Otto Loevik had to decide who to pick up on his boat and who to leave behind as he came under fire trying to rescue teenagers fleeing a massacre in which 86 were killed by a far-right Norwegian gunman.
Washington traditionally boasts about its' profiles in courage. Today, facing arguably the greatest potential financial crisis in American history, politics trumps economics as officials focus on the next election instead of the public interest.
Israel's military have taken control of the last ship from Freedom Flotilla 2 and are convoying it to Israel. Activist Itamar Shapiro, who took part in the l...
Israel's military have taken control of the last ship from Freedom Flotilla 2 and are convoying it to Israel. Activist Itamar Shapiro, who took part in the l...
ISTANBUL — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday it was "unthinkable" for Ankara to normalise relations with Israel until it apologised over its bloody raid on a Turkish ship heading for Gaza.
CAIRO (AP) — The head of Egypt's ruling military council on Saturday praised the youth who led the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in an apparent effort to diffuse tension between activists and the army.
(07-22) 14:25 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- What if they yield, even a little? Call it GOP Primary Fear. A major hurdle to breaking the federal debt-ceiling impasse is the worry by House Republicans that they will invite...
A heat wave blamed for as many as two dozen deaths settled over portions of the East Coast as the National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for much of the Mid-Atlantic, saying Friday would be the hottest day in the region.
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The newly-passed boycott law is the latest in a series of ever-more draconian laws being introduced by Israel's far right. The legislation's goal is to intimidate those Israeli citizens, Jews and Palestinians, who have yet to bow down before the majority-rule mob.
Two senior United Nations officials today visited a Bedouin community in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) amid increasing home demolitions by the Israeli authorities, who have control over security, planning and zoning in the area.
Mayor Mike Bloomberg makes a $50 million donation to help the Sierra Club's "Beyond Coal" campaign. Meanwhile, Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein rally over a thousand demonstrators for civil disobedience against tar sands.
AP Images/Jens PanduroPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and radio personality Glenn Beck may have much different theologies, but they have a common enemy in radical Islam.Netanyahu spoke to Israel’s Christian supporters via a live satellite broadcast
Congressional Republicans voted to increase the debt ceiling 7 times during the last Bush administration. They now refuse to raise the debt ceiling, threatening a serious financial crisis for all of us.
In this debt-ceiling fight, I'm having horrible flashbacks to the Republican debacle over health care.Then as now, what could have been a negotiated deal turned into all-out political war.Then as
The scandal’s potential damage to News Corp. has already gone beyond News of the World. But will the company’s directors remember their duty to represent the interests of shareholders not named Murdoch? By Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large FORTUNE -- Some people aren’t at all surprised by the
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli navy on Tuesday boarded a French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists intending to sail to the blockaded Gaza Strip and forced it to go to Ashdod port, a military spokeswoman said.
Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets over the Gaza Strip for the first time since the end of a 22-day assault more than two years ago. The leaflets, dropped late Sunday and early Monday, written in Arabic and signed by the "Israel...