U.S. Government Relocates Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Pablo Hanono, Staff Writer
May 17, 2018
In a historic move by the U.S government, President Donald Trump has announced the moving of the U.S embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The embassy is set to open in late May in the Western section of the city. Jerusalem is the contested capital of the State of Israel, being claimed by both the Palestinian...
Jerusalem Embassy Controversy
Alexander Yagoda, Staff Writer
December 18, 2017
If the current U.S. administration is a hotly debated issue, then Israel is on fire. Since its creation, Israel has been the topic of much of the Middle Eastern controversy going on now. This has much to do with the majority of Muslim nations around it trying to eradicate the majority of Jewish states...
Recap: May 23 – 29
Sophie Feinberg, Editor
May 29, 2016
International Affairs Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam "President Barack Obama announced Monday that the United States is fully lifting a decades-long ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam. In a joint news conference in Hanoi with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Obama said...
Recap: March 7 – 13
Sophie Feinberg, Editor
March 13, 2016
International Affairs American student killed in 1 of 3 terror attacks in Israel during Biden visit "An American student from Vanderbilt University was stabbed to death in one of three bloody terror attacks that rocked Israel Tuesday, just as Vice President Biden arrived in Tel Aviv to meet ...
Recap: November 30 – December 6
Sophie Feinberg, Editor
December 6, 2015
International Affairs EU reaches $3bn deal with Turkey to curb refugee crisis "The European Union has struck a deal with Turkey in Brussels that aims to limit the flow of refugees into the continent. Leaders from 28 EU members states met with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday, f...
Recap: November 16 – 22
Sophie Feinberg, Editor
November 22, 2015
International Affairs Blast at market in northeastern Nigeria's Yola kills 32 "A blast struck a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola on Tuesday evening, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others, both the Red Cross and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The explosion occu...
Recap: October 19 – 25
Sophie Feinberg, Editor
October 25, 2015
International Affairs Top al Qaeda leader Sanafi al-Nasr killed in U.S. airstrike, Pentagon says "The leader of an al Qaeda-linked group allegedly bent on attacking the West has been killed in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria, U.S. officials said Sunday. Sanafi al-Nasr [...] w...
Recap: October 12 – 18
Sophie Feinberg, Editor
October 18, 2015
International Affairs Iran says Washington Post reporter convicted "Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been detained for more than a year on charges including espionage, has been convicted, a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary said. [...] Ejehi said Rezaian and his lawyer are eligible to appeal the conviction within 20 days." Deadly bombings spark fear in Turkey ahead of...
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