“When America needs us, they call,” the woman tells me. “But will they forget what we have done when we need them?” Khota Kider is a commander of a female Kurdish brigade, and her question resonates here in Iraqi Kurdistan, on the front lines in the war against the Islamic State group (ISIS). A stateless […]
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Middle EastBefore Khloe Kardashian found out Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had allegedly branded her “the ugly Kardashian,” she wasn’t the politician’s biggest fan. “I’m very good on energy, and I just never really vibed with him from the start,” Kardashian said, reflecting on her 2009 stint on “The Celebrity Apprentice,” which Trump was host of
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama all but invited Donald Trump on Tuesday to jump into a fight with him, baiting the Republican nominee as he faces an overwhelming disadvantage in the polls just weeks before election day. In a midday news conference in the White House Rose Garden, Obama, whose approval ratings rank among the
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USAFatah claims anti-Semitic children’s drawings are innocent (JNS.org) Fatah posted anti-Semitic Palestinian children’s drawings on Facebook, calling the hate-filled, and often violent, depictions of Israel innocent, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported. One drawing personifies Israel as a human, wearing a Star of David napkin, eating a Palestinian boy wrapped in a Palestinian flag, with
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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Under the auspices of the The Zionist Council in Israel, we recently visited Shilo (or Shiloh), in the heartland of Samaria. Shilo was the first capital of the Israelites during the period when Joshua divided the Land of Israel by lottery among the 12 tribes (15th c
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I happened to be in France at the time of several vicious terrorist attacks there, all perpetrated by Muslims. The poor French public is subjected time and again to these horrendous attacks and is left both bothered and bewildered by it all, as well as being angry with its
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastImages of falcons are prevalent the moment you step into the United Arab Emirates. They’re everywhere — on walls, in TV ads, even on bank notes. The falcon is UAE’s national bird. And the Emiratis take falcons and falconry very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that back in 1999 the city of Abu Dhabi decided
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Middle East, The World We ShareIf you Google images of Port Salut, Haiti, you’ll see a Caribbean paradise — white sand beaches, coconut trees and inviting turquoise sea. The Hotel Reposoir du Village had a bar on the beach and tables under thatch umbrellas. When I stayed there two years ago, the only problem was an almond tree noisily dropping
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International, The World We ShareAs Donald Trump takes on the Republican establishment, Democrats and the mainstream media, he’s telling supporters they’re fighting against a “rigged” system, rife with voter fraud and those eager to protect the status quo. The left, predictably, says this type of talk is “dangerous” to the integrity of our electoral system, and then glibly asks
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USALANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party is poised to oust one of its state leaders for her refusal to support presidential candidate Donald Trump, a spokeswoman said Monday. Ronna Romney McDaniel, the party chairwoman, gave tea party activist Wendy Day a chance to fall in line with the GOP ticket or resign. But Day
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USAMexico is opening up to private gasoline retailers, and a new wave of fuel imported from the United States is expected to follow. But here’s a not-so-little problem: Gangs steal a huge amount of gas, and loose law enforcement and corruption let it happen. For the past decade or so, there’ve been widespread reports of
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InternationalWashington (dpa) – A US Democrat who launched a bipartisan fundraising campaign for a vandalized Republican Party office in the state of North Carolina said he raised more than 13,000 dollars in a matter of hours. “GOAL MET!” David Weinberger, the Massachusetts native who launched the campaign, wrote early Monday on Twitter. “It took less
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USALEXINGTON, Ky. — The three men charged in connection with the slaying of 15-year-old Trinity Gay admitted to firing handguns multiple times early Sunday in the parking lot of Cook Out restaurant in Lexington, Ky., where the girl was shot in the neck, according to court records. Witnesses told police that people in two cars
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USAPHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump continued to declare Monday — without evidence and as fellow Republicans distance themselves from the claim — that “large-scale voter fraud” is happening in the Nov. 8 general election for president. A group of elected officials from Philadelphia gathered in City Hall on Monday to rebut the Republican presidential nominee’s claim,
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