LONDON (AP) – British physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel in June, citing his belief that he should respect a Palestinian call to boycott contacts with Israeli academics. The University of …
Israel's attorney general says he will not appeal a court ruling permitting a liberal Jewish women's group to pray freely at a Jerusalem holy site. An Israeli court instructed police last month to stop detaining women for performing religious rituals …
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Thursday that any peace agreement with the Palestinians should be put to a referendum, a move that some Israelis view as a potential obstacle to a deal even as Secretary of State John …
For the second straight night, the Cleveland Indians faced a Cy Young award-winning pitcher.A game after roughing up two-time winner Roy Halladay, the Indians stomped on a familiar face, Cliff Lee, en route to a 6-0…
Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that he supports SoftBank’s bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, rather than Dish Network’s counter offer. Sprint, …
Foreign Secretary William Hague has backed Israel's right to host this summer's Uefa under-21 football tournament. He said the flagship competition – due to take place at stadiums in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Netanya and Petah Tivka …
Todd Frazier provided the only run Mat Latos needed to pick up his first victory of the season as the Reds claimed a 1-0 victory on Wednesday at Great American Ballpark over the Chicago Cubs.The game was delayed…
The country's Tourism Ministry has invested in the Jerusalem-set Chinese film,
Another veteran Vatican figure has signalled openness to civil recognition of same-sex unions in the wake of similar comments in early February from the Vatican's top official on the family, reports NCR Online. It's a position …
During a Vatican news conference on Feb. 4, Paglia said that while the church is opposed to anything that treats other unions as equivalent to marriage between a man and a woman, it could accept “private law solutions” for …
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