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Hillary Clinton

Clinton: Israel must choose between Abbas or ISIS

Hillary Clinton offered her analysis and forecast of the state of affairs between Israel and the Palestinians, which, to many, sounded over-simplistic, naive or simply ignores reality.
December 7, 2015
San Bernardino shooting

Muslim couple murders 14 in California mass shooting

Authorities are still searching for the cause that triggered a couple to leave their child with her grandparents and then go on a rampage, killing 14 people at a workplace holiday event, before being shot by security forces.
December 3, 2015
Jason Rezaian

Iran sentences US journalist to prison

Iran, the world's second-worst persecutor of journalists, has sentenced American correspondent Jason Rezaian to prison on espionage charges.
November 23, 2015
Jonathan Pollard

Jonathan Pollard to be set free after 30 years

Jonathan Pollard is scheduled to be released from federal prison on Friday, marking the end of a three-decade diplomatic burr in the relationship between the US and Israel.
November 15, 2015
US UNESCO

US to retain leadership role at UN cultural agency

The United States has succeeded in its bid to remain on UNESCO's executive board, the only way to wield American power at the world's cultural and scientific agency now that the U.S. government is no longer funding it.
November 10, 2015