Times Of Israel
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:52:53 +0000Israel-US R&D fund to invest $7.45 million in 8 new projects
Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation gives green light to projects in agtech, advanced manufacturing, communications, healthcare and medical devices
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:41:06 +0000After years of waiting to see their children, Mideast moms count days to Biden
US president-elect has vowed to overturn travel ban from Muslim-majority countries; Syrian woman: 'I'm probably more impatient for Biden to become president than he is himself'
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:30:27 +0000This is a fine mess: What the press is saying about lockdowns, Haredim and Trump
Israel seems set to extend its lockdown by a week or more, but even with that, predictions of coming COVID-doom run as wild as infections in unpoliced ultra-Orthodox towns
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:03:24 +0000Qatar calls on Gulf states to begin talks with Iran
Having reconciled with neighboring countries after years-long rift, Doha offers to facilitate negotiations with Tehran, despite Saudi Arabia showing no willingness
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:02:22 +0000Iran says it is producing half a kilo of 20% enriched uranium every day
Country's nuclear agency chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, says it will resume adhering to nuke deal's terms if 'other parties' do so
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:48:40 +0000Iran kicks off ground forces drill on coast of Gulf of Oman
Commando units and airborne infantry participate in annual exercise, which comes amid rising nuclear tensions
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:07:38 +0000Israel passes 10,000 daily infections for first time since start of pandemic
Positive test rate highest in months, as officials make grim prediction of major outbreak in spring despite vaccination campaign
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:53:00 +0000A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases
Each new infection gives the virus a chance to mutate as it makes copies of itself, threatening to undo the progress made so far to control the pandemic
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:22:10 +0000Arab League chief hopes Biden reverses Trump policies, revives 2-state solution
In briefing to UN Security Council on Mideast, Ahmed Aboul Gheit says outgoing US president emboldened Israel to take 'dangerous and destructive steps'
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:09:27 +0000UN calls on Israel to stop new settlement construction in West Bank
Secretary-General Guterres calls decision to build almost 800 homes 'a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution'
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:36:32 +0000Born on the 4th: Israeli parties look to US playbook for pandemic-era campaigns
With Likud sticking to its Republican pollster, New Hope signs up with group that helped defeat Trump from the right, while Yesh Atid sees Georgia as a model for beating Netanyahu
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:17:30 +0000In farewell, Melania says be passionate, but ‘violence is never the answer’
First lady has been criticized for refusing to invite Bidens for traditional visit to Oval Office and White House before transfer of power
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:45:09 +0000Trump expected to commute sentence of disgraced NY power broker Sheldon Silver
New York Times reports former speaker of State Assembly is among 60-100 people who will receive pardons on president's last day in office
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:55:38 +0000Jewish groups urge quick confirmation for Biden Homeland Security nominee
Citing rise in extremist violence, organizations from across the spectrum want Alejandro Mayorkas in his job as soon as possible
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:21:39 +0000FBI says Capitol rioter stole Pelosi’s laptop, hoped to sell it to Russia
Arrest warrant for Riley June Williams of Pennsylvania quotes her former partner as saying she tried to sell computer to the SVR foreign intelligence agency, but plan fell through