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Kurdish fighters claim capture of key Syrian border town

Kurdish fighters claim capture of key Syrian border town

Baghdad, Iraq – Kurdish fighters claimed Tuesday to have taken the strategic Syrian town of Tal Abyad from ISIS. The town is close to the border… Read More ›

Why Singapore is putting its oil back into the ground

Why Singapore is putting its oil back into the ground

They’re found 150 meters below the ground, taller than a nine-storey building and, once complete, will store 9 million barrels of oil. The Jurong rock… Read More ›

Iran likely to score concession from West on nuclear deal

Iran likely to score concession from West on nuclear deal

Washington – Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged Tuesday that the Iran nuclear deal most likely won’t require the country to detail suspected past efforts to… Read More ›

As Foxman leaves, a look at what the ADL stands to lose

As Foxman leaves, a look at what the ADL stands to lose

As the Anti-Defamation League’s longtim leader, Abraham Foxman brought media savvy, with a side of candor, to the table NEW YORK  – If there’s one… Read More ›

UK police seek 3 sisters, 9 kids feared traveling to Syria

UK police seek 3 sisters, 9 kids feared traveling to Syria

12 members of Dawood family reported missing; fathers of children make appeal to wives to make contact   LONDON — The husbands of three British… Read More ›

Abbas: Palestinian unity government will resign in 24 hours

Abbas: Palestinian unity government will resign in 24 hours

PA president makes announcement at Fatah meeting, official says; spokesman denies government set to dissolve   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Tuesday that the… Read More ›

63% of haredi households earn less than NIS 8,000

63% of haredi households earn less than NIS 8,000

Survey commissioned by Kol Chai Radio reveals only 46% of ultra-Orthodox men work for a living compared to 76% of women; in two-thirds of haredi… Read More ›

Journalists rage at Foreign Ministry’s Hamas cartoon

Journalists rage at Foreign Ministry’s Hamas cartoon

Foreign Press Association condemns foreign ministry cartoon as ‘inappropriate’ after 17 journalists died in Operation Protective Edge. A 49-second cartoon clip produced by Israel’s Foreign… Read More ›

Evil spirit of BDS growing stronger in US

Evil spirit of BDS growing stronger in US

Op-ed: Surveys showing a record support for Israel among the American public opinion are an illusion; the anti-Israel atmosphere is infiltrating the most important centers… Read More ›

Eisenkot: Groups with ties to ISIS are growing in Gaza

Eisenkot: Groups with ties to ISIS are growing in Gaza

The chief of staff added that terrorists connected to Islamic State are growing stronger in Sinai and act in cooperation with terrorist organizations in Gaza.… Read More ›

Children raised in Nazi period carried forward anti-Semitism, study says

Children raised in Nazi period carried forward anti-Semitism, study says

According to the researchers the findings indicated that Nazi propaganda was highly effective, especially when it confirmed existing beliefs.   The 12 years of Nazism… Read More ›

Meretz labeling bill will hurt Palestinians, factory owners in West Bank tell Gal-On

Meretz labeling bill will hurt Palestinians, factory owners in West Bank tell Gal-On

The letter called on Gal-On to withdraw the proposal, or else   Legislation that requiring products from the West Bank be labeled as such will… Read More ›

Oren: Israel helped Obama avoid bombing Syria after chemical attack

Oren: Israel helped Obama avoid bombing Syria after chemical attack

US senior official denies Oren’s account of events, says Obama and Putin discussed disarmament well before August 2013.   Israel’s former ambassador to the United… Read More ›

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader sentenced to death in Cairo

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader sentenced to death in Cairo

Court gives former president Morsi life in prison in espionage case.   An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater, Mohamed el-Beltagy and Ahmed Abdelaty… Read More ›

Thousands of Israeli Druze rally for Syrian brothers

Thousands of Israeli Druze rally for Syrian brothers

Protesters say the future of the community across the border is in danger   Thousands of Israeli Druze took to the streets in the northern… Read More ›

Sexual assault allegations surface against scandal-ridden MK

Sexual assault allegations surface against scandal-ridden MK

Oren Hazan’s former employees say he made unwanted advances towards them, would get drunk and expose himself to bar patrons   New allegations of misconduct… Read More ›

Millennials’ banking habits could make Wall Street obsolete

Millennials’ banking habits could make Wall Street obsolete

  Half of millenial consumers would consider swapping Google or Apple in for their current financial services provider, according to a study provided to Business… Read More ›

Bill Gates just made an alarming point about what could ‘kill 10 million people in the next 30 years’

Bill Gates just made an alarming point about what could ‘kill 10 million people in the next 30 years’

  On June 3, Forbes hosted its fourth annual Summit on Philanthropy. Bill Gates was included on a panel discussing what went wrong with the global response… Read More ›

New York – Study: Green Space Around Schools May Boost Mental Abilities

New York – Study: Green Space Around Schools May Boost Mental Abilities

  New York – Putting more green space around an elementary school may help students develop some mental abilities, a study suggests. Researchers tested students… Read More ›

New York – Millionaires Projected To Control More Than Half Of Global Wealth By 2019

New York – Millionaires Projected To Control More Than Half Of Global Wealth By 2019

New York – A Global Wealth report states that millionaires are expected to control 46 percent of the global wealth by 2019. The report, from… Read More ›