for Kurds and Assad, good for Islamists and Erdogan

Ankara’s attacks in Syria bad for Kurds and Assad, good for Islamists and Erdogan

BESA’s Inbar: It’s all domestic politics, with Turkish president rallying voters ‘around flag.’   Ankara’s escalating military campaign against Kurds in Syria and in southeastern… Read More ›

Iran FM says nuclear deal defeated ‘Israeli plot’

Iran FM says nuclear deal defeated ‘Israeli plot’

On first leg of regional tour, Mohammad Javad Zarif says Middle East countries should unite against ‘Israel and terrorism’   Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad… Read More ›

Larry Page only responded to one of 297 comments about the breakup of Google

Larry Page only responded to one of 297 comments about the breakup of Google

  Earlier this week, Google surprised the world with the launch of Alphabet, a parent company that will encompass a bunch of individual entities, including Nest, Sidewalk Labs, Calico,… Read More ›

Apple got smoked

Apple got smoked

  Apple stock was down 5% on Tuesday. It’s unclear exactly why the stock crashed, but it’s part of a trend that we’ve seen since… Read More ›

GUNDLACH: If oil goes to $40 a barrel something is ‘very, very wrong with the world’

GUNDLACH: If oil goes to $40 a barrel something is ‘very, very wrong with the world’

  West Texas Intermediate crude oil is at a 6-year low of $43 a barrel. And back in December 2014, “Bond King” Jeff Gundlach had… Read More ›

Dallas – Airlines Boost On-Time Rating, But Spirit Often Runs Late

Dallas – Airlines Boost On-Time Rating, But Spirit Often Runs Late

  Dallas – If you get on a Spirit Airlines flight, there’s a 50-50 chance that your flight will be late. Perhaps then it is… Read More ›