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Video shows Jerusalem light rail guard beating up US tourist

Video shows Jerusalem light rail guard beating up US tourist

Accounts differ on what exactly happened but both sides lodge police complaint over incident   An American tourist is physically attacked by a light rail… Read More ›

The hits keep on coming at PIMCO

The hits keep on coming at PIMCO

  The hits keep on coming at PIMCO. PIMCO disclosed on Monday that it has received a “Wells Notice” from the SEC related to its… Read More ›

Scott Walker has tens of thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt

Scott Walker has tens of thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt

  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is in some serious debt. National Journal’s Shane Goldmacher reported Monday that new federal financial documents show that Walker has credit… Read More ›

Microsoft lays out its top three priorities — and none of them mention Windows

Microsoft lays out its top three priorities — and none of them mention Windows

  Microsoft’s strategy is changing. After years of focusing on its Windows operating system, Microsoft’s 2015 financial filing with the SEC  makes it clear that the company is… Read More ›

Frankfurt – German Carmakers Buy Nokia Maps To Fend Off Digital Rivals

Frankfurt – German Carmakers Buy Nokia Maps To Fend Off Digital Rivals

  Frankfurt – German carmakers BMW, Audiand Mercedes, will pay around 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) to buy Nokia’s maps business, beating out high-tech rivals… Read More ›

Lancaster, NH – 2 Dead, 22 Hurt In New Hampshire Tent Collapse

Lancaster, NH – 2 Dead, 22 Hurt In New Hampshire Tent Collapse

  Lancaster, NH –  A man and a girl were killed and at least 22 people were injured Monday when a severe storm blew down… Read More ›

London – Star Trek-Style Home Elevator Could Replace Stairlifts

London – Star Trek-Style Home Elevator Could Replace Stairlifts

  London – For people living in a house with more than one storey, stairlifts or home elevators are often a necessity of life as… Read More ›

Is China’s 2022 Winter Olympics song too much like ‘Frozen’s’ ‘Let It Go’?

Is China’s 2022 Winter Olympics song too much like ‘Frozen’s’ ‘Let It Go’?

  Beijing – Did Disney’s fictional snow queen of Arendelle help Beijing win its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics? Some Chinese Internet users seem… Read More ›

Death row prisoner: ‘I have been told I am going to be executed seven times’

Death row prisoner: ‘I have been told I am going to be executed seven times’

  Editor’s note : Shafqat Hussain says he was tortured into making a false confession; campaigners say he was a juvenile when convicted. The following… Read More ›

Newborn baby pulled alive from toilet in Beijing

Newborn baby pulled alive from toilet in Beijing

  Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby girl found wedged face-down in a Beijing toilet on Sunday. Residents heard cries from… Read More ›

US pledges to defend Israel if Iran attacks

US pledges to defend Israel if Iran attacks

Senior official says military action against Islamic Republic ‘always an option,’ but nuclear deal reduces likelihood it’ll be needed   WASHINGTON — The United States… Read More ›

Americans growing more skeptical of Iran deal — poll

Americans growing more skeptical of Iran deal — poll

33 percent oppose agreement, up from 17% last month; over one-third support it, a large majority of them Democrats   Americans who were undecided about… Read More ›

Obama to speak to Jewish leaders in first post-Iran deal meeting

Obama to speak to Jewish leaders in first post-Iran deal meeting

Reps from Jewish organizations to visit White House for presidential meet; Netanyahu to address American Jews via webcast   WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will… Read More ›

Senior American official: If Iran attacks Israel, US will protect it

Senior American official: If Iran attacks Israel, US will protect it

Following nuclear deal with Iran, Washington tries to ease Israel’s fears; official states Israel’s military qualitative edge will be ensured, adding: ‘US intelligence will check… Read More ›

Shin Bet arrests Kahane’s grandson, online incitement continues

Shin Bet arrests Kahane’s grandson, online incitement continues

Far-right activist Meir Ettinger suspected of involvement with extremist Jewish organization; police opens investigation into videos of Netanyahu, Rivlin wearing Nazi uniform. Far-right activist Meir… Read More ›

Hatred is killing the foundation of Israel’s existence

Hatred is killing the foundation of Israel’s existence

Op-ed: Freedom of expression is a noble value, the air democracy breathes; but the court has failed to equip democracy with tools to defend itself… Read More ›

IDF destroys illegally built home in West Bank settlement of Eli

IDF destroys illegally built home in West Bank settlement of Eli

High Court of Justice ruled that the structure and a portion of another must be removed because they were on private Palestinian property.   Just… Read More ›

Moniz to Israeli reporters: Iran deal does not change ‘one iota’ who America’s friends are

Moniz to Israeli reporters: Iran deal does not change ‘one iota’ who America’s friends are

US energy secretary defined America’s friends in the region as Israel, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and “a couple of Arab states.”  … Read More ›

‘A miracle saved my five boys’

‘A miracle saved my five boys’

Emam Dawabsha’s family was in Nablus when the two terrorists, believed to be Jewish extremists, snuck into the West Bank village of Duma and threw… Read More ›

US jets to begin striking Syrian forces if they target pro-US rebels

US jets to begin striking Syrian forces if they target pro-US rebels

US officials have long played down the idea that Assad’s forces would turn their sights on the US-backed Syrian rebels, but they cannot rule out… Read More ›