MidEast

In his keynote address opening the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last evening, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced that Intel is working with Israel’s Replay Technologies to deliver new viewing experiences for sports fans on broadcast, in the stadium and at home. Replay’s proprietary “freeD” technology,...

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Forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah have laid siege to roughly 40,000 people near Madaya, a predominantly Sunni town near Syria’s border with Lebanon, leading to widespread starvation and a severe deterioration in living conditions, the Associated Press (AP) reported Tuesday. Residents of Madaya,...

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The American Nasdaq stock market announced a joint venture with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) to help nurture Israeli startups, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) on Wednesday. The collaboration aims to boost Israeli startups by granting them greater exposure to foreign investors on a new exchange. In...

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North Korea’s recent claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb has led experts to question the regime’s ties to Iran and its nuclear program, as well as the sustainability of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Pyongyang said that it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb – a more powerful weapon, which...

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Bahraini authorities say they have broken up an Iran-backed cell that was planning to carry out multiple terror attacks on its territory, Reuters reported on Wednesday. “A secret terrorist plot aided by the so-called Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Hezbollah terrorist organization was foiled,” Bahrain’s BNA state news agency reported....

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Can Jews, Muslims and Christians live side by side peacefully in Israel? It’s a question many people ask themselves. But they can, and they do, in cities such as Haifa and in less well-known Lod, whose slogan is “A mosaic of cultures.” The municipality is working hard to raise the...

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