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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 ›

Joe Biden calls Chattanooga shooter a “perverted jihadist” at memorial service

Joe Biden calls Chattanooga shooter a “perverted jihadist” at memorial service

Biden told a packed arena that the ideology that drove Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a 24-year-old engineer, to go on a rampage at two local military… Read More ›

Lone Republican in favor of Iran talks announces opposition to nuclear deal

Lone Republican in favor of Iran talks announces opposition to nuclear deal

Senator Jeff Flake was the closest in the Republican party to support the agreement and was swarmed with heavy lobbying efforts.   WASHINGTON – US… Read More ›

Report: Israeli fuel tankers escorted Jordanian fighter jets en route to US

Report: Israeli fuel tankers escorted Jordanian fighter jets en route to US

The rare sight of Israeli and Jordanian aircraft flying in tandem appears to indicate a new, stepped-up level of military and defense cooperation.   Israeli… Read More ›

ADL urges ‘no’ on Iran deal, but calls to brace for day after ‘yes’ vote

ADL urges ‘no’ on Iran deal, but calls to brace for day after ‘yes’ vote

Jewish group and Haim Saban both say Israel and the US should focus on bolstering alliance to thwart Iran, no matter outcome of congressional vote… Read More ›

Fox boss reportedly told Trump to make nice or ‘go to war’

Fox boss reportedly told Trump to make nice or ‘go to war’

  Fox News chairman Roger Ailes on Monday reportedly told real estate tycoon Donald Trump to make nice with the powerful network or else “go… Read More ›

New federal regulations could be disastrous for for-profit colleges

New federal regulations could be disastrous for for-profit colleges

  New regulations enacted July 1 by the Department of Education require for-profit colleges to prove that their students can find gainful employment after graduation.… Read More ›

The job market hasn’t really recovered

The job market hasn’t really recovered

  The unemployment rate has fallen by nearly a full percentage point over the last year, to 5.3 percent as of July. The number of… Read More ›

Washington – Democrats Talking About Having Gore Run For U.S. President: BuzzFeed

Washington – Democrats Talking About Having Gore Run For U.S. President: BuzzFeed

  Washington – Some insiders in the Democratic party are discussing having former Vice President Al Gore make another run for U.S. President, BuzzFeed reported… Read More ›

New York – 2 Jumbo Phones From Samsung Ahead Of Expected New IPhone

New York – 2 Jumbo Phones From Samsung Ahead Of Expected New IPhone

  New York – Samsung has unveiled two new Android smartphones with jumbo screens as it seeks to recapture some of the sales lost to… Read More ›

Mineola, NY – Prosecutor: NY-based ‘scam Charity’ Duped High School Kids

Mineola, NY – Prosecutor: NY-based ‘scam Charity’ Duped High School Kids

Mineola, NY – More than 100 New York teenagers — and dozens in Chicago, Houston and Nashville, Tennessee — were duped by a Long Island-based… Read More ›

Syrian official: We’re ready to negotiate with ‘real opposition’

Syrian official: We’re ready to negotiate with ‘real opposition’

The Syrian government is willing to negotiate a political solution with what it calls the “real opposition,” a reference to non-armed groups, a senior government… Read More ›

World’s longest nonstop flight announced

World’s longest nonstop flight announced

  Chalk up another superlative for Emirates. The Dubai-based airline has announced it will begin operating the world’s longest regularly scheduled nonstop flight. Daily service… Read More ›

Purported ISIS militants post list of 1,400 U.S. ‘targets’

Purported ISIS militants post list of 1,400 U.S. ‘targets’

A group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division this week posted online a purported list of names and contacts for Americans it refers to… Read More ›

Islamic State making gains in Afghanistan, US general warns

Islamic State making gains in Afghanistan, US general warns

Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner says jihadists have potential ‘to evolve into something more serious, more dangerous’   WASHINGTON — The Islamic State is making small… Read More ›

Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chemical weapons on them

Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chemical weapons on them

Germany’s Defense Ministry says attack on peshmerga fighters left many suffering from ‘respiratory irritation’   Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq… Read More ›

Islamic State likely used mustard gas on Kurds, US says

Islamic State likely used mustard gas on Kurds, US says

  The United States is investigating whether the Islamic State used chemical weapons, the White House said Thursday, following allegations that IS militants deployed chemical… Read More ›