International

Argentina experts confirm Nisman was murdered, name possible suspect

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — AMIA Jewish center bombing special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was assassinated by two people, who drugged and beat him and then manipulated the crime scene to make it look like a suicide, according to an official report. The report was submitted Friday to federal judge Julián Ercolini and prosecutor Eduardo Taiano, who […]

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International

Take a bite out of Montreal’s rich history — and burn some calories, too

Katherine Romanow, left, creator of the Beyond the Bagel walking food tour by the Museum of Jewish Montreal. (Robert Sarner/Times of Israel) MONTREAL — On a recent Saturday afternoon in Montreal, tour guide Olivia Maccioni resembles a shepherd tending to her flock. Walking south on Saint Laurent Boulevard, a major thoroughfare which once divided the

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International, Jewish History, Travel and Food

Israel, Bahrain could announce normalized ties by next year — report

Israel will reportedly normalize diplomatic ties with the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain as the two countries draw closer over their shared hostility to Iran, with an announcement even possible in the coming months. While there have been a number of recent signs that Bahrain is dropping its traditional hostility to the Jewish state, such as

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Middle East

Roma Holocaust survivors look to Jews as model for recognition — and reparation

Pavel Preida, a Roma Holocaust survivor in Moldova, and the document that states he was an inmate in a concentration camp. (Courtesy Ion Duminica) CHISINAU, Moldova –This September, about 70 Roma survivors of World War II in Moldova will receive compensation from Germany. But the reparations given to these elderly people in Europe’s poorest country

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International

The nonexistent rise and tragic plateau of PA President Mahmoud Abbas

Journalist Amir Tibon and his book, ‘The Last Palestinian.’ (Courtesy) The murder of two Israeli police by a Palestinian gunman on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount in July led to an escalation of violence that caused Israeli security to place metal detectors at entrances to the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In retaliation, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

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Middle East, USA

Trump Made North Korea Rocket Strike ‘Inevitable’

One of North Korea’s top officials further escalated tensions and threats with the United States. Due to President Donald Trump calling the North’s leader Kim Jong Un “rocket man,” the country’s foreign minister told the United Nations Saturday Trump made an attack by the North on the U.S. mainland “inevitable,” according to Reuters. “Through such

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International, USA

Independence vote puts Iraqi Kurds at odds with neighbors and allies

IRBIL, Iraq — For the jubilant, flag-waiving throngs who filled rallies across Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish enclave in recent weeks, a vote on independence Monday is a chance to realize a dream cherished for generations. But every major player in the region opposes the referendum, placing the Kurds on a collision course with neighbors and allies,

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Middle East

Another earthquake jolts Mexico

MEXICO CITY — A new earthquake sent Mexico City residents streaming onto the streets early Saturday, creating more alarm in a country still trying to recover from two powerful earthquakes over the past three weeks. The U.S. Geological Survey said Saturday’s magnitude 6.1 earthquake, which hit just before 8 a.m., was centered about 12 miles

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