International news

Why global media obsess over Israel and ignore deadlier wars - opinion

How disproportionate media attention and a misleading conflict frame turn Israel into a moral symbol while eclipsing far deadlier wars

Disproportionate coverage of Israel in global media
THE FRONT page of the 'New York Post' bravely published what others ignored.

My Word: Falling for Palestinian propaganda - opinion

 Hand holding sieve to filter truth from lies, facts from fakes. Concept of media literacy, fake news detection, and critical thinking in digital age (illustrative).

What if we can’t trust the international media? - opinion

 AHMED CHARAI

World Herald Tribune introduces ‘TV Abraham’


NGO seeks to seize N. Korean ship to pay off $330 m. US judgment for killing of priest

Shurat Hadin wishes to seize ship which is impounded in Mexico in order to collect on judgment.

 North Korean ship, Mu Du Bong,

US State Department: Terror attacks, deaths, up sharply in 2014

Fatalities due to terrorism soars by 81% whilst ISIS surges ahead of al-Qaida as leading jihadist group.

ISIS militants

Lebanese man to stand trial in Cyprus over alleged Hezbollah bomb plot

26-year-old Lebanese-Canadian accused of plotting to target Israelis or Jews abroad.

Hezbollah flags seen in front of Arab Bank building in Beirut

White suspect charged with murder in attack on black US church

21-year-old Dylann Roof charged nine counts of murder for attack.

Dylann Roof, suspected shooter of nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, in an attack US officials are investigating as a hate crime.

Greek official slammed for saying ‘victims become bullies’ in Holocaust speech

Wiesenthal Center calls speech “inversion of the Holocaust."

Star of David

Extremists threaten to burn Talmud, rip Israeli flag, at London march in Jewish neighborhood

Jewish community remains calm, unintimidated, in face of threats.

Joshua Bonehill-Paine

Fake bomb discovered outside of Israeli Embassy in Uruguay

This is the second bomb scare outside of the embassy this year.

View of Montevideo, Uruguay

Rock veterans Manfred Mann, Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward announce Israel shows

The pop group will be returning to Israel after an 11-year absence.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band visits Israel

Race for US presidency set to expand exponentially

​Baltimore's Martin O'Malley enters on Democratic side.

Martin O'Malley

Gaddafi's home town falls to Islamic State in anarchic Libya

ISIS gains in Libya worry European governments and north African neighbors. Yet so far, Western countries bombing IS positions in Syria and Iraq, have steered clear of intervention in Libya.

Libya Dawn fighters fire an artillery cannon at IS militants near Sirte.