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Surfer Mick Fanning escapes shark attack

Surfer Mick Fanning escapes shark attack

A surfing competition in South Africa was canceled Sunday after professional surfer Mick Fanningescaped a shark attack in the opening minutes of the final heat.… Read More ›

Security Council session on Iran deal to include discussion on Israel

Security Council session on Iran deal to include discussion on Israel

Malaysia asks to reintroduce perceived mistreatment of Palestinians on meeting’s agenda Monday   The UN Security Council session on Monday on the new nuclear deal… Read More ›

UK’s Cameron: Jewish-centric conspiracy theories must be challenged

UK’s Cameron: Jewish-centric conspiracy theories must be challenged

British PM to announce 5-year plan to combat home-grown Islamic extremism and radicalization in face of growing popularity of IS   Conspiracy theories of a… Read More ›

Carter: We won’t change Israel’s view on Iran deal

Carter: We won’t change Israel’s view on Iran deal

US defense chief in Israel for talks on bolstering defense ties after nuclear accord which he says does not ‘prevent military option’   US Defense… Read More ›

Admired, powerful rabbi suspected of sex offenses

Admired, powerful rabbi suspected of sex offenses

Kabbalist Rabbi Ezra Scheinberg, who founded a yeshiva and a devoted community in Safed and became famous across Israel for his alleged supernatural powers, tries… Read More ›

Poll: Israelis most worried about Iran, Islamic State

Poll: Israelis most worried about Iran, Islamic State

Pew survey found many countries view climate change as top global threat; concern with radical Islamist threats higher in Middle East, Europe, North America. Israelis… Read More ›

Iran deal will save Assad

Iran deal will save Assad

Analysis: The world powers’ agreement with the Islamic Republic promises the Syrian president that his ally will continue to support him and fund the military… Read More ›

Could pro-Palestinian Corbyn take UK Labor Party leadership?

Could pro-Palestinian Corbyn take UK Labor Party leadership?

A number of polls placed Corbyn in second place on the list last week; meanwhile reports of his long-standing “friendship” with Hamas and Hezbollah resurfaced.… Read More ›

‘Don’t open up an international front over Sussiya demolitions’

‘Don’t open up an international front over Sussiya demolitions’

Residents of West Bank village to EU: Stop trade with Israel   With Israel facing Palestinian challenges at the ICC and quite possibly at the… Read More ›

The Iranian general who will remain in America’s crosshairs

The Iranian general who will remain in America’s crosshairs

Sanctions against two Iranian nuclear scientists, who were reportedly Mossad targets, will be removed in eight years, but the US will continue to punish Quds… Read More ›

Intelligence file: Merit is in the eye of the beholder

Intelligence file: Merit is in the eye of the beholder

Nothing in the 150 pages of the Vienna accord will convince the unconvinced. The debate long ago became an ideological confrontation.   One of the… Read More ›

Buenos Aires – Argentine Jews Reject Any Dialogue With Iran In Bombing

Buenos Aires – Argentine Jews Reject Any Dialogue With Iran In Bombing

  Buenos Aires – Argentine Jewish leaders on Friday renewed denunciations of a government plan to work with Iran to investigate Argentina’s worst terrorist attack.… Read More ›

Ted Cruz says he won’t ‘go into the gutter’ to criticize Donald Trump

Ted Cruz says he won’t ‘go into the gutter’ to criticize Donald Trump

  Criticism of real estate mogul-turned-presidential candidate Donald Trump has been swift and boisterous of late, thanks to Trump’s fiery statements labeling some Mexican immigrants as… Read More ›

Home movie shows Queen Elizabeth performing Nazi salute as a child

Home movie shows Queen Elizabeth performing Nazi salute as a child

Buckingham Palace is none too happy after the Sun tabloid published a snippet from a 1933 home movie that shows Queen Elizabeth performing a Nazi… Read More ›

How the most powerful female hedge fund manager sees trading changing in the next 10 years

How the most powerful female hedge fund manager sees trading changing in the next 10 years

  Leda Braga, 48, is considered the most powerful female hedge fund manager in the world. In January, she launched her fund, Systematica Investments, a computer-driven… Read More ›

Albany, NY – Report: Following KJ Veto, Cuomo Receives Payments From Wealthy KJ Developer

Albany, NY – Report: Following KJ Veto, Cuomo Receives Payments From Wealthy KJ Developer

  Albany, NY – Governor Cuomo’s ties to a wealthy Kiryas Joel developer has both legislators and good government groups questioning Cuomo’s decision to veto… Read More ›

Ames, IA – Trump Slams War Veteran John McCain: ‘I Like People Who Weren’t Captured’

Ames, IA – Trump Slams War Veteran John McCain: ‘I Like People Who Weren’t Captured’

  Ames, IA – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized Sen. John McCain’s military record at a conservative forum Saturday, saying the party’s 2008 nominee… Read More ›

New York, NY – A Man, His Kids, And A Phalanx Of Security: Obama In Manhattan

New York, NY – A Man, His Kids, And A Phalanx Of Security: Obama In Manhattan

  Manhattan, NY – Helicopters whirling overhead, a phalanx of New York police officers on scooters to shoo away tourists, and about 50 anxious Secret… Read More ›

Loch Ness hunter: Have we been catfished by Nessie?

Loch Ness hunter: Have we been catfished by Nessie?

  Loch Ness Monster believers everywhere brace yourselves: Nessie might just be a catfish. As the lore goes, the legendary creature is rumored to live… Read More ›

Navy’s newest combat ship slides into Wisconsin waters

Navy’s newest combat ship slides into Wisconsin waters

The U.S. Navy’s newest combat ship, the USS Little Rock, slid into the waters of Marinette Marine Shipyard in Wisconsin on Saturday morning. In the… Read More ›