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China: Sodium cyanide levels well past limit at Tianjin explosion site

China: Sodium cyanide levels well past limit at Tianjin explosion site

High levels of dangerous chemicals remain at the site of last week’s deadly chemical warehouse blasts in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin — hundreds… Read More ›

READ: Full text of secret deal between Iran and IAEA on inspections

READ: Full text of secret deal between Iran and IAEA on inspections

Officials confirm draft does not differ from final, confidential deal between UN nuclear watchdog and Tehran   VIENNA — The following is a transcript of… Read More ›

Netanyahu reaches out to Jewish Agency over global Diaspora initiative

Netanyahu reaches out to Jewish Agency over global Diaspora initiative

PM seeks meeting to resolve conflict over nixed project, but is treading lightly to avoid offending coalition partners   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written… Read More ›

US: IAEA ‘in no way’ allowing Iran to self-inspect nuke site

US: IAEA ‘in no way’ allowing Iran to self-inspect nuke site

After secret side deal emerges, State Department says ‘that is not how the IAEA does business’   The State Department on Thursday said “in no… Read More ›

Hamas gunmen abducted in Sinai

Hamas gunmen abducted in Sinai

Four members of Hamas armed wing are abducted in Egypt by unidentified gunmen, ratcheting up tensions between the terror organization and its powerful neighbor. Four… Read More ›

IDF reservist ‘sold secret information for NIS 50,000’

IDF reservist ‘sold secret information for NIS 50,000’

An Israeli Arab man and an IDF reservist have been indicted on espionage charges, after the reservist allegedly sold secret information to the man, who… Read More ›

Pride parade attacker found fit to stand trial for murder

Pride parade attacker found fit to stand trial for murder

Police submit psychiatrist’s opinion to court, which states Yishai Shlissel is mentally competent; Shlissel defiantly defends actions. Jerusalem police on Thursday morning issued an affidavit… Read More ›

Residents in east Jerusalem protest purported collective punishment

Residents in east Jerusalem protest purported collective punishment

Police close 3 of 4 roads leading to village following chronic rioting   Dozens of Arab residents from east Jerusalem’s Isawiya neighborhood gathered Thursday evening… Read More ›

UN official blames Israeli settlement activity for Duma deaths

UN official blames Israeli settlement activity for Duma deaths

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman says violence against both Israelis and Palestinians is aided by lax law enforcement in the West Bank.  … Read More ›

Israel to P5+1: Iran, Islamic Jihad behind rocket attack against our northern towns

Israel to P5+1: Iran, Islamic Jihad behind rocket attack against our northern towns

Iran consistently threatens to annihilate the Jewish state, even though world powers insist the nuclear deal will make Israel safer.   Israel accused Iran and… Read More ›

Analysis: It’s the principle – not just the man

Analysis: It’s the principle – not just the man

“The Arab community is overwhelmingly supportive of Allan because we are overwhelmingly supportive of the Palestinian cause,” MK Yousef Jabareen (Hadash) told The Jerusalem Post.… Read More ›

J Street U elects Muslim student as president

J Street U elects Muslim student as president

Maryland senior Amna Farooqi, of Pakistani descent, named new leader of national student board   The campus arm of left-wing pro-Israel group J Street elected… Read More ›

Ex-Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is seeking psychiatric help and ‘expects to go to prison’ for having sex with minors

Ex-Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is seeking psychiatric help and ‘expects to go to prison’ for having sex with minors

  Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is seeking psychiatric help and “expects to go to prison” after he pleads guilty to possessing child pornography and… Read More ›

The real reason a controversial secret side deal involving Iran is so important

The real reason a controversial secret side deal involving Iran is so important

  The Associated Press’s bombshell report that Iran will be able to carry out its own inspections on a facility where nuclear weapons research and… Read More ›

Uber hired a convicted murderer who applied with a fake name, complaint claims

Uber hired a convicted murderer who applied with a fake name, complaint claims

  Because of flaws in Uber’s background-checking system, 25 drivers with criminal records — including murder, child abuse, and assault — were allowed to drive for the… Read More ›

Newark, NJ – Agency: Stores Must Stop Drone Sales At New Jersey Airport

Newark, NJ – Agency: Stores Must Stop Drone Sales At New Jersey Airport

  Newark, NJ – At least two stores inside Newark Liberty International Airport are selling drones despite federal rules prohibiting flying them near airports. The… Read More ›

Mijas – Spain Vacation Ends Tragically As Jewish London Preschooler Drowns

Mijas – Spain Vacation Ends Tragically As Jewish London Preschooler Drowns

  Mijas, Spain – A four year old Golders Green boy who drowned Sunday night during a family vacation in Spain was laid to rest… Read More ›

Jerusalem – AP Interview: Huckabee Vows To Shake Up Mideast Policies

Jerusalem – AP Interview: Huckabee Vows To Shake Up Mideast Policies

  Jerusalem – Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on Wednesday vowed to abandon key American policies in the Mideast if he is elected next year,… Read More ›

End of the road for Mahinda Rajapaksa — Sri Lanka’s ‘warrior king’?

End of the road for Mahinda Rajapaksa — Sri Lanka’s ‘warrior king’?

  Delhi – In hindsight the odds were stacked against such a major comeback — even for Sri Lanka’s most powerful politician of the last decade.… Read More ›

Qualcomm executive dies in plane crash

Qualcomm executive dies in plane crash

Qualcomm marketing executive Michael Copeland was killed in a plane crash this weekend. Copeland, who had served as Qualcomm’s (QCOM, Tech30) senior corporate communications manager… Read More ›