TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower, trading in a narrow range ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting later Wednesday that’s expected to result in the third cut to interest rates this year.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 0.4% in afternoon…

TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower, trading in a narrow range ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting later Wednesday that’s expected to result in the third cut to interest rates this year.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 0.4% in afternoon…

This December 10 marks five years since the Trump administration brokered one of modern diplomacy’s most explicit quid pro quos – Morocco’s normalization with Israel in exchange for American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western…

Carney wants to give parts of Israel to the Palestinians. Now Canadian Indigenous want parts of Canada. It just doesn’t pay to start up with Israel. The premier of British Columbia, David Eby, last year fired a Jewish cabinet minister for…

A Blessed Human Rights Day to You. On December 10, 1948, in the shadow of the Holocaust and the catastrophic disregard for human life that marked World War II, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Its…

In a cowardly act, coalition members tried to flee the Knesset plenary to avoid supporting a proposal put forward by opposition leader Yair Lapid to adopt Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza – a plan that was approved and partially…

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the heavyweight champions of cosmic fireworks – brief, blistering flashes of high-energy light that typically flare and vanish within seconds or minutes. They are so short-lived that catching one in action often…

ANKARA, Dec 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. is in discussions with Turkey regarding Ankara’s rejoining the F-35 fighter jet programme and Washington hopes that talks will yield a breakthrough in the coming months, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey…


TEHRAN, Iran — Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran’s capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the parched Islamic Republic as it suffers through the driest autumn in over a half century.
The drought gripping Iran has seen its…
The pilots of an El Al flight captured amazing images of the powerful storm.