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GOP congressman rapped for charging Obama is ‘playing for some other team’

WASHINGTON — After Rep. Lee Zeldin created a firestorm for publicly musing whether US President Barack Obama is “playing for some other team,” liberal Jewish organizations castigated the GOP congressman for suggesting their commander in chief is secretly acting as a foreign agent. In a statement Wednesday, Zeldin responded to a Wall Street Journal report […]

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Middle East, USA

Portugal’s Antonio Guterres ‘still in the lead’ in UN top spot ballot

A second secret UN Security Council ballot suggests former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres remains the front-runner to become the United Nations’ next Secretary-General. Diplomats say he received 11 favourable votes in the encourage, discourage or no opinion tally. Each of the 15 member states cast a vote. Guterres came out with 12 encourages and

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International

Mike Pence: ‘Whole world’ knows $400M to Iran was ‘ransom payment’

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Friday that while President Obama might claim otherwise, the whole world knows that a $400 million payment to Iran in January as American hostages were being released was a “ransom.” “Most Americans are reeling this week with the news that the Obama administration delivered 400 million in cash to the

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Middle East, USA

Russia fires back at Obama’s criticism on Syria

Russia on Friday hit back at American criticism over Syria, accusing Washington of lacking trust in Moscow and not behaving as a true partner. “The United States sometimes don’t behave as partners when dealing with us on Syrian issues and are not always ready to negotiate on equal grounds,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told

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International, Middle East, USA

Clinton Favors Restrictions on Fracking

This article originally appeared on the International Business Times. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton raised money this week from a deep-pocketed donor with a potential interest in one of the most controversial issues facing voters in Colorado this November. Clinton attended an Aspen fundraiser Tuesday hosted by Charif Souki, who amassed his fortune working for

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USA

No casualties reported following explosion reported at Kosovo parliament

Kosovo’s parliament building has been the target of an explosive attack, local police say. There are no known casualties. Unconfirmed media reports suggest two motorcyclists fired a rocket-propelled grenade towards the building as they drove past. In recent months, tensions have risen among the nation’s politicians. Opposition MPs have released tear gas inside the parliament

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International

Lebanese Olympic team demands Israelis be removed from shared bus

Members of the Lebanese delegation to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games refused to travel on the same bus as their Israeli counterparts, with some attempting to block athletes from entering the vehicle, according to a report by an Israeli trainer who claimed to have witnessed the scene. “I kept on insisting that we board the

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Sasha Obama Starts Summer Job

First Daughter Sasha Obama didn’t get to laze around the White House this summer ahead of her sophomore year of high school — she got a job. The Boston Herald exclusively reported Wednesday that Sasha, 15, has recently been working at Nancy’s Restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. “It’s pretty random,” one employee told the Herald.

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USA

Jordan sentences man who attacked ‘Palestinian camp’ to death

A Jordanian court on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing five intelligence agents in their office in a Palestinian Arab “refugee camp” in June, AFP reported, citing state media. Amman’s state security court “sentenced the criminal Mahmud Masharfeh to death by hanging for his terrorist act against the intelligence agency,” the kingdom’s official

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Middle East