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PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.
Then-Malawi president Lazarus Chakwera speaks during an election campaign rally at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe, on September 13, 2025.

Guard dogs or state security? Malawi faces unusual post-election dispute

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, attends an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil December 19, 2025.

Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro confirms son's presidential pre-candidacy in official letter

A portrait and plaque dedicated to US President Donald Trump at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, December 17, 2025.

Trump adds plaques criticizing Biden, Obama on White House ‘Walk of Fame’


McConnell, Biden lapses highlight advanced age of US leaders

Many members of the US Congress are older than President Biden. Are they still suitable?

 U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during an event to tout the new Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio near the bridge in Covington, Kentucky, U.S., January 4, 2023.

Former Mexican president calls leading Jewish politician a ‘Bulgarian Jew’

In response to criticism of his comments, Fox tweeted out rebuttals, calling Sheinbaum a “Bulgarian Jew” and Marcelo Ebrard, a former foreign minister also in the Morena party, a “French snob.”

 Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum

President Herzog launches national resilience program for polarized Israel

To help reduce the feeling of polarization, bridge social gaps, and strengthen national resilience, President Isaac Herzog recently kicked off a series of special projects called Time to Talk.

 PARTICIPATING IN the Time to Talk program at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

How third-party egos may determine America's 2024 presidential fate - opinion

This time, the likely spoilers are known in politics as useful idiots – persons knowingly pursuing lost causes to the benefit of others. In this case, the likely beneficiary will be Trump. 

 FORMER US president Donald Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally in South Carolina, earlier this month.

US researchers decipher secrets behind Benjamin Franklin’s paper money

Not only Poor Richard’s Almanack and Pennsylvania Gazette – American founding father Benjamin Franklin also worked to prevent the counterfeiting of Colonial bills.

 Prof. Khachatur Manukyan and his team employed cutting-edge spectroscopic and imaging instruments to get a closer look than ever at the inks, paper and fibers that made Benjamin Franklin’s bills distinctive and hard to replicate.

Lebanese parliament fails to elect president in 12th attempt

The presidency has remained vacant since October, exacerbating Lebanon's already severe political and economic crisis.

 Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads a parliament session, in a bid to elect a head of state to fill the vacant presidency, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon June 14, 2023.

Aliyev during Herzog's visit to Azerbaijan: The government is establishing a Jewish center.


President Isaac Herzog congratulates Turkey's Erdogan on election victory

Israel's president turned to social media to extend warm congratulatory remarks to Turkey's re-elected leader.

President Isaac Herzog met with Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara March 9, 2022.

DeSantis touts tight Israel ties to woo Evangelical voters at Christian conference

“When I took office, I promised to make Florida the most pro-Israel state in the United States, and we have been able to deliver on that promise," DeSantis told a captive audience.

 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is seen speaking at the National Religious Broadcasting conference in Orlando, on May 22, 2023.

Israel honors nurses ahead of International Nurses Day

According to Health Ministry statistics, there are some 84,000 female and male nurses in Israel up to the age of 67, with the ratio of only 6.7 nurses to 1,000 people.

 Israeli Bedouin nurse Siham Shalibi Elhausa is seen receiving her award from President Isaac Herzog, on May 8, 2023.