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UPDATE: Bangladesh ferry collision death toll now 70

UPDATE: Bangladesh ferry collision death toll now 70

Voice America News reports that the death toll from a Bangladesh ferry collision has risen to at least 70 people, maritime officials said. About 50 people were rescued Sunday when the ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank on […]

by · February 24, 2015 · World News

BASEBALL U.S. Cuba Relations & Baseball, Or Will The Yankees & Mets Be Left Out?

A Sporting Opinion With the warming of relations between the U.S. and Cuba announced on December 17th, 2014 by both presidents, Barack Obama and Raul Castro many corporations, businesses and organizations alike have been scrambling to learn about any new […]

by · February 12, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Sports, World News
Resurgent Nazism: New and Frightening Reports

Resurgent Nazism: New and Frightening Reports

Post by Columnist Richard Brodsky Even as the world focuses on the murder of French journalists, police and Jews, the continuing growth of Nazi and neo-Nazi movements has the capacity to surprise and frighten. Next Wednesday, January 21, at the […]

by · January 17, 2015 · Crime, World News
Congressman Eliot Engel opposes JCPOA

Congressman Eliot Engel Statement on Paris Terrorist Attacks

Congressman Eliot Engel issued a strong statement condemning the attack on Charlie Hebdo, expressing his support for Charlie Hebdo and all publications regardless of their poltical views to publish their cartoons, editorials, columns and news analysis. WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, […]

by · January 11, 2015 · Editorials, World News
Let us give terrorism the finger

Je Suis Charlie

It is incumbent on each if us to speak out against terrorism and its goals wherever it occurs. The murderous attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hedo was not just strike at a French magazine or at France. It tried […]

by · January 9, 2015 · Editorials, World News
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Intense Standoff With Australian Police Ends Resulting In Three Dead

The world watched as a Sydney Australia Lindt Chocolatier shop was taken hostage in a 16-hour standoff that erupted in gunfire and left the hostage-taker and two hostages dead. The perpetrator, 49 year old Iranian-born self-proclaimed “Muslim cleric” Man Haron Monis, claimed […]

by · December 15, 2014 · Crime, World News
The Israeli–Palestinian Cauldron is Boiling Over

The Israeli–Palestinian Cauldron is Boiling Over

WARNING: THERE IS GRAPHIC IMAGERY IN THIS POST. The recent and ongoing killings, rhetoric and hardened positions in the Middle East make me wonder if there will ever be Salam/Shalom between Israel and the Palestinian peoples. There was a time not […]

by · November 19, 2014 · Editorials, World News
ISIS fighters in Iraq.

We should “Behead” The Leadership of ISIL

Piece by Columnist Lewis H. Goldstein As I view the horrendous advances and actions of ISIL I call for the Beheading of its leadership. Not necessarily in the heinous way that they murder innocents but meaning that their leadership has […]

by · September 21, 2014 · Editorials, World News
Northern Gaza Strip (AFP/Getty Images)

Rockets Fired from Gaza end latest Cease-fire

According to the New York Times, three rockets from Gaza rained down on Beersheba in southern Israel this Tuesday, ending a five-day long cease-fire. During the cease-fire, Palestinian and Israeli officials met with Egyptian mediators in Cairo to negotiate a […]

by · August 19, 2014 · News, World News
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 2170 CONDEMNING WIDESPREAD ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY EXTREMIST GROUPS IN IRAQ, SYRIA, And Imposes Sanctions

UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 2170 CONDEMNING WIDESPREAD ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY EXTREMIST GROUPS IN IRAQ, SYRIA, And Imposes Sanctions

Calling on all United Nations Member States to act to suppress the flow of foreign fighters, financing and other support to Islamist extremist groups in Iraq and Syria, the Security Council this afternoon put six persons affiliated to those groups […]

by · August 19, 2014 · World News
Bronx Native Missing In Nigeria, Family Seeks Help

Bronx Native Missing In Nigeria, Family Seeks Help

“The search for pilot Bill Fitzpatrick, 59, who most recently lived in Chelan, Washington, is complicated because it’s unclear if he disappeared in either Nigeria or Cameroon, CBS 2 reported. The married father of three was helping to fly missions […]

by · August 17, 2014 · Local News, World News
Israel Palestine Flags

Hamas Says Real Chance for Peace With Israel

In the midst of the current ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, The Guardian is reporting Hamas “doesn’t want more death but will only sign deal that meets Palestinian demands.” The Islamist organization said they are “not interested in more bloodshed” and […]

by · August 16, 2014 · News, Politics, World News
Senator Klein, Governor Cuomo & NYS Unity Delegation Visit Israel

Senator Klein, Governor Cuomo & NYS Unity Delegation Visit Israel

On Wednesday and Thursday, local Senator Jeff Klein, a descendent of Holocaust survivors, joined a New York State Unity Delegation led by Governor Cuomo on a visit to Israel to affirm the State of New York’s support for the nation, […]

by · August 16, 2014 · Local News, World News
Red Cross Ukraine Relief Efforts Approved

Red Cross Ukraine Relief Efforts Approved

Associated Press reports the Red Cross will head a humanitarian aid mission with Russia’s help that will allow relief for the suffering civilian population in Luhansk – an eastern Ukrainian Province thick with rebel forces. “The situation is critical – […]

by · August 11, 2014 · News, World News
New York State Government Leaders Announce Unity Trip to Israel

New York State Government Leaders Announce Unity Trip to Israel

Yesterday, leaders from New York including Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced a unity visit reaffirming the State of New York’s support in light of the continued threat […]

by · August 11, 2014 · Local News, World News