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‘They don’t deserve this kind of life:’ Meet China’s abandoned children

‘They don’t deserve this kind of life:’ Meet China’s abandoned children

Beijing – The first thing that strikes me about JiaJia is how he almost looks like Superman. Arms and legs outstretched in flying position, lying stomach… Read More ›

Kerry: If we reject Iran deal, world will lose faith in US leadership

Kerry: If we reject Iran deal, world will lose faith in US leadership

Even before talks, Tehran dropped pursuit of nuclear weapons, secretary of state says; claims dollar could sink if pact struck down   WASHINGTON — If… Read More ›

Iran debate devolves with charges of ‘dual loyalty’ and ‘dog whistles’

Iran debate devolves with charges of ‘dual loyalty’ and ‘dog whistles’

With most Republicans against the deal, Democrats have become the battleground — and attacks against Chuck Schumer show just how tense the battle is  … Read More ›

Tel Aviv cheers new subway, bemoans its construction

Tel Aviv cheers new subway, bemoans its construction

White City gears up for years of disruptions, traffic congestion as Light Rail project comes underway   In 2011, when Los Angeles shut down a… Read More ›

Head of far-right group under police investigation

Head of far-right group under police investigation

Bentzi Gopstein, chairman of radical anti-assimilation group Lehava, drew law enforcement’s attention after recent recording in which he said church arson was legitimate under Jewish… Read More ›

Supreme Court upholds bulk of Infiltration Prevention Act

Supreme Court upholds bulk of Infiltration Prevention Act

Court rejects most of petition filed by human rights organizations against third version of bill, but strikes down clause allowing detention exceeding 12 months; nearly… Read More ›

A rabbinic commitment to all Israelis

A rabbinic commitment to all Israelis

Op-ed: A group of great Torah scholars is creating a remedy for the 130,000 boys and girls, young men and women who have felt Jewish… Read More ›

Shin Bet interrogation sheds light on Hamas-Iran ties

Shin Bet interrogation sheds light on Hamas-Iran ties

According to Ibrahim Shahade Sha’ar – accused of terrorist activity – told interrogators that Iran has been transferring money, supplying military equipment and training members… Read More ›

PA to present UN Security Council with resolution to end Israeli ‘occupation’

PA to present UN Security Council with resolution to end Israeli ‘occupation’

Malki dubbed it the “worst form of terrorism” and said that the PA is working towards convincing the US to add settler groups to the… Read More ›

Hamas tunnel digger giving up much intel, says Shin Bet

Hamas tunnel digger giving up much intel, says Shin Bet

Rafah man, who operated on the Gaza battlefield last summer, details training, funding from Tehran.   A Hamas fighter and tunnel digger has given his… Read More ›

Iran seeking to use nuclear deal momentum for new Syria deal

Iran seeking to use nuclear deal momentum for new Syria deal

Tony Badran: The Obama administration and the Iranians want to capitalize on the deal, but the Saudis are not pulling back on getting rid of… Read More ›

Study: Israel spends twice as much on settler students

Study: Israel spends twice as much on settler students

Education Ministry says data compiled by Tel Aviv’s Macro Center is inaccurate   A new study, which the Israeli Education Ministry has claimed is inaccurate,… Read More ›

An exercise scientist told us 4 big things people get wrong about working out and weight loss

An exercise scientist told us 4 big things people get wrong about working out and weight loss

  When it comes down to it, the biggest reason many people start workout programs in the first place is to lose weight. Over and… Read More ›

One of Chip Kelly’s most controversial trades is in danger of backfiring

One of Chip Kelly’s most controversial trades is in danger of backfiring

  Chip Kelly’s dramatic overhaul of the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason has hit its first snag. At the start of training camp, Kelly, who took… Read More ›

An NFL player who has made $28 million spends 12 hours a day working on his family farm in the off-season

An NFL player who has made $28 million spends 12 hours a day working on his family farm in the off-season

  Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson signed a four-year, $39 million contract a year ago but that doesn’t keep him from returning to… Read More ›

New York – Clinton Signs Court Statement That She’s Turned Over Emails

New York – Clinton Signs Court Statement That She’s Turned Over Emails

  New York – ‎Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says in a sworn statement to a federal judge that she’s turned over all… Read More ›

New York – Son Recounts His Father’s Struggle In New Holocaust Memoir

New York – Son Recounts His Father’s Struggle In New Holocaust Memoir

New York – Holocaust memoirs published in the decades following the Nazi genocide of Europe’s Jews serve as gripping and historically necessary evidence to unimaginable… Read More ›

Israel – Challenge To Chief Rabbinate: National-Religious Rabbis Announce New Private Conversion Courts

Israel – Challenge To Chief Rabbinate: National-Religious Rabbis Announce New Private Conversion Courts

  Israel – In a direct challenge to the authority of the Chief Rabbinate, a group of senior national-religious rabbis announced the formation of a… Read More ›

7 charged in Pakistan child abuse case

7 charged in Pakistan child abuse case

  Seven people suspected of making and selling sex videos involving children have been arrested in the Punjab province in Pakistan, police said. Police officer… Read More ›

Two people dead after being stabbed at IKEA store in Sweden

Two people dead after being stabbed at IKEA store in Sweden

  Two people have died after being stabbed at an IKEA store in Vasteras, Sweden on Monday, according to police. A third person was severely… Read More ›