Chemical weapon for sale: China’s unregulated narcotic
By ERIKA KINETZ and DESMOND BUTLER For a few thousand dollars, Chinese companies offer to export a powerful chemical that has been killing unsuspecting drug users and is so lethal…
Israel
Peres, remembered for tireless peace efforts, laid to rest
By ARON HELLER Shimon Peres was laid to rest Friday by dozens of world leaders who praised Israel’s former president and prime minister for pursuing peace with an indefatigable spirit…
Shimon Peres, ex-Israeli president and PM, dies at 93
By ARON HELLER Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister, whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a…
At UN Netanyahu invites Abbas to address Knesset
By MICHAEL ASTOR Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to address Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, during a speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. Netanyahu…
Trump supporters court Jewish settlers in the West Bank
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Republican activists are trying to “make America great again” — from inside a Jewish settlement deep in the West Bank. This week, supporters of Republican presidential candidate…
Russia: Israel, Palestinian leaders agree to meet for talks
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the Israeli and the Palestinian leaders have agreed “in principle” to meet in Moscow for talks in what the Russians…
Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in US spy mystery
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Iran executed a nuclear scientist who defected to the U.S. and returned to the Islamic Republic under mysterious circumstances a year later, an official…
Snapping up cheap spy tools, nation’s ‘monitoring everyone’
By FRANK BAJAK and JACK GILLUM It was a national scandal. Peru’s then-vice president accused two domestic intelligence agents of staking her out. Then, a top congressman blamed the spy…