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Israel announces punitive measures for Palestinians after stabbing

Israel announces punitive measures for Palestinians after stabbing

Entry into country for residents of assailant’s home town annulled, as are hundreds of passes to fly abroad through Israeli airport   Israeli leaders ordered… Read More ›

Abbas tells French FM ‘no place for Hamas’ in new government

Abbas tells French FM ‘no place for Hamas’ in new government

Fabius says PA president wants next cabinet to include only members who recognize Israel, renounce violence   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday told… Read More ›

Al-Midan theater: We’ll turn to European Union for funding

Al-Midan theater: We’ll turn to European Union for funding

In reaction to culture minister’s decision to freeze funds to Arab theater which staged play about Israeli-Arab terrorist, a meeting of Arab artists and MKs… Read More ›

France says Iran deal ‘still not clear’

France says Iran deal ‘still not clear’

French FM, currently visiting in Israel, says that a nuclear deal is not guaranteed as June 30th deadline approaches. France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said… Read More ›

The officer who saw behind the top-secret curtain

The officer who saw behind the top-secret curtain

From supporting Yemeni Royalists to a proposal for the assassination Iran’s Khomenei, former military intelligence officer Yossi Alpher had a behind-the-scenes look at some of… Read More ›

High Court to debate demolition of homes in West Bank outpost

High Court to debate demolition of homes in West Bank outpost

The High Court of Justice is slated on Monday to debate the demolition of 17 homes on private Palestinian property in the Derech Ha’avot outpost… Read More ›

Top rebel leader accuses Jews of masterminding Ukrainian revolution

Top rebel leader accuses Jews of masterminding Ukrainian revolution

Ukraine’s Jews are responsible for the Euromaidan revolution that ousted their country’s pro-Russian president last year, a senior rebel leader told an audience at a… Read More ›

Ministers vote down anti-corruption bill

Ministers vote down anti-corruption bill

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted down Sunday a Yesh Atid proposal to ban perpetrators of crimes with moral turpitude from ever running for elected… Read More ›

Last South African president under white rule opposes boycott of Israel

Last South African president under white rule opposes boycott of Israel

De Klerk says in Israel Radio interview that boycotts only serve to make the society being boycotted more extreme and to shut out the voices… Read More ›

Police are reportedly closing in on the two escaped New York fugitives

Police are reportedly closing in on the two escaped New York fugitives

Police have descended on the town of Friendship, New York, where there were sightings of two convicted murderes who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks… Read More ›

China’s stock market surge dream could easily bring about its worst nightmare

China’s stock market surge dream could easily bring about its worst nightmare

China’s ruling Communist Party has made it clear that it has a mortal enemy: social unrest. Separately, it has also made it clear that the… Read More ›

Apple wants to change the way we read news, and it could upend the entire media industry

Apple wants to change the way we read news, and it could upend the entire media industry

Starting in the fall, iPhone and iPad owners will notice yet another new Apple app on their iPhone called News. It’s a curated news service… Read More ›

New Orleans – New Orleans Police Officer Killed While Transporting Suspect

New Orleans – New Orleans Police Officer Killed While Transporting Suspect

  New Orleans – A handcuffed prisoner in a moving police cruiser managed to grab a gun, fatally shoot the officer at the wheel and… Read More ›

Boston – Men Accused In Terror Plot To Kill Pamela Geller Plead Not Guilty

Boston – Men Accused In Terror Plot To Kill Pamela Geller Plead Not Guilty

  Boston – Two men pleaded not guilty Friday to conspiring to support the Islamic State group in a plot to kill a conservative blogger… Read More ›

Columbia, SC – South Carolina Legislator Says Take Down Confederate Flag As Carolinians Rally Against It

Columbia, SC – South Carolina Legislator Says Take Down Confederate Flag As Carolinians Rally Against It

  Columbia, SC – The Confederate flag has no place on South Carolina Statehouse grounds, and it’s past time to remove the symbol of hatred,… Read More ›

UK army parachutist rescues teammate after chute fail

UK army parachutist rescues teammate after chute fail

London – A parachutist with the British Army’s Red Devils stunt team rescued a fellow jumper in a midair drama after his parachute failed during a… Read More ›

8 million mummified animals, mostly dogs, in catacombs at Egypt site

8 million mummified animals, mostly dogs, in catacombs at Egypt site

  For centuries, dogs have been humans’ loyal, domesticated companions. They’ve been wild animals, doing what’s needed to survive. And in ancient Egypt, they served… Read More ›

India ties itself in knots over International Yoga Day

India ties itself in knots over International Yoga Day

  Hong Kong – The Sanskrit word “yoga” may mean union but, for some in India, yoga has never been more divisive. June 21 marks the… Read More ›

Lebanon: Israel bombs its own drone, downed in Bekaa Valley

Lebanon: Israel bombs its own drone, downed in Bekaa Valley

Security official says IDF struck unmanned aircraft that fell in Lebanese territory Saturday   Israel carried out an airstrike in eastern Lebanon on Sunday targeting… Read More ›

Border policeman seriously hurt in stabbing outside Jerusalem’s Old City

Border policeman seriously hurt in stabbing outside Jerusalem’s Old City

Suspected Palestinian assailant shot and seriously hurt; officer reportedly on life support   A Palestinian man stabbed and seriously injured an Israeli Border Police officer… Read More ›