Donald H. Harrison

Leaked German Report Calls Turkey Islamist ‘Platform’

The German government has accused Turkey of being a hub for Islamist groups that allows them to further their aims across the Middle East, according to a leaked confidential document. The document, reported by German public broadcaster ARD and obtained by the Associated Press, was in a classified Interior Ministry response to a confidential question […]

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International, Middle East

FBI defends Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified material, says markings weren’t conclusive

The FBI went to bat for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, saying that handling emails with classified information – even when it’s marked – isn’t enough to prove she had “knowledge or intent” to break the law. In a letter to congressional investigators, the FBI’s chief liaison to Capitol Hill said Mrs. Clinton did handle three

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USA

Turkey Orders Destruction of Gulen Publications

Turkey’s Education Ministry has asked schools and libraries to recall and destroy a catalog of works linked to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government blames for orchestrating the attempted military coup last month, Turkish media reports. A letter to educational institutions dated August 9, published by the Turkish news website Duvar, puts a ban

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Middle East, USA

Manafort Linked To Undisclosed Lobbying Payments

In a major shake-up of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign, Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon was named the campaign’s chief executive Wednesday in a move seen as a demotion for campaign chairman Paul Manafort, whose ties to a pro-Russian party in Ukraine have come under scrutiny in recent days with new allegations emerging Wednesday. Manafort,

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International, USA

Gary Johnson surpasses $2.7 million in online donations for August

Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson has secured more than $2.7 million in online contributions so far in August, including more than $1.5 million in donations tied to a “money bomb”on Monday to try to boost his name ID ahead of the presidential debates. The Johnson campaign said it exceeded a $1.5 million goal for

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USA

Donald Trump pushes law and order agenda in direct appeal to black voters

Republican Donald Trump made his most direct appeal yet Tuesday for black voters in the presidential race, pushing forward an agenda to restore law and order and revitalize inner-city neighborhoods that he said suffer from years of misguided Democratic policies. In a speech delivered not far from Milwaukee neighborhoods rocked by anti-police riots, Mr. Trump

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USA

Joe Biden greeted with ‘Vote for Trump!’ chants in Belgrade, Serbia

Serbian protesters greeted Vice President Joseph R. Biden Tuesday with derisive chants of “Vote for Trump!” Hundreds of demonstrators in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, chanted for the U.S. Republican presidential nominee upon Mr. Biden’s arrival, Reuters reported. The demonstrators were Serbian ultranationalists protesting Mr. Biden’s one-day stop in Belgrade before his visit to Kosovo. They

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International, USA

Chibok Girls: ‘Bargaining Chip’ of Boko Haram Insurgency

Lagos-Boko Haram has claimed more than 20,000 deaths, displaced 2.6 million people from their homes, and kidnapped thousands of children but the kidnapped Chibok girls continue to define the group’s insurgency. On Sunday, the Chibok girls, who were captured in April 2014, were back in the spotlight after a Boko Haram video purportedly showing some

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International

Russia changes tactics and uses an Iranian base to lunch airstrikes inside Syria

Russia has has opened up a new front in the Syria conflict by using a base in Iran to launch its airstrikes. It’s the first time Moscow has struck targets inside Syria from a third country. #Breaking Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes in #Syria from #Iran after Tu-23 bombers arrived at Hamadan AB pic.twitter.com/jGVptJHHqv— Michael

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International, USA

Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appeals to the people to avoid impeachment

Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has promised to call a referendum on early elections in a last-ditch effort to avoid impeachment. The Senate is due to hold a vote on August 25 on whether to remove Rousseff from office on charges that she doctored fiscal accounts to get re-elected in 2014. In a public letter

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International

Officer fatally shoots a person in South LA after an emotional Police Commission meeting

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles police officer shot and killed someone Tuesday afternoon during a traffic stop in South L.A., hours after activists and others made an emotional appeal for police officials to release more information about a high-profile shooting last week. Tuesday’s killing occurred after an officer on a motorcycle stopped a dark sedan along

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USA