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National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat was authorized to start talks with Egypt on the ceasefire initiative, to work out the details and the starting date, Israeli media reported on Thursday evening local time. The truce was proposed by Egypt and will be “mutual and unconditional,” the Israeli cabinet said …

In a Wednesday op-ed, amid the continuing conflict between Israel and Palestine, University of Cincinnati professor emeritus Abraham Miller called on Israel “to ignore the international community” and “give war a chance.” After complaining about “Arabs” who “refuse to recognize the legitimate Jewish claim to the property” they call home …

The sheer audacity of the US progressives, who have been on a crusade to stamp out any and all manifestations of ‘systemic racism’ and ‘white supremacy’ in the United States, could not have prepared anyone for the shocking display of bigotry committed by none other than the leader of Chicago, …

In a speech on Tuesday to the ‘Victory’ organizing committee, which is responsible for memorializing those killed in the Second World War, the Russian leader claimed that “everyone wants to bite us somewhere, or to bite something off of us.” If or when this happens, he said the country will …

The base was officially unveiled a few years ago and has since acquired some additional capabilities, according to the Russian military. It now boasts a dedicated unit for electronic surveillance, and has beefed up its airfield to land heavier planes like the nuclear-capable Tu-95 bombers. A battery of mobile anti-ship …

Details of how the BBC covered up the tactics used to secure the interview for its news show ‘Panorama’ were laid bare in an official report by retired supreme court judge Lord Dyson, published on Thursday. Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, said the corporation was “very sorry” for the …

Can the ocean fuel China’s nuclear boom? According to a report from the South China Morning Post, Beijing is looking to build a device that can extract uranium from seawater, which has an estimated 1,000 times more reserves than on land.  It comes amid the country’s push on multiple fronts …

Pavel Durov, the Russian-born businessman who founded both the Telegram messaging service and the popular VKontakte social network, turned fire on the California-based tech giant in a post on Wednesday. He pointed followers to a New York Times investigation that claimed Apple is involved in a massive program of surveillance …

The military flare-up between Israel and Hamas, which rules Gaza, as well as the simultaneous communal clashes inside Israel between its Jewish and Arab citizens, have brought to the fore a fundamental question – what is the purpose or goal of the deadly fighting?  On paper, the Israeli answer is …

In a tweet in the early hours of Thursday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) posted a video accompanied by the comment, “The people of Gaza are endangered every time it happens.”  This is not the first time the IDF has attempted to show the people of Gaza are endangered …