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World agrees to adopt Paris accord on global warming

World agrees to adopt Paris accord on global warming

After four years of negotiations, 195 nations commit to reduce greenhouse gasses, keep global temperatures from rising   In a landmark move, 195 nations agreed… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel to do its part in ‘important’ climate deal

Netanyahu: Israel to do its part in ‘important’ climate deal

Agreement reached this weekend would actually entail increasing Israel’s greenhouse gas output by 2030, due to population growth   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday… Read More ›

After accord, activists hope Israel finally warms to climate change fight

After accord, activists hope Israel finally warms to climate change fight

But environmentalists say Jerusalem’s plan to battle global warming falls short of what other countries have vowed to do, and might not be implemented at… Read More ›

Obama: Islamic State lost 40% of territories it captured in Iraq

Obama: Islamic State lost 40% of territories it captured in Iraq

American president says US and its allies are hitting ISIS harder than ever, killing five senior leaders since the spring. WASHINGTON – US President Barack… Read More ›

Netanyahu instructs to fortify bus stops in Jerusalem

Netanyahu instructs to fortify bus stops in Jerusalem

Following vehicular attack that left 11 wounded, concrete barriers to be placed in front of 300 bus stations in the capital, after the measure proved… Read More ›

Abbas calls terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

Abbas calls terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

Polls finds two-thirds of Palestinians support knife attacks and say intifada would ‘serve Palestinian national interests in ways that negotiations could not,’ while three-quarters oppose… Read More ›

Analysis: Turkey’s Israel charm offensive is all about Russia

Analysis: Turkey’s Israel charm offensive is all about Russia

Skepticism remains if Erdogan wants rapprochement.   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest charm offensive toward Israel and his country’s Jews seems to show how… Read More ›

Two Palestinian families in capital’s Silwan neighborhood served with eviction notices

Two Palestinian families in capital’s Silwan neighborhood served with eviction notices

Court finds for NGO that homes were illegally inhabited via ‘absentee property.’   Government officials served two Palestinian families residing in east Jerusalem’s Silwan with… Read More ›

Reporters notebook: ‘I struggled to believe it was actually gunfire’

Reporters notebook: ‘I struggled to believe it was actually gunfire’

A Jerusalem Post intern recounts his experience at the scene of Monday’s car ramming attack.   En route to a doctor’s appointment in Har Nof… Read More ›

Radical Islam explained by a Sunni Muslim

Radical Islam explained by a Sunni Muslim

Analysis: A sigh of relief for France

Analysis: A sigh of relief for France

Left- and moderate-right-wing leaders thanked the French people on Sunday night for blocking the National Front, which lost in all 13 regions.   PARIS –… Read More ›

Iran ‘examining’ possible successors to Khamenei

Iran ‘examining’ possible successors to Khamenei

Council tasked with appointing Islamic republic’s next supreme leader is already looking at options, top politician says   Iran has begun looking for a potential… Read More ›

Wall Street is searching for a bottom in the oil price ― and getting ready to pile in

Wall Street is searching for a bottom in the oil price ― and getting ready to pile in

It’s already bad in the energy sector. And it may get worse. Some of Wall Street’s top names are trying to figure out how low… Read More ›

Dan Loeb wants the CEO of Dow Chemical out

Dan Loeb wants the CEO of Dow Chemical out

  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investor Daniel Loeb of hedge fund Third Point has called for the removal of Dow Chemical Co. Chief Executive… Read More ›

Japan tanks 3% in early trading

Japan tanks 3% in early trading

  TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks slipped on Monday after Wall Street sank amid plunging crude oil prices, keeping investors on edge ahead of an… Read More ›

Washington – Trump, Carson Have Months To Decide On Third-party Runs

Washington – Trump, Carson Have Months To Decide On Third-party Runs

  Washington –  Donald Trump and Ben Carson could dangle the possibility of independent runs for president well into the primary season next year, but… Read More ›

Airmont, NY – Police Up Patrols In South Monsey After Possible Sighting Of Armed Man

Airmont, NY – Police Up Patrols In South Monsey After Possible Sighting Of Armed Man

  Airmont, NY – Ramapo police has put extra shifts in place in Monsey after receiving word yesterday of a suspicious incident. Sergeant Michael Higgins… Read More ›

New York – Schumer, Cuomo: Feds Should Close Gun-terror Loophole

New York – Schumer, Cuomo: Feds Should Close Gun-terror Loophole

  New York – Top New York officials demanded Sunday that the federal government share classified watch-list information on suspected terrorists so the state can… Read More ›

Sleeping polar bear cub captures hearts

Sleeping polar bear cub captures hearts

A sleepy polar bear cub and her stuffed moose pal are making observers at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio say “Awww.” The zoo posted… Read More ›

North Korea’s girl band Moranbong cancels shows, leaves China abruptly

North Korea’s girl band Moranbong cancels shows, leaves China abruptly

North Korean girl band Moranbong has canceled its shows in Beijing, China’s National Center for the Performing Arts said. Famously handpicked by North Korean dictator… Read More ›