South Bend, IN – Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said he would not move the U.S. Embassy back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem. “I think what’s done is done,” Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said Sunday in an interview with “Axios on HBO.” He went on to say: Look, we need a big-picture [...]

Cairo – Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has died in court, state television reported on Monday. It said Mursi had fainted after a court session and died afterwards. Mursi, a top figure in the Muslim Brotherhood, was toppled by the military in 2013 after mass protests against this rule. He had been serving a seven-year [...]

Cairo – Egypt says it has struck a deal with the state-owned Israel Electric Corp to settle a fine for halting deliveries of natural gas. A statement from Egypt’s Petroleum Ministry said the settlement deal, which was signed Sunday, would reduce the $1.7 billion fine to $500 million. It says Egypt will pay the amount [...]

Cairo – The head of the Arab League warned on Monday that attempts to solve the Israel-Palestinian conflict will be in vain without the establishment of a Palestinian state on all territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. Ahmed Aboul Gheit’s comments appeared directed at a still unpublished peace plan that U.S. [...]

Orlando, FL – President Donald Trump’s early strength in Florida on the night of the 2016 election was the first sign that he was about to score an upset victory. In an otherwise bleak 2018 for the GOP, the state was again a bright spot for Republicans who won the governor’s mansion and flipped a [...]

New York – BidFair USA is taking auction house Sotheby’s private in a deal valued at $3.7 billion. BidFair USA will pay $57 per share, which is a 61% premium to the company’s Friday closing stock price. BidFair USA is owned by media and telecom entrepreneur and art collector Patrick Drahi. He founded Altice in [...]

Rawabi, West Bank – Palestinian engineers working for Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies are poised to share a $3.5 million payout when the company’s takeover by U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp is completed. Mellanox is one of a handful of Israeli firms that have begun to collaborate with the emerging Palestinian tech scene, bypassing the [...]

Washington – What happens if President Donald Trump carries out his threat to impose tariffs on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese goods that he hasn’t already hit with 25% import taxes? A New Hampshire fireworks company says it would have to raise prices, likely lose business and force some small towns to cancel their [...]

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the international community should reinstate sanctions if Iran follows through on its threats to step up uranium enrichment. Speaking at a government ceremony Monday, Netanyahu called for the immediate imposition of “snapback sanctions” if Iran breaks the stockpile limits set in the 2015 nuclear deal. He added: [...]

Palo Alto, CA – Elon Musk says he’s deleting his Twitter account 10 months after his use of the social media site landed him in trouble with U.S. regulators. The Tesla CEO changed his Twitter display name to Daddy DotCom on Father’s Day. Daddy.com is an existing website that provides parenting information to new and [...]