London – A blimp depicting Donald Trump as a snarling, nappy-wearing orange baby will fly outside Britain’s parliament when the U.S. president makes a state visit next month if protesters can raise 30,000 pounds ($38,000) for advocacy groups. At the invitation of Queen Elizabeth, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are due in Britain [...]

Washington – - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran in a tweet on Sunday, raising concerns about a potential U.S.-Iran conflict at a time when tensions between Washington and Tehran have risen. “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again,” Trump said in a [...]

Camden, NJ – Two top Federal Reserve officials went to Camden, New Jersey, on Friday, taking a different reading of the pulse of the U.S. economy by visiting what is by one measure the country’s lowest-income city, as the central bank seeks advice on how to do a better job. Patrick Harker, president of the [...]

Jerusalem – The Israeli broadcaster of the Eurovision Song Contest said on Sunday that an unauthorized display of Palestinian flags by Iceland’s band could draw “punishment” from the event’s organizers. During the point-tally of Saturday’s final, members of the eclectic punk ensemble Hatari held up scarf-sized Palestinian flags. A vocalist, Klemens Nikulásson Hannigan, flashed a [...]

Bethlehem, PA – Sixteen thousand tons of Bethlehem Steel collapsed in a matter of seconds Sunday as a demolition crew imploded Martin Tower, the defunct steelmaker’s former world headquarters. Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the Pennsylvania area’s tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel’s power and profitability [...]

Poland – Former Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Anna Fotyga was presenting her party’s views when a man approached her from behind and placed a Jewish skullcap above her head as she was speaking, Amichai Stein from KAN reported. Fotyga is a member of the current ruling Law and Justice Party [PiS]. “They [PiS] bow down [...]

Jerusalem – Israel condemned the Al Jazeera news network after it published a clip making light of the Holocaust and apparently denying aspects of it. The clip alleged that Israel is the top beneficiary from the Holocaust, and uses it as an excuse for ethnic cleansing and the extermination of the Palestinians. It also claimed [...]

Rescued Woman and Her Rescuer To Speak For Public in New York for the first time for Yad L’Achim.” “He Said to Me, “If You Leave, I Will Kill You.” Shira was trapped in an Arab village for over 20 years, starting from the age of 16. Now she is free and telling her story [...]

Dubai – The U.S. Navy says it has conducted exercises in the Arabian Sea with an aircraft carrier strike group ordered to the Persian Gulf to counter an alleged, unspecified threat from Iran. The Navy said Sunday the exercises and training were conducted with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group in coordination with [...]

Washington – House Democrats will hear from former CIA director John Brennan about the situation in Iran, inviting him to speak amid heightened concerns over the Trump administration’s sudden moves in the region. Brennan is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, and he’s scheduled to talk to House Democrats at a private caucus meeting [...]