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Indonesia crash: Plane was carrying cash lifeline for the poor

Indonesia crash: Plane was carrying cash lifeline for the poor

Jakarta, Indonesia – A passenger plane that crashed in a remote area of Indonesia this week was carrying nearly half a million dollars’ worth of cash… Read More ›

Wall Street Journal denies accusations about Iran reporter

Wall Street Journal denies accusations about Iran reporter

Paper says allegations against former Tehran correspondent ‘are completely false, outlandish and irresponsible’   NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday denied Iranian… Read More ›

Iran says all UN inspectors must receive stamp of approval

Iran says all UN inspectors must receive stamp of approval

Deputy foreign minister claims agreement allows Tehran to bar certain individuals from entering country at its discretion   Any international inspector wishing to enter Iran… Read More ›

Scientists find how obesity gene works, a clue to treatment

Scientists find how obesity gene works, a clue to treatment

Genetics specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center says new experiments reveal a mechanism previously unsuspected   Scientists have finally figured out how the key… Read More ›

Foreign Ministry workers: We’ll delay Danon’s departure

Foreign Ministry workers: We’ll delay Danon’s departure

The Foreign Ministry Worker’s Union, which is in a labor dispute with the government, announces it will delay issuing diplomatic passports for PM’s recent appointments.… Read More ›

Battles over Shabbat in Jerusalem intensify: Convenience stores to be fined

Battles over Shabbat in Jerusalem intensify: Convenience stores to be fined

The Jerusalem mayor’s office has decided to start issuing fines to convenience stores open on weekends, causing controversy; some suspect the decision is meant to… Read More ›

IDF soldier wounded in terror attack near Jerusalem

IDF soldier wounded in terror attack near Jerusalem

Soldier wounded by explosive device, soon after another attack near J’lem in which anonymous individuals threw stones at vehicle, lightly wounding 22-month-old and her father.… Read More ›

A world that was

A world that was

Maintaining the memory of an ancient Jewish community.   RHODES, Greece – Officially, the square located in what was once the heart of the Jewish… Read More ›

Remains of Jewish victims of Portuguese Inquisition found in ancient garbage heap

Remains of Jewish victims of Portuguese Inquisition found in ancient garbage heap

Although not as well known, the Portuguese version of the Inquisition was very similar to Spain’s.   A routine excavation in Evora, Portugal, led to… Read More ›

Four Palestinians kidnapped by gunmen in Egyptian Sinai

Four Palestinians kidnapped by gunmen in Egyptian Sinai

A bus with about fifty Palestinians on it was traveling from Rafah on the Egypt-Gaza border to Cairo airport when it was ambushed by the… Read More ›

Moving the needle on settlements debate?

Moving the needle on settlements debate?

With the possibility that the anti-settlement Orthodoxy promulgated by the Obama administration be challenged, the other side of the issue may get a wider hearing… Read More ›

Yom Kippur to once again coincide with Muslim holiday

Yom Kippur to once again coincide with Muslim holiday

Arab business owners appeal to open on Eid al-Adha, a significant day of revenue for shop-keepers and small businesses, which falls on the same day… Read More ›

The drought is going to cost California nearly $3 billion

The drought is going to cost California nearly $3 billion

  California’s ongoing drought will cost the economy in the most populous U.S. state an estimated $2.74 billion in 2015 and lead to the loss… Read More ›

Putin’s economy may be in a lot worse shape than previously thought

Putin’s economy may be in a lot worse shape than previously thought

  The Russian economy is in a full-blown recession and, according to analysts that study it, may be in even worse shape than is apparent… Read More ›

Canada is ‘getting clocked’ by something far bigger than oil

Canada is ‘getting clocked’ by something far bigger than oil

  Canada is likely in a technical recession, after the economy shrank for the first five months of the year. It’s heavily dependent on commodities.… Read More ›

Israel – 200 New Immigrants From North America Touch Down At Ben Gurion; 59 ‘Lone Wolf’ IDF Soldiers Among Group

Israel – 200 New Immigrants From North America Touch Down At Ben Gurion; 59 ‘Lone Wolf’ IDF Soldiers Among Group

  Israel – On Tuesday, over 200 new immigrants from North America touched down at Ben Gurion Airport aboard a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, including… Read More ›

Orlando, FL – Zimmerman To Sell Confederate Flag Painting To Help ‘Muslim-free’ Gunshop

Orlando, FL – Zimmerman To Sell Confederate Flag Painting To Help ‘Muslim-free’ Gunshop

Orlando, FL – George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he… Read More ›

Paris – France Laying Groundwork To Recognize ‘Palestine’

Paris – France Laying Groundwork To Recognize ‘Palestine’

  Paris – Indications the French do not intend to bring a Middle East peace resolution to the UN Security Council in the coming months… Read More ›

No survivors in Indonesia Trigana Air plane crash, search official says

No survivors in Indonesia Trigana Air plane crash, search official says

Jakarta, Indonesia – After trekking through mountain forests laced with fog, Indonesian rescue workers on Tuesday reached the crash site of a passenger plane that went… Read More ›

2nd case of plague — another Yosemite visitor — investigated in California

2nd case of plague — another Yosemite visitor — investigated in California

California authorities on Tuesday reported they’re looking at a second person with the plague in the state — and, like the other case, this one… Read More ›