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Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defense pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to five sources with knowledge of the talks.The talks remain at an early stage, all the sources said, and could still be complicated by heightened tensions between the United States and…Read more

For many Orthodox Jews, a typical winter weekday begins early: head to synagogue, gather in a minyan for morning prayers, then rush off to work. Orthodox Jewish groups say a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent could upend that routine by pushing winter sunrises, and the earliest permissible time…Read more

Homebuilding scale is arriving at the midway point through a structural inflection. The latest evidence arrived Thursday, as Stanley Martin Homes announced it had entered an agreement to acquire Florida-based Holiday Builders, a transaction that will add approximately 1,050 annual home closings, more than 40 active communities and…Read more

Designed in 1927 by legendary Art Deco architect Ralph Walker and given new life as 21st-century condo residences, One Hundred Barclay remains an icon of New York design. Asking $25,950,000 and $32,950,000, a pair of duplex penthouses offer the…Read more

As grim as the political scene is in Israel today – with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition bulldozing through contentious and damaging legislation on the final days of the Knesset before the October election – the view on the other side of the world in Washington regarding Israel is…Read more

Republicans in the US Congress forged ahead on Thursday with a $95 billion budget plan to meet President Donald Trump’s demands for new defense funding for the war in Iran, farm assistance, and a sweeping overhaul of voting requirements ahead of the November midterm elections.A Republican-controlled budget panel…Read more

It’s no secret that JD Vance has lost the confidence of many Jewish Republicans, who have taken issue with the vice president’s reprimanding of Israeli officials, indulgence of anti-Israel conspiracy theories and silence on Tucker Carlson, the prominent pundit who has turned against Israel.But…Read more

The Trump administration told Israel it is sending dozens more refueling planes to Israel ahead of a potential expansion of military operations against Iran, Axios reported on Friday, citing three US and Israeli officials. While US President Donald Trump has not yet made a final decision on whether or not…Read more

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The Israeli government has unanimously approved Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s proposal to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The official statement repeatedly invokes Israel’s moral obligation. That immediately raises a simple question. If this was indeed a moral obligation, why…Read more

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received…Read more

Orange-hued skies, wildfire smoke and scorched forest land have been regular occurrences across North America in recent years as rising global temperatures contribute to massive forest fires. Many of those are in northern Canada, home to some of the world’s largest intact forests.Canada currently has more active wildfires than…Read more

Av 1, 2487 (1274 BCE): Yahrzeit of Aharon was the elder brother of Moshe and the first high priest of Israel – the only Yahrzeit explicitly mentioned in the Torah (Numbers 33:38). Tradition regards him as the model peacemaker, “loving peace, pursuing peace” (Avot 1:12). DNA research shows that…Read more

In the Middle East of 2026, there is no longer room for illusions. Israel’s enemies do not operate only through missiles, drones, and terrorist organizations. They also use money, media, political influence, and sophisticated diplomacy. No two countries illustrate this more clearly than Turkey and Qatar, close allies that have long…Read more