Fifteen years on, 9/11 seared into New York history
Residents haunted by the carnage and loss, and by the new world inaugurated by the attacks, try to balance remembrance and rebuilding NEW YORK… Read More ›
Residents haunted by the carnage and loss, and by the new world inaugurated by the attacks, try to balance remembrance and rebuilding NEW YORK… Read More ›
How a quiet New England couple traveled to Europe on the eve of WWII and saved hundreds through clandestine operations — including money laundering and… Read More ›
Inspired by an episode of ‘Orange is the New Black,’ more than 130 Scottish inmates have become Jewish to receive kosher meals, which are considered… Read More ›
More than a decade after his father split Likud to form Kadima, late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s younger son Gilad is preparing to follow in… Read More ›
Analysis: A recent poll projected victory for Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud. Lapid’s appeals to the center seem to be… Read More ›
Terrorism is first and foremost an idea, which, like a virus, spreads, thrives under certain conditions, and changes form. Fifteen years after al-Qaida perpetrated… Read More ›
‘Metro’ interviews the doctor who helped make it happen. Last month, a 60-year-old woman gave birth at the Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot. It wasn’t… Read More ›
The US and the Middle East Since 9/11: taking the region from bad to worse. Fifteen years after the US “war on terror” was launched… Read More ›
Clinton said that Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s positions on Israel vary from day to day, and for that reason Israelis should be extremely wary… Read More ›
No confirmation from Jerusalem or Ramallah after latest report of possible face-to-face summit between leaders in Moscow The Russian foreign ministry on Thursday said… Read More ›
Chinese investors have been aggressively pursuing acquisitions, in a move that is unsettling to many. There is Syngenta’s record-breaking $48 billion sale to ChemChina, Ingram… Read More ›
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke with Larry King in an interview that was broadcast on the Kremlin-backed news outlet, Russia Today. The pair talked… Read More ›
Sen. Tim Kaine received his first intelligence briefing as Hillary Clinton’s vice-presidential running mate on Thursday, a senior US intelligence official and two Clinton campaign sources… Read More ›
Washington – It’s no Nobel Peace Prize, but Barack Obama has a new honor to brag about. Scientists have named a parasite after him… Read More ›
Boston – Pfizer Inc’s chief executive on Thursday said recent proposals by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to curb “unjustified” U.S. drug prices would… Read More ›
San Francisco – Uber riders can now choose the tunes whenever they hitch a ride. Uber Technologies Inc. said Thursday that riders can now… Read More ›
Paris – Three women who were likely planning an “imminent and violent” attack were arrested near Paris on Thursday, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.… Read More ›
Air travelers are being warned not to use their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on planes after the company recalled the devices over complaints the… Read More ›
North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test Friday, potentially its most powerful yet, South Korean officials said. Seismic activity, with a magnitude of 5.3,… Read More ›
Sides seek durable ceasefire, humanitarian access to conflict-wracked areas and a resumption of peace talks WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State John Kerry is… Read More ›