Benny Avni

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Benny Avni

8 hours agoChina is "evaluating" an offer from the U.S. to hold talks on tariffs, according to a Friday statement from the Chinese Commerce Ministry. This shift in tone could leave the door open for the world’s two largest economies to deescalate the trade war that has left global markets in turmoil. "The U.S. …

1 week ago | nysun.com | Benny Avni

Will America be dragged ever deeper into what appears to be a looming hot war between India and Pakistan? While Islamabad hopes so, New Delhi is saying thanks, but no thanks. “A threat of kinetic action is imminent,” the Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, told reporters Friday.

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Benny Avni

With fires engulfing large swaths of Israel as it prepares to mark Independence Day, an arson suspect is under arrest. ‚ÄúThis is the largest fire we‚Äôve had in the last few years, perhaps ever,‚ÄĚ the Jerusalem district fire-fighting commander, Shmuel Friedman, told reporters. The cause is yet to be determined, he said, but he noted that while the fire started at a particular spot, ‚Äúwe noticed several ignitions in other locations,‚ÄĚ which could point to arson.

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Benny Avni

Even as it celebrates a second war-time Independence Day in a row Wednesday, Israel is being attacked on several battlefield fronts and, notably, also in various organs of the United Nations. The Jewish state marks a solemn Memorial Day for fallen soldiers Tuesday night, which will turn into a celebration of the country’s 77th birthday the next evening.

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Benny Avni

Anger among Iranians directed at the Islamic Republic’s regime could soon boil over after massive port explosions over the weekend just as the Lebanese population turned on Hezbollah after a Beirut port explosion five years ago. Will American nuclear talks rescue and legitimize the failing Tehran regime? “This is the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic,” a prominent New York-based Iranian dissident, Masih Alinejad, tells the Sun.