Reuters
By Reuters
-
Fast Forward German Art Hoarder Awaits Proof Paintings Were Stolen By Nazis
The lawyer of a German recluse who hoarded a trove of Nazi-looted art said on Tuesday he was still waiting for German authorities to provide “clear evidence” that the paintings had been stolen. Hannes Hartung said his client was prepared for a “fair and open dialogue” with claimants searching for looted works, but that it…
-
Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Proposes 3-Year Israeli Pull-Out From West Bank
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas proposed on Tuesday that Israel carry out a gradual three-year withdrawal from the occupied West Bank as part of any future peace deal, an offer that fell short of Israeli demands. He gave the timeframe in an interview shown at an international security conference in Tel Aviv, where Israeli Defence Minister…
-
Fast Forward Israelis Slam Palestinians on West Bank Security
Israel and the Palestinians disagreed sharply on Tuesday over the effectiveness of security measures by the regional Palestinian administration in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, deepening doubt about peace prospects in U.S.-brokered talks. Foreign powers have been helping build up Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s security services in the West Bank to prevent militant attacks on Israelis…
-
Fast Forward Pete Seeger, Voice of Movement, Dies at 94
Pete Seeger, who helped create the modern American folk music movement, co-wrote enduring songs like “If I Had a Hammer” and in turn became a leading voice for social justice, died on Monday at the age of 94. He was variously hailed in social and traditional media as a “hero”, “America’s conscience” and “A man…
-
Fast Forward Bitcoin Dealers Charged in $1M Cash Launder Scheme
Two men who operate bitcoin exchange businesses have been charged with money laundering for helping drug merchants exchange $1 million in cash for bitcoins, the digital currency, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday. Federal prosecutors in New York announced charges against Charlie Shrem and Robert Faiella, both operators of bitcoin exchange businesses, for attempting to sell…
-
Fast Forward Looted ‘Monuments Men’ Paintings Hit Auction Block
Paintings looted by the Nazis during World War Two and retrieved by the Monuments Men, the Allied group tasked with returning masterpieces to their rightful owners, will be sold at auction on Thursday in New York. The works, which will go under the hammer during Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, were…
-
Fast Forward Fifteen Israeli Defense Computers Hacked by Email Virus
Hackers broke into an Israeli defence ministry computer via an email attachment tainted with malicious software that looked like it had been sent by the country’s Shin Bet secret security service, an Israeli cyber security firm said on Sunday. Aviv Raff, chief technology officer at Seculert, said the hackers earlier this month temporarily took over…
-
Fast Forward Israel Grants Asylum to Two Eritreans Amid Mass Refugee Protests
Israel has granted political asylum to two Eritreans, its Interior Ministry said on Sunday, amid protests by thousands of other African migrants who accuse the Jewish state of denying them consideration as refugees. The ministry said the sanctuary decision was unconnected to censure of Israel, including from the U.N. refugee agency, of its treatment of…
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
- 2
Antisemitism Decoded Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide
- 3
News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
- 4
Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Is this hotel Elul-washing? A rabbi blows the whistle on Qatari High Holiday hosts
-
Fast Forward Cuomo joins growing Democratic chorus urging end to Gaza war
-
Theater A new play asks: What if the biblical matriarchs lived today?
-
Opinion Hollywood’s boycott of Israeli filmmakers is an act of spectacular self-sabotage
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism