Facebook says it has identified a private Israel-based influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts that engaged in spreading disinformation.
Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, told reporters Thursday the tech giant had purged 65 accounts, 161 pages and dozens of groups.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC’s First Lady Chirlane McCray hold a brief media availability hours after the much-maligned leader announced his intention to enter the crowded Democratic 2020 primary.
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Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he hoped the United States was not heading to war with Iran as he prepared to meet with Switzerland President Ueli Maurer, whose nation has served as a diplomatic conduit between the two countries. Asked if Washington was going to war with Tehran, Trump told reporters [...]

Ashraf Na'alowa, who killed 2 in October West Bank shooting, told his mother Wafa he planned to become a 'martyr,' but she didn't try to stop him or inform authorities

A federal judge is siding with public health groups suing the Food and Drug Administration to begin reviewing thousands of e-cigarettes on the U.S. market.
The ruling handed down Wednesday in district court states that the agency shirked its legal duty when it postponed reviewing all U.S.

Two persons were seriously injured in an explosion in an Eilat apartment on Sheshet HaYomim Street on Thursday morning. Police and firefighters responded to a reported explosion, which the preliminary report shows was caused by a gas leak.

Shiite militia leader accuses Washington of 'trying to create an uproar in Iraq and the regions under any pretext'

Washington – Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., joined in an appeal to confront a rise in deadly expressions of white nationalism. “As a Muslim American and a Jewish American elected to the United States Congress, we can no longer sit silently as terror strikes our communities,” the lawmakers wrote in an op-ed [...]