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UN speeches reveal sharply different approaches on Syria

UN speeches reveal sharply different approaches on Syria

Obama and Hollande take aim at Assad, while Putin and Rouhani back Syrian leader and Jordan’s king laments a ‘third world war’   UNITED NATIONS… Read More ›

Dogs burnt to death in shelter arson

Dogs burnt to death in shelter arson

Vandals apparently set fire to dog shelter in northern Israeli town, killing two dogs and severely burning 13 others. Vandals entered a “Let the animals… Read More ›

Norwegian cartoon compares Israel to Nazis, N. Korea

Norwegian cartoon compares Israel to Nazis, N. Korea

Israeli embassy protests newspaper’s publication of cartoon suggesting that purchasing Israeli oranges supports murderers; editor declines to apologize. The Israeli Embassy in Norway has in… Read More ›

Netanyahu calls on Abbas to resume direct peace talks as he heads to UN

Netanyahu calls on Abbas to resume direct peace talks as he heads to UN

PM to discuss Palestinian conflict with world leaders and Jewish community heads in NY.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud… Read More ›

World leaders converge on UN with focus on Syria

World leaders converge on UN with focus on Syria

Obama: We’re prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran.   NEW YORK – The UN convened its 70th general debate in New York… Read More ›

Abbas adviser suggests US pressured Palestinian leader to nix UN speech ‘bombshell’

Abbas adviser suggests US pressured Palestinian leader to nix UN speech ‘bombshell’

Mahmoud Habbash said that Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry held “difficult” talks in New York during which they discussed the PA president’s… Read More ›

British Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn: Osama bin Laden was framed for 9/11

British Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn: Osama bin Laden was framed for 9/11

Corbyn claimed US and Britain made it look like bin Laden was responsible for the attacks in order to allow the West to go to… Read More ›

Iran invites black Americans to discrimination conference

Iran invites black Americans to discrimination conference

Tehran continues to claim support for victims of police violence, and some families of victims say they want to attend   Iran has invited black… Read More ›

This map shows the most popular slang word in every state

This map shows the most popular slang word in every state

Welcome to the United Slang of America. In order to create the map above, we used a layered, multistep approach. First, we called up some… Read More ›

Mark Zuckerberg says that visiting an Indian temple at the urging of Steve Jobs helped him stick to Facebook’s mission

Mark Zuckerberg says that visiting an Indian temple at the urging of Steve Jobs helped him stick to Facebook’s mission

  Mark Zuckerberg says that a trip to India at the urging of Steve Jobs played a crucial role in Facebook’s development. “Early on in… Read More ›

The guy who price-gouged AIDS patients did the same thing to kids with kidney disease

The guy who price-gouged AIDS patients did the same thing to kids with kidney disease

  The former hedge fund manager whose pharmaceutical company has come under withering attack for allegations of egregious price-gouging on life-saving medication is the subject… Read More ›

NBC’s Chuck Todd grilled Carly Fiorina on her most memorable claim from the debate

NBC’s Chuck Todd grilled Carly Fiorina on her most memorable claim from the debate

NBC’s Chuck Todd grilled Carly Fiorina on her most memorable claim from the debate   Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina hastaken heat from fact-checkers… Read More ›

London protesters pan ‘scumbag Israeli developers’

London protesters pan ‘scumbag Israeli developers’

At anti-gentrification demonstration, Israeli entrepreneurs among foreigners accused of destroying local communities   Hundreds of anti-gentrification protesters marched through London’s East End on Saturday and… Read More ›

Pope ends US visit with message of hope for families, empathy for abuse victims

Pope ends US visit with message of hope for families, empathy for abuse victims

Francis closes joyful 6-day trip with huge mass; earlier, vows to ‘follow the truth’ in probing child sexual abuse by clergy   PHILADELPHIA (AP) —… Read More ›

Stargazers follow rare ‘blood moon’ event

Stargazers follow rare ‘blood moon’ event

WATCH: Total eclipse combined with unusually large moon set to reach peak at 5:47, won’t recur for 18 years   Stargazers across the world are… Read More ›

Philadelphia – Francis Blessing Catholic-Jewish Statue

Philadelphia – Francis Blessing Catholic-Jewish Statue

  Philadelphia – Pope Francis has blessed a new statue honoring the relationship between Catholics and Jews. Francis stopped at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Strikes Syria After Rocket Fire

Jerusalem – Israel Strikes Syria After Rocket Fire

  Jerusalem –  The Israeli military said Sunday it struck two Syrian army posts with artillery fire after rockets from the war-torn country landed in… Read More ›

Washington – Boehner Slams Some GOP Hard Liners As ‘false Prophets’

Washington – Boehner Slams Some GOP Hard Liners As ‘false Prophets’

  Washington – House Speaker John Boehner warned Sunday against “false prophets” in his own party making unrealistic promises, saying his resignation had averted a… Read More ›

Trump on his tax plan: ‘Zero rate’ for some

Trump on his tax plan: ‘Zero rate’ for some

  Donald Trump revealed new details about his tax plan in an interview that aired Sunday, saying that a “large segment” of Americans would pay… Read More ›

Obama previews ‘blunt’ tone for his seventh U.N. address

Obama previews ‘blunt’ tone for his seventh U.N. address

  New York – With progress fighting ISIS moving slowly, and Russian fighters entrenched in Eastern Ukraine, President Barack Obama returns to the United Nations General… Read More ›