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Ashraf Ghani said the prisoners would be released from Bagram prison
Afghanistan has agreed to release three high-ranking Taliban prisoners in a swap to free a US and Australian hostage held by group, said the Afghan Pre…
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Ask any Iraqi – Baghdadi is dead, ISIS isn’t
Certainly, putting an end to the life of the former leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was expected to be an operation conducted way more final and way more absolute. Within the last 48 hours following this action arise questions surround…
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Bernie Sanders writes essay on antisemitism for Jewish publication
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders published an essay titled “How to Fight Antisemitism” — perhaps his most expansive written consideration of his Jewish identity — in a Jewish publication on Monday.
In the article for the left-wing magazine Jewish Currents, …
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Bernie Sanders to Bloomberg: ‘You ain’t going to buy this election’
(JTA) — Bernie Sanders went on the attack against potential fellow Jewish candidate Michael Bloomberg, saying he can not “buy this election.”
Sanders threw down the gauntlet on Friday in Iowa, location of the first nominating contest of the 2020 presidential…
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Israel ‘under threat’ by lack of basic education for ultra-Orthodox
Israel is headed for an existential crisis due to the ultra-Orthodox community’s high birthrate, its ability to retain the members of its sector within the ultra-Orthodox fold, and the failure of schools in the sector to provide their pupils with a basic educ…
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2 dead as explosions hit Islamic Jihad leader’s home: Palestinian report
One Palestinian and a woman were killed and one other person was injured after an explosion was reported at the house of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader Bahaa Abu Al-Ata in Gaza City, according to Palestinian news agency Quds. Sources told Quds that Al-Ata w…
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Dead and wounded reported after a building was targeted in Damascus
Dead and wounded were reported after a building was targeted near the Lebanese Embassy in western Mezzeh, Damascus, according to Syrian state news agency SANA.
Syrian army fired on a hostile target in skies over Damascus countryside in the night between Mond…
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Red alerts rock the country following Gaza assassination
Red alerts have been rocking the country following the assassination of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Leader Bahaa Abu Al-Ata in Gaza early Tuesday morning. The operation was approved by the IDF Chief-of-Staff, Shin Bet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an…
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Israel shuts down: Schools closed, trains at a halt amid Gaza escalation
Schools are closed in the south and the central Gush Dan region due to the sensitive security situation, according to Israel’s Home Front Command.
This is the first time since Operation Protective Edge in 2014 that the country is on such high alert.
All no…
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Top European Court to rule on West Bank settler product labeling today
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