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Israel & the Region
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Czech billionaire Andrej Babis, chairman of the ANO movement (YES), talks to the media after voting at a polling station during the first day of the Czech elections on October 20, 2017 in Pruhonice, Central Bohemia. (AFP PHOTO / MICHAL CIZEK)
‘Czech Trump’ poised for victory as anti-EU parties seek gains
By Jan Flemr and Jan MARCHAL
With majority of results in, Andrej Babis takes a huge lead in election that could install another euroskeptic government in Central Europe
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted as he arrives at King Salman Air Base, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
Tillerson in Mideast as US seeks Saudi-Iraqi axis against Iran
By Matthew Lee
This file photo taken on January 12, 2016, shows the German-made INS Rahav Dolphin 2-class submarine arriving at the military port of Haifa on January 12, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
Germany said to approve controversial submarine deal with Israel
By TOI staff and AFP
A French officer gives a salute before a grave during a ceremony to mark 75 years since the pivotal WWII battle in the town of El Alamein, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Alexandria, during a visit by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on October 21, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
Ceremony marks 75 years since key WWII Battle of El Alamein
By AFP
Workers prepare the stage before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the AIPAC 2015 Policy Conference on March 2, 2015. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/JTA)
December 15, 2016, 10:24 pm
AIPAC’s 2016 roundup lauds military aid deal and renewal of Iran Sanctions Act
Email to members stresses lobby's work with 'current and prospective political leaders from both parties'
By Eric Cortellessa
An illustrative view of Pretoria, South Africa. (iStock/Getty Images/vlbentley)
December 15, 2016, 10:13 pm
Israeli man killed in South Africa parasailing accident
Foreign Ministry to assist family in bringing body home; Israeli women injured in Cape Town car crash
By TOI staff
The Jerusalem office of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceuticals (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2016, 8:31 pm
Teva faces class-action lawsuit over US antitrust probe into price-fixing
Israeli pharmaceutical giant fielding slew of legal troubles, including internal investigation into bribery
By Ricky Ben-David
Journalists walk at the damaged ancient site of Nimrud, which was destroyed by the Islamic State militants, southeast of Mosul, Iraq, seen here on November 16, 2016. (AP/Hussein Malla)
December 15, 2016, 8:29 pm
UN fears further looting of wrecked ancient Iraqi city
Fact-finding mission sent by UNESCO reports 'large-scale, systematic' destruction to Nimrud site, near Mosul
By AFP
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) inspect an honor guard during their meeting in Astana on December 14, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ILYAS OMAROV)
December 15, 2016, 7:22 pm
On PM’s visit to Asian Muslim states, a not-so-subtle message to the Arab world
Netanyahu sees his trip to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan as a model for warming relations, but the two countries he toured are atypical in their approach to Islam
By Raphael Ahren
President Bashar Assad greets religious leaders at a mosque in Damascus in a picture posted to social media on December 12, 2016. (Instagram/Syrian Presidency)
December 15, 2016, 6:58 pm
Assad hails ‘historic’ defeat of rebels in Aleppo
Recapture of key city hands regime its biggest victory in more than five years of civil war
By Agencies and TOI staff
EgyptAir Airbus A320 with the registration SU-GCC taking off from Vienna International Airport, Austria, on August 21, 2015. (AP/Thomas Ranner, File)
December 15, 2016, 6:58 pm
Egypt: Traces of explosives found on victims of Paris flight
Criminal investigation opened into May's crash of Egyptair Flight 804, which killed all 66 people on board
By Hamza Hendawi
Illustrative computer virus (istock)
December 15, 2016, 4:53 pm
Mutually assured cyber destruction?
Op-ed: Experts say first the US, then some of the West's enemies, have developed the capability to shut down entire countries at the flip of a switch
By David Horovitz
Jewish youths prepare to resist the evacuation of Amona in the West Bank on December 15, 2016, after the residents voted against a peaceful evacuation. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2016, 4:51 pm
Amona settler leaders expect forced evacuation early next week
Outpost chiefs say they would have agreed to leave had alternative arrangements been credible; teenagers prepare barricades in run-up to ‘vigorous passive protest'
By Judah Ari Gross
Joseph Safra in 2002 (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
December 15, 2016, 3:43 pm
Brazilian court closes lawsuit against Jewish billionaire
Joseph Safra always denied accusations of being part of a conspiracy to pay bribes to Brazilian tax officials
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Russian special force soldiers during an anti-terrorist operation in Makhachkala, the regional capital of Dagestan, Russia, on January 20, 2014. (Abdula Magomedov/NewsTeam via AP, File)
December 15, 2016, 3:25 pm
Russia says it foiled IS-linked attacks on Moscow
Operation alleged to have been orchestrated from Turkey; local Islamic State branch has previously struck in country
By AP
A bus is seen in the embattled city of Aleppo during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and their families from rebel-held areas on December 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
December 15, 2016, 2:44 pm
Thousands of rebels, families begin departing battered Aleppo
Delayed operation marks final stage in Assad's recapture of Syrian city from opposition after month-long assault
By Rim Haddad and Maya Gebeily
A man holds a Syrian flag bearing the portrait of President Bashar Assad as residents in a government-held area of Aleppo gather in the street during an evacuation of rebel fighters and their families on December 15, 2016. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
December 15, 2016, 2:18 pm
Liberman says Assad is a ‘butcher’ who must go
Defense minister condemns the killings in Syria, calls for Israel to block Iranian involvement in war-torn country
By Gavin Rabinowitz
A 9,500-year-old Neolithic plastered skull from the British Museum's collection. (courtesy: British Museum)
December 15, 2016, 2:07 pm
New exhibit gives 9,500-year-old Jericho man digital makeover
After extensive study, British Museum to showcase 3D reconstruction of head that was found covered in plaster near West Bank city
By Ilan Ben Zion
Right wing activists protest in Jerusalem against the planned evacuation of Amona on December 13, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2016, 1:33 pm
Falling on the sword, awaiting a clash
Amona refuses deal to leave peacefully, and the Hebrew media braces for possible conflict; a general resigns but finds favor in the eyes of the media
By Ilan Ben Zion
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