Stockholm (dpa) – A Swedish national who was held almost six years by Islamist militants in Mali said on Thursday he “did not know” why he was released, saying he rejected possible ransom payments. Such payments only fuel groups who take hostages to buy arms and “put other people in danger,” Johan Gustafsson told a […]
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InternationalNitsana Darshan-Leitner Never has the wisdom of the ancient rabbinical adage that showing mercy to the cruel would eventually result in dealing cruelly with the merciful been more apparent. The recent news that senior PLO official Saeb Erekat has asked to be placed on Israel’s waiting list for a lung transplant certainly raised a few
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Middle EastIt’s been a little over a year since Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel died. He was celebrated around the globe as an activist and a writer, and for his lifelong efforts to keep the world from forgetting the horrors of the Holocaust. But for his only child, Elisha Wiesel, coming to
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Obituaries & memorials, USAA luxury cruise ship on a 104-day world tour carrying 1,900 passengers was forced into a 10-day blackout mode on the first leg of its journey from Sydney to Dubai as the crew feared an attack by Somali pirates, reports said Wednesday. The Sea Princess went on a dusk-till-dawn shutdown for 10 days, during which
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International, Travel and FoodTexas is moving toward a plan that could see women buy insurance coverage for abortions after a House vote derided by critics as “ridiculous and cruel.” The GOP-controlled House voted 95-51 Tuesday in favor of restricting abortion coverage in health insurance, under a rule that would ban coverage in private health insurance and force women
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAViolent demonstrations erupted across Nairobi Wednesday afternoon, just one day after Kenyans elected their next president. Wednesday’s protests were fueled by ethnic and political divisions between longstanding rivals President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition party candidate Raila Odinga. Elections officials have yet to announce an official winner of the contentious race — a delay that has
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InternationalWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea have highlighted as never before the tension between the president’s duties as chief executive and the role he often seems to prefer as the country’s highest-profile TV and internet commentator. Despite Trump’s blustery warning of “fire and fury,” which he amplified further in comments to reporters
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International, USABy Ahmed Bani Mustafa – Aug 10,2017 – Last updated at Aug 10,2017 AMMAN (JT) — Some 11, 500 pilgrims are scheduled to start leaving Jordan to perform Hajj (the greater Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca) as of Wednesday, August 16, an official source said. The pilgrim number includes 7,000 Jordanians and around 4,500 Palestinians, Anas
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Middle EastOn same night, army demolishes three houses of Palestinians behind two separate terror attacks; seals another home By Judah Ari Gross Israeli security forces destroyed the homes of four Palestinian terrorists on Thursday morning involved in the killings of a Border Police officer and an Israeli soldier. Three of the attackers whose homes were demolished
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Middle EastBecause it was immune to ritual impurity, the use of stoneware was rife among Jews during the Roman era By Amanda Borschel-Dan Dr. Yonatan Adler on-site at the stone quarry and tool production center excavations at Reina in Lower Galilee. (Samuel Magal/IAA) Stone vessels unearthed inside the ancient workshop at the stone quarry and tool
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Middle EastThe head of the European Union’s election observer mission in Kenya said on Thursday that it had seen no signs of “centralised or localised manipulation” of the voting process amid opposition allegations of fraud. The east African nation, still keenly aware of post-election violence a decade ago that left 1,100 dead, remains tense after a
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InternationalSouthern Command chief says terror group is ‘deterred and restrained’ for now, but gearing up for war; construction of underground barrier proceeding on schedule By Judah Ari Gross A satellite image provided by the IDF that allegedly shows the location of a Hamas tunnel that was dug beneath an apartment building in northern Gaza. (Israel
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Middle EastIf there was any doubt that President Donald Trump was talking about nuclear weapons when he talked about “fire and fury” descending on North Korea, that doubt was dispelled Wednesday with a statement from the secretary of defense, James Mattis. Mattis, long considered a moderate in the Cabinet, said North Korea should “cease any consideration
A former Republican senator has suggested that Donald Trump is “sick of mind” and should be removed from office. Gordon Humphrey told New Hampshire lawmakers in a letter that has been widely shared that they should back his bid to dump Trump. In a letter sent to Representative Annie Kuster, Humphrey urges her to back
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