Yisrael Beytenu will vote against budget if periphery housing grants are canceled

by www.jpost.com  |  June 19, 2013  01:41 PM

Uri Ariel says government decisions harming housing market, encourages MKs to work to reverse them.

Investors look for answers on economy from Fed

by hosted2.ap.org  |  June 19, 2013  10:35 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Worry and speculation have consumed investors since Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to Congress last month about the Federal Reserve's drive to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.

Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city

by hosted2.ap.org  |  June 19, 2013  10:10 AM

SAO PAULO (AP) - Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament - people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption.

2 SAfrican deminers killed in Mogadishu attack

by hosted2.ap.org  |  June 19, 2013  10:08 AM

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A spokeswoman for a South African defense company is confirming that two South Africans died in a militant attack on the U.N. compound in Mogadishu.

Bennett: 'Price Tag' biggest threat to settlements

by www.jpost.com  |  June 19, 2013  10:00 AM

MKs respond to question from Hadash MK after Abu Ghosh attack.

Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks

by hosted2.ap.org  |  June 19, 2013  09:31 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans.

Allen West open to possibility of challenging Marco Rubio in Republican primary

by dailycaller.com  |  June 19, 2013  09:18 AM

In an interview on Washington, D.C.'s WMAL 105.9 FM 'Mornings on the Mall' radio show on Wednesday, former Florida Republican Rep. Allen West inidcated that he might be open to challenging Sen. Marco Rubio in a 2016 GOP Senate primary. 'That's a pretty heavy lift, because you're talking about running against a sitting senator, and [...]

Obama group uses Todd Akin against Republicans in abortion fight

by dailycaller.com  |  June 19, 2013  08:52 AM

Trent Franks' rape comment makes him an open target

Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs

by hosted2.ap.org  |  June 19, 2013  08:11 AM

BERLIN (AP) - Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.

Address by Peres on occasion of his 90th birthday

by www.jpost.com  |  June 19, 2013  07:54 AM

Full text of President Shimon Peres's speech on Tuesday 18th June, 2013.