Argentina

December 5, 2018, 7:10 pm

Israeli technology effectively stops drone approaches during G20

Drone Guard system, produced by a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, stops several suspicious flying devices as global leaders meet

By JTA

Senior Adviser to the President of the United States Jared Kushner, is pictured before being decorated with the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle by Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018, in the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

December 3, 2018, 11:42 pm

Jared Kushner pays tribute to AMIA bombing victims in Buenos Aires

On sidelines of G20, White House senior adviser visits rebuilt headquarters of Jewish center that was destroyed in deadly 1994 attack

By JTA

Nancy Roxana Papa, an 54-year-old Argentinian woman who was recently released after being kidnapped since 2016, speaks to the press at the Bab al-Hawa crossing with Turkey on October 30, 2018 ahead of being handed over to Turkish authorities. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

December 2, 2018, 4:47 pm

Argentine woman leaves Syria after two-year kidnap ordeal

Nancy Roxana Papa, 54, was lured to war-ravaged country by a marriage promise, kidnapped by gang, and after managing to escape, was hidden by residents

By AFP

In this file photo from July 16, 2018, US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a meeting in Helsinki, Finland. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

November 29, 2018, 8:24 pm

Trump cancels Putin meeting over Russian seizure of Ukrainian ships

‘I look forward to a meaningful summit again as soon as this situation is resolved,’ US president tweets on way to G-20 in Argentina

By AP

n this photo provided by the G20 Argentina press office, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman deplanes at the airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (G20 Argentina via AP)

November 29, 2018, 6:38 am

Argentina judge acts on human rights complaint against Saudi prince

Move apparently aims at embarrassing Mohammed bin Salman, as he attends G-20 summit in Buenos Aires in wake of Khashoggi killing

By Almudena Calatrava

Hezbollah flag flies in Lebanon (CC Upyernoz/Wikipedia)

November 20, 2018, 1:35 am

Mossad said to thwart Hezbollah terror plot against Jewish targets in Argentina

Israel’s intelligence service reportedly passed information which led to arrest of suspects in Buenos Aires; 3 men said to confirm they planned to attack Jewish targets

By TOI staff

This 2014 photo provided by the Argentina Navy shows the ARA San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric vessel, docked in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Argentina Navy via AP)

November 17, 2018, 8:11 am

Argentina: Wreck of submarine found year after it went missing with 44 on board

Navy says it has located the ARA San Juan, which apparently exploded and sank in November 2017 due to a critical malfunction

By AP

November 16, 2018, 2:36 pm

2 arrested in Argentina for suspected ties to Hezbollah, possession of weapons

Security minister says the men were caught with a small arsenal of weapons, ‘credentials in Arabic and an image of the Hezbollah flag’

By TOI staff and Agencies

The 'It wasn't a game' exhibition at River Plate’s museum. (Diego Rodríguez, Augusto Costhanzo, Sergio Langer, Rica Núñez and Gustavo Nemirovsky/Courtesy of 'No Fue un Juego' via JTA)

November 3, 2018, 9:11 am

Argentina exhibit recalls soccer greats who suffered under the Nazis

German soccer federation awarding annual tolerance prize to harrowing exhibition titled ‘It Wasn’t a Game,’ the first foreign project to receive the award

By JTA

This photo, one of tens of thousands of documents that clarify Argentina’s relationship with the Nazis, shows 15 000 people gathered in Buenos Aires at a rally supporting Hitler on April 10, 1938. (Courtesy DAIA)

October 19, 2018, 9:07 am

Tens of thousands of documents show how Argentina supported the Nazis

The South American country, which stayed neutral for much of World War II before joining the Allies, was a popular refuge for German war criminals, including Eichmann

By JTA

Argentina's President Mauricio Macri addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

September 27, 2018, 6:15 am

Argentine leader asks UN to remember bombings on Jewish sites

Mauricio Macri also urges Iran to cooperate in investigation of the 1994 AMIA Jewish center terror attack, which killed 85 and injured hundreds

By JTA

Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez arrives to court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 3, 2018 (AP Photo/Sebastian Pani)

September 18, 2018, 5:02 am

Ex-president Kirchner charged in Argentina corruption scandal

Judge wants her immunity lifted so she can be detained; Kirchner also facing trial over alleged cover-up of 1994 Iranian-orchestrated bombing of AMIA Jewish center

By Agencies

An illustrative photo of a man wearing a kippah. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images via JTA)

September 7, 2018, 10:15 am

Online hate makes up most of rising anti-Semitism figures in Argentina

From just 3% of incidents reported in 2008, anti-Jewish vitriol on social networks and news sites has reached 90% of all reports

By JTA

Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech in Buenos Aires on June 20, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / EITAN ABRAMOVICH)

August 23, 2018, 4:55 am

Argentine Senate approves raids on Kirchner properties

Former president denies wrongdoing, is one of the 67 lawmakers who voted to allow searches of homes in her possession

By AP

Argentina's former president and Buenos Aires senatorial then-candidate for the Unidad Ciudadana Party, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waving to supporters at Juan Domingo Peron stadium in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, October 16, 2017. (Eitan Abramovich/AFP)

August 23, 2018, 2:22 am

Argentine senate to vote on Kirchner’s immunity

Ex-president suspected in massive bribery scheme, one of six cases in which she is embroiled; another concerns her aiding Iranian suspects evade justice in AMIA bombing

By AFP