Twitter Shuts Chinese Accounts Targeting Hong Kong Protests
Washington - Twitter says it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were linked to the Chinese government and a disinformation campaign targeting the protests in...
Trade War’s Losers Could Include Microchips, Energy, Banks
New York - Looking across the stock market, it’s hard to find a company that isn’t vulnerable in some degree to the U.S.-China trade war.
Stocks of companies that do lots of busin...
Officials Seize Marijuana Mixed With Jalapeño Peppers
San Diego - Officials say they seized $2.3 million worth of marijuana mixed in with a shipment of jalapeño peppers at a Southern California port.
A Customs and Border Protection K...
Iranian Tanker Sought By US Heads To Unknown Destination
Gibraltar - An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun moving a...
Former Jerusalem Mayor Will Meet Rashida Tlaib And Ilhan Omar, If They Will “Learn And Listen”
Jerusalem - Knesset member Nir Barkat, a former mayor of Jerusalem, said he would be willing to meet with U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib if they are willing to “learn and ...
BDE: The Mekubal Rav Chaim Cohen “The Chalban” (The Milkman) Is Niftar At 84
Israel - VIN News regrets to inform you of the Petirah of the Mekubal Rav Chaim Cohen, also knows as The Chalban (The Milkman).
According to Kikar Shabbat, Rav Chaim was in seriou...
UN Urges Reluctant EU Nations To Help Stranded Migrants
Brussels - The United Nations refugee agency urgently appealed to European governments Tuesday to let two migrant rescue ships disembark more than 500 passengers who remain strande...
Riot Police, Protesters Clash Briefly At Hong Kong Airport [VIDEO]
Hong Kong - Riot police clashed briefly with pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong’s airport Tuesday night in a chaotic end to a second day of demonstrations that caused mass cance...
Bolton’s UK Trade-deal Promise Leaves Questions Unanswered
London - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that getting a free trade deal with the United States would be “a tough old haggle,” after U.S. National Security Adviser...
United Nations – UN Security Council Unanimously Endorses Nuclear Deal, Revolutionary Guards Oppose
United Nations - The U.N. Security Council has unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers.
The resolution, co-sponsored by all 15 council ...
New Castle, DE – Shots Fired Outside VP Biden’s Delaware Home
New Castle, DE - The U.S. Secret Service said Sunday that multiple gunshots were fired from a vehicle near the Delaware home of Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday night. The vi...
Tallahassee, FL – Jeb Bush Says Will Explore 2016 Presidential Run
Tallahassee, FL - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday took his most definitive step yet toward running for president, announcing plans to "actively explore" a campaign and form...
Washington – Applications For US Unemployment Benefits Jump To 313,000
Washington - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits jumped last week, pushing total applications above 300,000 for the first time in nearly three months.
The La...
Washington – Defense Secretary Hagel To Step Down At The Request Of President Obama
Washington - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down under pressure from President Barack Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in...
Dallas, TX – First Ebola Patient Diagnosed In The US Has Died
Dallas, TX - The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said.
Thomas Eric Duncan was pron...
Tizi Ouzou, Algeria – US Watchdog: IS Offshoot Kills French Hostage In Algeria
Tizi Ouzou, Algeria - Algerian extremists allied with the Islamic State group have decapitated a French hostage after France carried out airstrikes in Iraq, according to a video t...
Birmingham, Al – Police: 3 People Dead In Shooting At UPS Facility
Birmingham, Al - A UPS employee opened fire Tuesday morning inside one of the company's warehouses in Alabama, leaving two people dead, police said. The shooter also was killed in ...
Washington – Prosecutor: More Than 800 Rounds Of Ammunition Found In Car Of Alleged White House Intruder
Washington - Investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammunition in the car of the man accused of scaling the White House fence and sprinting inside the building, a federal pros...
Washington – Iran’s Rouhani: Islamic State Beheadings A Concern For Mankind
Washington - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced Islamic State's beheading of innocent people, saying the militant group's shameful actions violate Islamic principles, NBC ...
Golan Heights – Mortar From Syria Explodes In Israeli Territory
Golan Heights - A mortar landed on Wednesday in Israel territory in the Golan Height near the Quneitra border crossing with Syria.
The incident was perceived by the IDF as an ac...