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There is a new ‘ghost town’ in China

There is a new ‘ghost town’ in China

  An athletes village built for China’s National Games in 2013 and later planned for redevelopment now stands virtually empty and is a ghost town,… Read More ›

Continuing its rocky start, Apple’s online radio station goes down on its first day

Continuing its rocky start, Apple’s online radio station goes down on its first day

Apple launched both its new music streaming service and its Beats 1 radio station Tuesday, and it wasn’t quite the smooth start the company probably… Read More ›

United Nations – UN: World Should Be Ashamed At Failure To End Syria Conflict

United Nations – UN: World Should Be Ashamed At Failure To End Syria Conflict

  United Nations –  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday the world should be ashamed that three years after major powers approved a blueprint in… Read More ›

New York – At Last, De Blasio Takes Off Gloves And Hits Back At Cuomo

New York – At Last, De Blasio Takes Off Gloves And Hits Back At Cuomo

  New York –  Mayor Bill de Blasio, who 18 months ago in his inaugural address pledged to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with his one-time… Read More ›

New York – New Jersey Judge Dismisses ‘Bridgegate’ Lawsuit

New York – New Jersey Judge Dismisses ‘Bridgegate’ Lawsuit

New York –  A federal judge in New Jersey has dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed by people stuck in traffic in the 2013 George Washington… Read More ›

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner file for divorce

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner file for divorce

  One day after their 10-year anniversary, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner confirmed they are filing for divorce. “After much thought and careful consideration, we… Read More ›

Suspect sent selfie with decapitated victim, French prosecutor says

Suspect sent selfie with decapitated victim, French prosecutor says

A man on France’s terror watch list shot selfies with the decapitated body of his boss before launching an attempted suicide attack at a U.S.-owned… Read More ›

Greece defaults on $1.7 billion IMF payment

Greece defaults on $1.7 billion IMF payment

In a dramatic but widely expected step, Greece formally defaulted on a $1.7 billion payment to the International Monetary Fund early Wednesday in Athens. Greece… Read More ›

Hamas blasts UN Gaza war report… for pro-Israel bias

Hamas blasts UN Gaza war report… for pro-Israel bias

Terror group demands rewrite; says commission should have used testimonies from Israeli group Breaking the Silence to ‘prove IDF war crimes’   It’s not only… Read More ›

Shin Bet chief: Hamas gearing up for next round with Israel

Shin Bet chief: Hamas gearing up for next round with Israel

Terror group has little interest in war but could wage significant campaign, Yoram Cohen tells Knesset committee   Since last summer’s Operation Protective Edge, Hamas… Read More ›

Necktie cameras and invisibility cloaks star at Israeli spy expo

Necktie cameras and invisibility cloaks star at Israeli spy expo

Tel Aviv conference organizer says gadgets on display are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’   TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hidden cameras, invisibility cloaks… Read More ›

‘Arab MKs only care about Gaza, they don’t care about murders in the sector’

‘Arab MKs only care about Gaza, they don’t care about murders in the sector’

After four people murdered over the past week in violent incidents in the Arab sector, Israeli Arabs are frustrated at what they perceive as lack… Read More ›

Obama: I will walk away from Iran talks if its a bad deal

Obama: I will walk away from Iran talks if its a bad deal

As deadline for negotiations extended in a week, both American and Iranian leaders mark their ground, with Rouhani saying Tehran would resume nuclear work if… Read More ›

Islamic State threatens to topple Hamas in Gaza

Islamic State threatens to topple Hamas in Gaza

Shin Bet chief says Hamas losing its ability to govern in Gaza, facing funding challenges, a stagnant effort to rebuild after war, and increasing resistance… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s clandestine trip to hospital fuels talk of succession

Netanyahu’s clandestine trip to hospital fuels talk of succession

The Zionist Union submitted a bill that would require the premier to appoint a vice prime minister so it would be clear who would replace… Read More ›

Italian FM: Peace deal could send signal of stability to Middle East

Italian FM: Peace deal could send signal of stability to Middle East

The foreign minister, on his first visit to Israel, said that European efforts should be “concentrated on the possible contribution to restart the process.”  … Read More ›

Analysis: When transparency is only a smokescreen

Analysis: When transparency is only a smokescreen

The government may have given in to one of the opposition and opposition-within-the-coalition’s demands, to release the gas plan to the public, but that’s unlikely… Read More ›

A direct line from ‘Arab Spring’ to Islamic State

A direct line from ‘Arab Spring’ to Islamic State

Expert: Only regional powers could restore order within a short period.   In the future, when some historians analyze this period of Middle Eastern turmoil,… Read More ›

US official: Suggestion West will ‘cave’ to Iran is ‘absurd’

US official: Suggestion West will ‘cave’ to Iran is ‘absurd’

In Vienna, official says: ‘If we were going to cave, I could be home already and I would be a really happy person’   World… Read More ›

NBC fires Donald Trump after he calls Mexicans rapists and drug runners

NBC fires Donald Trump after he calls Mexicans rapists and drug runners

  NBC is dumping Donald Trump. In a press release on Monday, NBC said it was severing business ties with the real-estate mogul and GOP… Read More ›