Assassination

By IsraelNationalNews.com Azerbaijan officials said they uncovered an Iranian-linked Muslim gang that plotted to assassinate Chabad rabbis and others in Baku. The rabbis teach at the Chabad Jewish school in Baku. Azerbaijan's National...

By IsraelNationalNews.com & Ha'aretz The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times resigned Monday and put his paper up for sale after he speculated in print (utilizing his First Amendment Freedom of...

By Ha'aretz Motti (not his real name), a businessman with connections in Arab countries, was stunned several months ago when representatives of a well-known Israeli food company asked him to check the possibility...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Israel announced Sunday it is postponing the largest-ever anti-missile military exercise with the United States for "technical" reasons days after President Barack Obama called Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to reiterate his...

By IsraelNationalNews.com and Ha'aretz One day after a mysterious assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist, President Barack Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the phone and reportedly wanted explanations. According to...

By IsraelNationalNews.com, Ha'aretz & YnetNews.com IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai wrote on his Facebook page Wednesday that he was glad Iranian nuclear scientist Mustafa Ahmadi Roshn was assassinated. "I do not know...

HEADNOTE Raimundo Pereira (below), President of the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau, talked with African Business when he visited London to promote investment, reform and privatisation. Pereira, a lawyer who also worked for...

HEADNOTE Guinea-Bissau has largely fallen off the map of dynamic Africa but this small country has no shortage of investment opportunities. In November, a British All-Party Parliamentary Group and Ecobank organised a summit...

HEADNOTE Clint Eastwood directing Leonardo DiCaprio in a grand biopic of legendary FBI honcho J. Edgar Hoover sounds like an awards magnet. Except they think J. Edgar is a love story... HEADNOTE J....

A host of new and established European talent were discussing new projects at the Les Arcs Co -Production Village this week. Damjan Kozole, Claudio Cupellini, Ilann Girard and Alexandra Stone were among directors...

Dir: Richard Symons. UK. 2011. 73mins British filmmaker Richard Symons' astute and well-researched documentary about the controversial life and career of PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) leader Yasser Arafat is a balanced focus on...

NEW YORK -- On Wednesday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) called on Hyundai Heavy Industries (Hyundai Heavy) to end its business activities in Iran. In August, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified...

Chavez has alienated upper and middle class Venezuelans, who have reported repression and human rights violations under his rule. The controversy surrounding his policies spawned a brief overthrow of Chavez in April 2002,...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ALICIA KEYS PRESENTS STICK FLY READS THE MARQUEE ON BROADWAY'S Cort Theater. The 14-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and the play, written by African American playwright Lydia R. Diamond about a well-to-do...

Today, more than four decades after his death, the legacy and contributions of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the sacrifices he made to bring justice to African Americans and to challenge...

HEADNOTE Guinea is set to become the world's third- largest iron ore producer, behind giants Australia and Brazil, as investments of billions of dollars pour in. MJ Morgan reports on the probable transformation...

Crime and punishment Death of a modern-day !landlord Killing Kebble An Underworld Exposed By Handy Wiener R19.00 Macmillan (SA) ISBN: 978-1-77010-132-6 Brett Kebble epitomised post-apartheid South Africa's new breed of entrepreneur. A white...

Dir: Mads Brügger. Denmark. 2011. 94mins Danish journalist and satirist Mads Brügger bribes, cajoles and fakes his way into the heart of Africa to pose as an 'Ambassador' with the intention of raising...

Brad Krevoy tells Jeremy Kay why he has rebooted his old company with a lively mix of Black List scripts, English-language versions of foreign hits and genre slam-dunks ''This business is about longevity,"...