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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 – Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that bitcoin has not been proven to be a credible currency and that he… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 state television broadcast on Sunday what it described as the confessions of an Iranian academic with Swedish residency who it said… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Dovish Israel lobbying group calls remarks by Palestinian leader at Istanbul summit ‘divisive and inflammatory,’ says PA still needs Washington to help broker peace … Read More ›
Jakarta – Tens of thousands of Muslims marched from the main mosque in Indonesia’s capital to a square in Jakarta on Sunday to protest… Read More ›
