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Jerusalem – Israeli Holocaust Survivor, 112, Likely Oldest Man In The World

Jerusalem – Israeli Holocaust Survivor, 112, Likely Oldest Man In The World

  Jerusalem – The oldest man in the world is most likely an Israeli Holocaust survivor aged 112. A grandson of Yisrael Kristal was contacted… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Nespresso Sues Israeli Coffee Company Over Clooney Lookalike

Jerusalem – Nespresso Sues Israeli Coffee Company Over Clooney Lookalike

Jerusalem – A George Clooney doppelganger is brewing up tensions between two coffee companies in Israel. Nespresso is suing the Israeli Espresso Club for using… Read More ›

Light and shadows: Skin bleaching in Uganda

Light and shadows: Skin bleaching in Uganda

  Living in Uganda in 2013, German photographer Anne Ackermann couldn’t ignore the sight of light-skinned women with obviously dark feet, elbows and joints. As someone… Read More ›

Saudi Grand Mufti calls chess a form of gambling and a waste of time

Saudi Grand Mufti calls chess a form of gambling and a waste of time

  So does everyone need to roll up their rooks and box up their bishops? Maybe not, but some in people in Saudi Arabia might… Read More ›

ISIS may have saved the A-10

ISIS may have saved the A-10

  ISIS seems determined to destroy much of what’s in its path as it tries to conquer more territory in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere, but… Read More ›

Kerry: Some Iran sanctions relief likely to go to terrorists

Kerry: Some Iran sanctions relief likely to go to terrorists

But US secretary of state says Tehran will use much of the freed up billions to upgrade infrastructure and pay off debts   DAVOS, Switzerland… Read More ›

Israel ‘enables’ PA economy to curb radicals, Netanyahu says

Israel ‘enables’ PA economy to curb radicals, Netanyahu says

US-Israel alliance is ‘rock-solid’ despite differences on Iran, PM says in Switzerland; adds Islamic State ‘can be defeated’   Israel is working to prevent Palestinian… Read More ›

Treat Israel like moderate Arab states do, PM tells EU’s Mogherini

Treat Israel like moderate Arab states do, PM tells EU’s Mogherini

Netanyahu slams European ‘double standards’; says more Swedes joined IS than Arab Israelis   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday told the European Union’s foreign… Read More ›

Fraud and Breach of Trust Law to be amended

Fraud and Breach of Trust Law to be amended

The law, which led to the convictions of multiple public figures, has been criticized for years, with complaints accusing it of being too vague. After… Read More ›

Abbas: I agreed to meet Netanyahu, he didn’t respond

Abbas: I agreed to meet Netanyahu, he didn’t respond

Speaking to Israeli reporters, the Palestinian president claimed that his office in Ramallah communicated with the PM’s office several times, sans American mediation, even trying… Read More ›

‘I’m breaking the silence because I’m Zionist, Israeli and a patriot’

‘I’m breaking the silence because I’m Zionist, Israeli and a patriot’

He is the ‘star’ of the aggressive Im Tirzu campaign against Breaking the Silence, but has so far preferred to keep quiet. Now, Avner Gvaryahu… Read More ›

Iran-linked groups may be behind kidnapping of Americans in Iraq

Iran-linked groups may be behind kidnapping of Americans in Iraq

Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kata’ib Hezbollah and the Badr Organization are the principle focus of the probe into how the men were snatched in the Dora… Read More ›

Jerusalemites pitch in to help find diamond ring accidentally thrown in trash

Jerusalemites pitch in to help find diamond ring accidentally thrown in trash

Dozens of Jerusalemites answered the requests of a woman who lost her engagement ring to help her search through a vast pile of garbage.  … Read More ›

‘I begged her to keep breathing and not to stop’

‘I begged her to keep breathing and not to stop’

Renana Meir recalls terrorist attack in Otniel that killed her mother.   As Dafna Meir, 38, lay on the floor of her home with a knife… Read More ›

Palestinian Authority hard-liners blast security cooperation with Israel

Palestinian Authority hard-liners blast security cooperation with Israel

PA security commander unveils that PA security forces have prevented some 200 terrorist attacks against Israel since October 2015.   Palestinian factions on Wednesday strongly… Read More ›

US condemns Israel’s Jordan Valley land expropriation

US condemns Israel’s Jordan Valley land expropriation

Government declares 370 acres near West Bank settlement south of Jericho as state land, in largest such appropriation since 2014   Washington on Wednesday condemned… Read More ›

Billionaire VC says that most companies will eventually pay an Amazon ‘tax’

Billionaire VC says that most companies will eventually pay an Amazon ‘tax’

  Chamath Palihapitiya is a famous startup investor who runs his own venture-capital firm, Social Capital. He was an early Facebook employee and is now estimated… Read More ›

Asian markets are enjoying a rare moment in the sun

Asian markets are enjoying a rare moment in the sun

  Risk assets across Asia are enjoying a rare moment in the sun on Thursday, buoyed by a rebound in Chinese stocks, higher crude prices… Read More ›

Donald Trump is crushing a pair of GOP rivals in their own backyard

Donald Trump is crushing a pair of GOP rivals in their own backyard

  Donald Trump’s lead in the Republican presidential nominating contest isn’t just relegated to the early-primary states. He’s even winning on other high-profile candidates’ home turf.… Read More ›

New York – NYC Parks, Weeks After Rape Claim, Set To Get Security Funds

New York – NYC Parks, Weeks After Rape Claim, Set To Get Security Funds

  New York, NY – The city’s parks are poised to receive additional money for security less than two weeks after a young woman reported… Read More ›