International

IDF destroys homes of terrorists who killed border guard, soldier

On same night, army demolishes three houses of Palestinians behind two separate terror attacks; seals another home By Judah Ari Gross Israeli security forces destroyed the homes of four Palestinian terrorists on Thursday morning involved in the killings of a Border Police officer and an Israeli soldier. Three of the attackers whose homes were demolished […]

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Middle East

2,000-year-old stone workshop discovered near where Jesus turned water into wine

Because it was immune to ritual impurity, the use of stoneware was rife among Jews during the Roman era By Amanda Borschel-Dan Dr. Yonatan Adler on-site at the stone quarry and tool production center excavations at Reina in Lower Galilee. (Samuel Magal/IAA) Stone vessels unearthed inside the ancient workshop at the stone quarry and tool

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Middle East

No signs of fraud in Kenyan presidential vote, EU observers say

The head of the European Union’s election observer mission in Kenya said on Thursday that it had seen no signs of “centralised or localised manipulation” of the voting process amid opposition allegations of fraud. The east African nation, still keenly aware of post-election violence a decade ago that left 1,100 dead, remains tense after a

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International

IDF threatens to blow up Gaza houses covering Hamas tunnels

Southern Command chief says terror group is ‘deterred and restrained’ for now, but gearing up for war; construction of underground barrier proceeding on schedule By Judah Ari Gross A satellite image provided by the IDF that allegedly shows the location of a Hamas tunnel that was dug beneath an apartment building in northern Gaza. (Israel

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Middle East

The only effective arms against North Korea’s missile bunkers are nuclear weapons, says a top war planner

If there was any doubt that President Donald Trump was talking about nuclear weapons when he talked about “fire and fury” descending on North Korea, that doubt was dispelled Wednesday with a statement from the secretary of defense, James Mattis. Mattis, long considered a moderate in the Cabinet, said North Korea should “cease any consideration

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International, USA

Lindsey Graham: Democrats need to ‘park’ their hatred of Donald Trump

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that Democrats need to “take their hatred of Donald Trump and park it” because the issue of North Korea is more important. “I wish Democrats would take their hatred of Donald Trump and park it and realize that on Donald Trump’s watch, because of everyone else’s failure, he’s run out

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International, USA

OpEd: I watched Al Gore wade through Miami Beach floods on-screen — then the surreal happened

A very funny — and at the same time tragic — thing happened to me when I watched Al Gore’s new documentary about global warming, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” It was a rainy day, and I had tickets for a private screening of the documentary in Miami Beach for journalists, some of whom

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The World We Share, USA

A 13 million year old skull could show us what our ancestors looked like

A complete skull of an ancient infant primate was found in northern Kenya “Alesi” is only about the size of a lemon, but could be a common ancestor of apes and humans dating back 13 million years. Fred Spoor In September of 2014, a cigarette break would lead to an incredibly important discovery of a

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share

In India, she was ‘untouchable.’ In New York City, she became an author.

Sujatha Gidla was only 2 years old when she first realized she’s different. One day, her parents had a fight. Her mother stormed out of the house and headed for the railway station. There, she bumped into a colleague, who was also with her daughter. “My mother was carrying me and she was carrying her

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International

Trump on his threat to North Korea: ‘Maybe it wasn’t tough enough’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to rain “fire and fury” on North Korea, saying Thursday that “maybe it wasn’t tough enough.” Trump used four versions of the word “tough” in describing his posture toward North Korea for its continued pursuit of a nuclear-armed intercontinental missile, while downplaying the potential for

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International, USA

Judge Orders Fresh Search for Clinton Benghazi Emails

The 2016 election may be long over but the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails related to the 2012 Benghazi attack has been given fresh life—by a federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama. U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled earlier this week that the State Department had not been sufficiently thorough when responding to

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Middle East, USA