The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon’s view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain
As officials this week laid out the most detailed portrait yet of last year’s Aurora movie theater massacre, they also mapped sometimes paradoxical behavior by the man accused of the
FIFA fined Bulgaria and Hungary around $40,000 each on Tuesday and ordered them to play a World Cup qualifier in an empty stadium after fans aimed racist and anti-Semitic abuse
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his sky-high popularity into his third year with an agenda to ban assault weapons, raise the minimum wage and revive the still-slow economic
Powerful New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon will serve another term negotiating with his fifth governor. The lower Manhattan Democrat was chosen by the Democratic conference in closed-door session Tuesday. He
Perhaps it is paranoia or a fear based on Israeli political realities but the chareidi parties, mainly Yahadut Hatorah, fear that Naftali Bennett will enter into a coalition with Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid, and leave the chareidim out in the cold, a member of the opposition. At the polls indicate Bennett’s party will be the […]
Venezuela will postpone the inauguration of President Hugo Chavez for a new term due to health problems, the government said on Tuesday, another sign the socialist leader’s cancer may be
07:55: As a result of the winter storm, the level of the Kinneret has risen over 16cm (6.2 inches) in the past 24 hours. 08:10: Some lines of Israel Railways
The Cabinet, at its weekly meeting on Sunday, 24 Teves 5773, unanimously approved the appointment of an inter-ministerial team on an arrangement for treating individuals with autism in Israel. The
07:30 IL: Reports from Tzfas and Gush Etzion signal the predicted snowfall has begun. Forecasters predict snow in many areas today, Wednesday, 27 Teves 5773, including the capital. The weather
President Shimon Peres and Central Elections Committee Chairman Judge Elyakim Rubinstein, launch the advocacy campaign to encourage voting for the 19th Knesset President Shimon Peres, and Central Elections Committee Chairman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Tuesday, 8 January 2013), visited the Ariel University Center in Shomron and made the following remarks: “I would like to make it clear to the
A Republican U.S. senator threatened on Tuesday to block the confirmation of President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the CIA until the administration provides more information to Congress about the
Planners of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration are making an unprecedented solicitation for high-dollar contributions up to $1 million to help pay for the celebration in exchange for special access.
U.S. prosecutors are laying out their case in court against two South Florida imams accused of funneling more than $50,000 to support the Pakistani Taliban, playing wiretapped phone calls and
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) realizes that there is a great deal of significance to one’s name and therefore, after being granted non-member observer nation status by the United Nations General Assembly in November 2012, he has ordered the Palestinian Authority to officially change its name to the State of Palestine. The ordered change […]
Addressing the 10th Annual Jerusalem Conference, Rabbi Yaakov Medan, a rosh yeshiva at Yeshivat Hat Tzion in Gush Etzion explained “Jerusalem needs secular residents too” and he feels that movie theaters should be open on Shabbat to accommodate them. Rabbi Medan explains that the tickets for Shabbat performances may be sold before Shabbat to avoid […]
Accompanied by Aryeh Deri, a representative of the frum Ethiopian community this week was escorted in to Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita. The rav received him warmly, instructing him
AT&T Inc sold more than 10 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, a record, the company said on Tuesday. The total topped the previous record of 9.4 million sold in
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday about government claims that it should be allowed more time to sue some fund executives for securities fraud. The high court on Tuesday heard
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