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3 top Jewish House Dems come out against Iran deal

3 top Jewish House Dems come out against Iran deal

NY’s Nita Lowey says accord ‘will leave the international community with limited options’; Congress has until late September to vote   WASHINGTON (JTA) — Three… Read More ›

Obama to evoke ghosts of Iraq, Soviet Union in Iran plea

Obama to evoke ghosts of Iraq, Soviet Union in Iran plea

In speech at American University, president may cite Kennedy’s diplomatic efforts with Moscow as model for detente with Tehran   WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama… Read More ›

Israeli nuclear whistleblower fights 11-year travel ban

Israeli nuclear whistleblower fights 11-year travel ban

Former prisoner for nuclear espionage asks High Court for permission to visit wife’s family abroad. Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has requested permission to travel abroad… Read More ›

Facing Islamic State threat, Iraq digitizes national library

Facing Islamic State threat, Iraq digitizes national library

The digitization project aims to perserve priceless books and manuscripts from future threats; Baghdad National Library officials say that sharing Iraqi art and literature is… Read More ›

Ya’alon orders administrative detention for Jewish extremist

Ya’alon orders administrative detention for Jewish extremist

Eighteen-year-old Mordechai Meir, suspected of organizing arson attack on Galilee church, to be jailed for as long as six months without trial. Defence Minister Moshe… Read More ›

Iran stifling dissent over nuke deal, says snap-back of sanctions not possible

Iran stifling dissent over nuke deal, says snap-back of sanctions not possible

All signs indicate that the formerly isolated regime is content with the accord and the resulting new trade opportunities with the West.   Iran is… Read More ›

London police commissioner criticizes Jewish volunteer security organization

London police commissioner criticizes Jewish volunteer security organization

Top cop Bernard Hogan-Howe says Shomrim group wears similar uniforms and drives similar cars to city police officers.   LONDON – Shomrim, a volunteer security… Read More ›

Growing New York opposition to Iran deal pressures Schumer

Growing New York opposition to Iran deal pressures Schumer

The deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, seeks to cap, restrict, monitor and partially roll back Iran’s nuclear work in exchange… Read More ›

Study names three ‘most Jewish’ cities in America

Study names three ‘most Jewish’ cities in America

Ranked by region, the Northeast is 4 percent Jewish; the Midwest, South and West each are 1 percent Jewish.   NEW YORK – New York,… Read More ›

Video shows Jerusalem light rail guard beating up US tourist

Video shows Jerusalem light rail guard beating up US tourist

Accounts differ on what exactly happened but both sides lodge police complaint over incident   An American tourist is physically attacked by a light rail… Read More ›

The hits keep on coming at PIMCO

The hits keep on coming at PIMCO

  The hits keep on coming at PIMCO. PIMCO disclosed on Monday that it has received a “Wells Notice” from the SEC related to its… Read More ›

Scott Walker has tens of thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt

Scott Walker has tens of thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt

  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is in some serious debt. National Journal’s Shane Goldmacher reported Monday that new federal financial documents show that Walker has credit… Read More ›

Microsoft lays out its top three priorities — and none of them mention Windows

Microsoft lays out its top three priorities — and none of them mention Windows

  Microsoft’s strategy is changing. After years of focusing on its Windows operating system, Microsoft’s 2015 financial filing with the SEC  makes it clear that the company is… Read More ›

Frankfurt – German Carmakers Buy Nokia Maps To Fend Off Digital Rivals

Frankfurt – German Carmakers Buy Nokia Maps To Fend Off Digital Rivals

  Frankfurt – German carmakers BMW, Audiand Mercedes, will pay around 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) to buy Nokia’s maps business, beating out high-tech rivals… Read More ›

Lancaster, NH – 2 Dead, 22 Hurt In New Hampshire Tent Collapse

Lancaster, NH – 2 Dead, 22 Hurt In New Hampshire Tent Collapse

  Lancaster, NH –  A man and a girl were killed and at least 22 people were injured Monday when a severe storm blew down… Read More ›

London – Star Trek-Style Home Elevator Could Replace Stairlifts

London – Star Trek-Style Home Elevator Could Replace Stairlifts

  London – For people living in a house with more than one storey, stairlifts or home elevators are often a necessity of life as… Read More ›

Is China’s 2022 Winter Olympics song too much like ‘Frozen’s’ ‘Let It Go’?

Is China’s 2022 Winter Olympics song too much like ‘Frozen’s’ ‘Let It Go’?

  Beijing – Did Disney’s fictional snow queen of Arendelle help Beijing win its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics? Some Chinese Internet users seem… Read More ›

Death row prisoner: ‘I have been told I am going to be executed seven times’

Death row prisoner: ‘I have been told I am going to be executed seven times’

  Editor’s note : Shafqat Hussain says he was tortured into making a false confession; campaigners say he was a juvenile when convicted. The following… Read More ›

Newborn baby pulled alive from toilet in Beijing

Newborn baby pulled alive from toilet in Beijing

  Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby girl found wedged face-down in a Beijing toilet on Sunday. Residents heard cries from… Read More ›

US pledges to defend Israel if Iran attacks

US pledges to defend Israel if Iran attacks

Senior official says military action against Islamic Republic ‘always an option,’ but nuclear deal reduces likelihood it’ll be needed   WASHINGTON — The United States… Read More ›