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Bernie Sanders pulls ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll

Bernie Sanders pulls ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll

For first time, former First Lady not most popular in survey of Democratic primary voters   Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders surpassed front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton… Read More ›

IRGC officer: We laugh at Obama’s ‘ridiculous’ military threats

IRGC officer: We laugh at Obama’s ‘ridiculous’ military threats

Revolutionary Guards commander mocks American threat that all options remain on the table, saying it has become a joke   An adviser to Iranian Supreme… Read More ›

UK Labour front-runner scrutinized for ties to anti-Semites, extremists

UK Labour front-runner scrutinized for ties to anti-Semites, extremists

Tony Blair warns electing Jeremy Corbyn as leader could lead to opposition party’s ‘annihilation’   Jeremy Corbyn, a left-wing British MP on track to become… Read More ›

Norwegian festival rejects Israeli film for ‘not dealing with the occupation’

Norwegian festival rejects Israeli film for ‘not dealing with the occupation’

Director Roy Zafrani shocked to learn that his emotional documentary about disabled children won’t be screened in Norway because it is not critical of Israel.… Read More ›

Ten months after baby murdered in terror attack, Brauns welcome new daughter

Ten months after baby murdered in terror attack, Brauns welcome new daughter

Chana and Shmulik’s daughter, Chaya Zissel, was only 3 months old when she was murdered in a vehicular attack in Jerusalem. Ten months after their… Read More ›

Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery

Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery

Recent elective liver surgery reveals 90-year-old former American president’s cancer is widely spread; Carter says he’ll undergo treatment at Emory Healthcare. ATLANTA – Former US… Read More ›

Analysis: Turkey-Israel rapprochement not in the cards despite reports

Analysis: Turkey-Israel rapprochement not in the cards despite reports

Despite bilateral meeting in June, ideological differences will prove insurmountable barrier to peace.   There have been reports of talks between Israel and Turkey aimed… Read More ›

Simon Wiesenthal Center criticizes ‘gutter level’ of debate on Iran deal

Simon Wiesenthal Center criticizes ‘gutter level’ of debate on Iran deal

According to Abe Foxman, the former head of the Anti-Defamation League, while Obama is not anti-Semitic, some of his statements may be misconstrued in a… Read More ›

Jewish groups seek changes in anti-Semitism definition at California universities

Jewish groups seek changes in anti-Semitism definition at California universities

University of California President and former US secretary of homeland security director Janet Napolitano has already come out in favor of the proposed definition.  … Read More ›

Ankara’s attacks in Syria bad for Kurds and Assad, good for Islamists and Erdogan

Ankara’s attacks in Syria bad for Kurds and Assad, good for Islamists and Erdogan

BESA’s Inbar: It’s all domestic politics, with Turkish president rallying voters ‘around flag.’   Ankara’s escalating military campaign against Kurds in Syria and in southeastern… Read More ›

Iran FM says nuclear deal defeated ‘Israeli plot’

Iran FM says nuclear deal defeated ‘Israeli plot’

On first leg of regional tour, Mohammad Javad Zarif says Middle East countries should unite against ‘Israel and terrorism’   Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad… Read More ›

Larry Page only responded to one of 297 comments about the breakup of Google

Larry Page only responded to one of 297 comments about the breakup of Google

  Earlier this week, Google surprised the world with the launch of Alphabet, a parent company that will encompass a bunch of individual entities, including Nest, Sidewalk Labs, Calico,… Read More ›

Apple got smoked

Apple got smoked

  Apple stock was down 5% on Tuesday. It’s unclear exactly why the stock crashed, but it’s part of a trend that we’ve seen since… Read More ›

GUNDLACH: If oil goes to $40 a barrel something is ‘very, very wrong with the world’

GUNDLACH: If oil goes to $40 a barrel something is ‘very, very wrong with the world’

  West Texas Intermediate crude oil is at a 6-year low of $43 a barrel. And back in December 2014, “Bond King” Jeff Gundlach had… Read More ›

Dallas – Airlines Boost On-Time Rating, But Spirit Often Runs Late

Dallas – Airlines Boost On-Time Rating, But Spirit Often Runs Late

  Dallas – If you get on a Spirit Airlines flight, there’s a 50-50 chance that your flight will be late. Perhaps then it is… Read More ›

Brussels – WikiLeaks Offers $110000 Reward For Information On US-EU Trade Deal

Brussels – WikiLeaks Offers $110000 Reward For Information On US-EU Trade Deal

  Brussels – Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks launched a campaign Tuesday to raise 100,000 euros (110,269 dollars) that would be used as a reward for leaked… Read More ›

Boston – FBI Tracking Tips Spurred By Video Tied To 25-year-old Boston Art Heist

Boston – FBI Tracking Tips Spurred By Video Tied To 25-year-old Boston Art Heist

  Boston – Days after surveillance video from the 1990 Stewart Gardner Museum heist was made public, FBI officials on Tuesday said they are investigating… Read More ›

Amnesty International votes in support of decriminalizing sex trade

Amnesty International votes in support of decriminalizing sex trade

  Amnesty International voted Tuesday in support of decriminalizing the sex trade. The move comes despite strong opposition from anti-trafficking organizations and Hollywood stars. The… Read More ›

Donald Trump: ‘I keep whining and whining until I win’

Donald Trump: ‘I keep whining and whining until I win’

Washington – Donald Trump’s plans to make America great again are going to include a lot of whining. Trump on Tuesday morning in an interview on… Read More ›

‘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 ›