International

Trump gives ‘dirty war’ records to Argentina’s leader

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday handed over to Argentine President Mauricio Macri a trove of declassified documents from the South American nation’s military-led “dirty war.” The documents contain hundreds of pages of presidential notes, CIA memos, FBI reports and other records that in many cases chronicle human rights atrocities committed by Argentine military

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International, USA

Trump order could open California coast, Arctic to new oil and gas drilling

President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to sign an executive order that could open large parts of the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans to new oil and gas drilling, a prospect that elicited a fierce backlash in California and elsewhere even before details of the order were clear. The move, which is certain to

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USA

Senate confirms Alexander Acosta as labor secretary

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted to confirm Alexander Acosta as labor secretary Thursday, elevating the Florida law school dean and former U.S. attorney for Florida’s southern district to fill one of the last of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet-level vacancies. The 60-38vote largely fell along party lines, though eight Democrats — including Sens. Bill Nelson of

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USA

Swedish deputy PM equates Israeli and Palestinian incitement

Isabella Lövin also says UNRWA ‘quickly and reliably deals with alleged cases of violent extremism and anti-Semitism’ By Raphael Ahren Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin speaking in parliament at a debate about Stockholm’s assistance to Ramallah, March 4, 2016 (Screen grab YouTube) Sweden’s deputy prime minister this week equated Israeli and Palestinian

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International, Middle East

Congressional Israel Victory Caucus’ launch by Republicans reinforces support for Israel

Republicans fortified their growing bond with Israel by launching Thursday the Congressional Israel Victory Caucus, a coalition aimed at promoting widespread recognition of the Jewish state’s right to exist as a predicate to peace. “We founded this caucus primarily on one single irrefutable principle, and that is first and foremost, Israel has a fundamental right

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Middle East, USA

Lebanese man arrested after crossing into northern Israel

Security forces questioning suspect, who reportedly says he wanted to live in the Jewish state By Alexander Fulbright View of Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border near Rosh Hanikra, in northwestern Israel, November 10, 2016 (Doron Horowitz/Flash90) A Lebanese man was arrested in northern Israel on Thursday after illegally crossing the

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Middle East

Anti-Semitic UK student leader ousted

The controversial president of the United Kingdom’s student union umbrella organization on Wednesday lost her bid to be reelected, Haaretz reported. Malia Bouattia, the outgoing president of the National Union of Students (NUS), was found guilty of misconduct after a 2015 internal investigation into anti-Semitic comments she made during a speech. In the past, Bouattia

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USA

Trump says ‘fair deal for all’ possible with renegotiated NAFTA

Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a “fair deal for all” was possible after he agreed with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). “I decided rather than terminating NAFTA, which would be a pretty big, you know, shock to the system, we

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The FBI came knocking at this man’s door — long before Trump

Sarmad Gilani was working at Google’s offices in San Francisco one morning when he received a message that two cops were waiting for him in Google’s lobby. The 31-year-old software engineer at Google figured the officers just wanted to talk about an unpaid parking ticket. But Gilani also wondered if the officers had a more

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