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Italian hotel manager rejects Israeli couple's reservation, accusing Israeli people of 'genocide'
ROME (AP) — The manager of a small hotel in northern Italy refused a reservation made by an Israeli couple, accusing Israeli people of being “responsible for genocide.” Jewish groups decried the incident as an example of antisemitism. The couple had booked two nights for the...
Galmed Pharmaceuticals: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GLMD) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.9 million in its third quarter. The Ramat Gan, Israel-based company said it had a loss of $2.31 per share. _____ This story was...
A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse
BEIRUT (AP) — When Sara first arrived at her rescuers' home, she was sick, tired, and was covered in ringworms and signs of abuse all over her little furry body. After spending two months in a small Beirut apartment with an animal rights group, the four-and-half-month-old lion cub...
Middle East latest: Workers search through rubble in eastern Lebanon where Israeli strike killed 13
Rescue teams were searching Friday through rubble for missing people near the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon where an Israeli strike hit a civil defense center the night before, killing at least 13. All those killed in the strike on the town of Douris near Baalbek were employees...
Top Iranian official vows support for Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah war as US pushes for cease-fire
BEIRUT (AP) — A top Iranian official pledged his country's unwavering support for Lebanon after talks Friday with Lebanese leaders on the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, which came as the United States continued actively pushing both sides to agree to a new cease-fire deal. ...
Middle East latest: Workers search through rubble in eastern Lebanon where Israeli strike killed 13
Rescue teams were searching Friday through rubble for missing people near the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon where an Israeli strike hit a civil defense center the night before, killing at least 13. All those killed in the strike on the town of Douris near Baalbek were employees...
As airlines avoid Israel, UAE's FlyDubai and Etihad keep up flights for both diplomacy and dollars
BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel (AP) — At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, more than a year of war has taken its toll. Global airlines have canceled flights, gates are empty and pictures of hostages still held in the Gaza Strip guide the few arriving passengers to baggage...
Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far
President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it's shaping up much differently than his first. He's prioritizing loyalists for top jobs. Trump was bruised and hampered by internal squabbles during his initial term in office. Now he appears...
Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Lebanese rescuers and 15 people in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers on Thursday inside a civil defense center in the eastern city of Baalbek, according to health and rescue officials, hours after state media in Syria said Israeli strikes in and around the capital killed at least 15...
CIA employee accused of leaking classified info on Israeli attack plans to face charges in Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) — A CIA employee accused of leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran was ordered by a federal judge Thursday to face felony charges in Virginia. The FBI arrested Asif William Rahman this week in Cambodia, and he made his first...
