US gaming giant Las Vegas Sands is “very actively pursuing” plans to build a Las Vegas-style casino strip in Spain at a cost of up to €15 billion, its chief said yesterday.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert today compared Iran's nuclear ambitions and threats against Israel with the policies of Nazi Germany during a ceremony at Israel's national Holocaust memorial.

EARNING $1 million per hour, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has shot to number three on the latest Forbes magazine American rich list, the first on which all 400 members were billionaires.

Mel Gibson’s latest apology drew mixed reactions from Jewish leaders, with some saying they were willing to help the actor address the anti-Semitic slurs he made during a drunken-driving arrest and others demanding proof of his repentance.