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Ohio Police Officer Beats Traffic Offender Before Arrest, Video Goes Viral

A video of a police officer beating a 25-year-old man, Richard Hubbard III, in Euclid, Ohio, for not heeding his orders has gone viral. Filmed by one of the witnesses, Lashaunda Malone, the video was posted on Facebook on Saturday morning. It had garnered more than 1 million views and was shared more than 25,000 […]

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USA

Rivlin rejects ex-president Katsav’s appeal for eased parole

Convicted rapist who was freed last year asked sitting president to end his curfew and ban on leaving country By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011, after the court unanimously upheld the Tel Aviv District Court’s rape conviction. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

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Middle East

Ivanka Trump condemns racist extremism after Charlottesville protests

Washington (dpa) – Ivanka Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to denounce racism and right-wing extremism, a day after her father faced criticism for not directly condemning deadly white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. “There should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis,” Ivanka Trump wrote, calling on Americans to come

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USA

Iranian parliament raises budget for missile programme

Tehran (dpa) – The Iranian parliament on Sunday voted unanimously for a bill to increase the budget for its missile programme as well as the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) militia. The proposed law is Tehran’s answer to the latest sanctions by the United States against Iran’s missile programme, state media reported. More than

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Middle East, USA

White House insists Trump did condemn ‘white supremacists’

US President Donald Trump’s condemnation of bigotry and hatred at a “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia that turned violent included white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis, the White House insisted Sunday. “The president said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry and hatred. Of course

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USA

PM appoints new national security adviser: Meir Ben-Shabbat

Ex-Shin Bet officer fills role vacant since 2015, takes over for acting adviser Eitan Ben-David By Judah Ari Gross Meir Ben-Shabbat, who was named National Security Adviser on August 13, 2017. (Courtesy) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that Meir Ben-Shabbat would be taking over as head of the National Security Council later this

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Middle East

13 wild animals from war-torn Syria find refuge in Jerash animal shelter

By Muath Freij – Aug 13,2017 – Last updated at Aug 13,2017 JERASH — Thirteen animals from a Syrian zoo have found refuge in Jordan, thanks to the efforts of an international animal welfare organisation who moved them from neighbouring Syria on Friday. The rescue mission was conducted by the “Four Paws”, whose director of

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Middle East, The World We Share

Macron, Trump agree to work together to defuse N. Korea threat

US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone on Saturday and agreed to work together on the North Korean crisis, the White House said in a statement. “They discussed the need to confront the increasingly dangerous situation associated with North Korea’s destabilizing and escalatory behavior,” the White House said in a

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