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Palestinian minister slams US ‘threats’ ahead of UN Jerusalem vote

Palestinian minister slams US ‘threats’ ahead of UN Jerusalem vote

Turkish sponsor expects ‘strong support’ for General Assembly resolution slamming Trump’s recognition of Israel’s capital   ISTANBUL, Turkey – Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Commutes Prison Sentence Of Sholom Rubashkin

Washington – Trump Commutes Prison Sentence Of Sholom Rubashkin

  Washington – President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of an Iowa kosher meatpacking executive who was sentence to 27 years in prison… Read More ›

Here’s how the newly passed GOP tax bill will impact the economy, businesses, the deficit, and your wallet

Here’s how the newly passed GOP tax bill will impact the economy, businesses, the deficit, and your wallet

Goldman Sachs estimated that GDP growth would increase 0.3 percentage points above their baseline in 2018 and 2019. The analysts for the Penn-Wharton Budget Model said the… Read More ›

176 Nations at UN Call for Palestinian Statehood

176 Nations at UN Call for Palestinian Statehood

The United States, Canada and Israel were among the seven that opposed the text; four states abstained.   The General Assembly voted 176-7 on Tuesday… Read More ›

Netanyahu heckled at Bible Quiz for arms sales to ‘murderous regimes’

Netanyahu heckled at Bible Quiz for arms sales to ‘murderous regimes’

Israeli activists decry government’s military aid to regimes with poor human rights records such as Myanmar and Honduras; ‘Light unto the nations, don’t sell to… Read More ›

North Korea testing biological warheads for its missiles — report

North Korea testing biological warheads for its missiles — report

Japanese newspaper says Pyongyang’s research focused on ensuring deadly anthrax spores will survive extreme heat during long-range missile strike   North Korea is carrying out… Read More ›

Tokyo – Bitcoin Falls More Than 10 Percent On Bitstamp

Tokyo – Bitcoin Falls More Than 10 Percent On Bitstamp

  Tokyo – Bitcoin fell more than 10 percent on Wednesday to a one-week low of $15,800 at cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp <BTC=BTSP>, losing almost one-… Read More ›

Analysis: Donald Trump is never going to release his taxes

Analysis: Donald Trump is never going to release his taxes

  Sometime Wednesday, President Donald Trump will sign into law a massive overhaul of the US tax system — a reordering of who pays what… Read More ›

2018 Global Defense Spending to Hit Post-Cold War High of $1.67 Trillion

2018 Global Defense Spending to Hit Post-Cold War High of $1.67 Trillion

Iran slightly outspends Israel, both dwarfed by Saudi Arabia   The annual Jane’s Defense Budgets Report released on Monday is forecasting that global defense spending… Read More ›

Pence postpones Israel visit to mid-January, citing tax bill

Pence postpones Israel visit to mid-January, citing tax bill

For the second time, the American vice president postpones his trip to Israel and Egypt and will instead arrive in the region on the week… Read More ›

Attorney general expected to oppose death penalty for terrorists

Attorney general expected to oppose death penalty for terrorists

Avichai Mandelblit has previously argued executions do not deter attacks, a main line of reasoning behind new Yisrael Beytenu bill   A bill to allow… Read More ›

Tokyo – Bitcoin Not Yet Proven As Credible Currency: Japan Finance Minister

Tokyo – Bitcoin Not Yet Proven As Credible Currency: Japan Finance Minister

  Tokyo – Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that bitcoin has not been proven to be a credible currency and that he… Read More ›

Trump reportedly believes Mueller will write a letter publicly exonerating him soon

Trump reportedly believes Mueller will write a letter publicly exonerating him soon

  President Donald Trump believes the Russia investigation will soon wrap up and that special counsel Robert Mueller will release a letter clearing him of… Read More ›

UN Security Council May Vote on Monday to Void Trump’s J’Lem Declaration

UN Security Council May Vote on Monday to Void Trump’s J’Lem Declaration

Such a measure is likely to garner the support of 14 of the 15 Security Council members, but is unlikely to pass because the US… Read More ›

Is Netanyahu’s coalition on the verge collapse?

Is Netanyahu’s coalition on the verge collapse?

Analysis: The public atmosphere, the anti-corruption protests and the investigations against the prime minister and his associates are completely disrupting the coalition’s work; smelling elections… Read More ›

Palestinian arrested outside West Bank military court with pipe bombs

Palestinian arrested outside West Bank military court with pipe bombs

Sappers defuse explosives, one of which was strapped to suspect’s body; would-be attacker was stopped at entrance by Israeli forces   A Palestinian man was… Read More ›

Tehran – Iranian Convicted Of Spying For Israel Confesses To Informing On Nuclear Scientists

Tehran – Iranian Convicted Of Spying For Israel Confesses To Informing On Nuclear Scientists

  Tehran – Iranian state television broadcast on Sunday what it described as the confessions of an Iranian academic with Swedish residency who it said… Read More ›

Death threats haunt Miss Iraq in wake of selfie controversy

Death threats haunt Miss Iraq in wake of selfie controversy

  Nearly a month ago, Sarah Idan was in a hand-beaded Swarovski crystal gown representing Iraq in the Miss Universe pageant. It was the first… Read More ›

Report: Four Iranian Christian Converts Arrested Weeks Before Christmas

Report: Four Iranian Christian Converts Arrested Weeks Before Christmas

The Iranian government’s official news agency referred to them as members of a “devious Christian cult.”   Four Iranian converts to Christianity were arrested last… Read More ›

‘Trump should’ve pushed peace plan with Jerusalem move’

‘Trump should’ve pushed peace plan with Jerusalem move’

While President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was appropriate, it should have been accompanied by his overall peace plan, former US Ambassador to… Read More ›