International

Pope Francis compares detention centres for refugees to Nazi camps

Rome (dpa) – Europe is confining refugees in detention centres that resemble Nazi concentration camps, and is committing “suicide” as its seals its borders against immigration, Pope Francis said Saturday. Francis led a special service on Tiber Island in central Rome, called to commemorate modern-day Christian martyrs. In his homily, he veered off his scripted

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International

American Airlines attendant makes mother cry, challenges man to hit him

DALLAS — American Airlines grounded a flight attendant duty after a video posted to Facebook showed an escalating confrontation with passengers Friday night on a flight from San Francisco to Dallas. The video, posted by passenger Surain Adyanthaya, shows a woman passenger holding a baby and crying near the plane’s entrance. According to Adyanthaya’s post,

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USA

After eluding US for a decade in Haiti, Guy Philippe plans to plead guilty in Miami

Guy Philippe has apparently run out of moves in his quest to outfox the U.S. government. The former Haitian national police commander who led a revolt against his nation’s president in 2004 and was elected to the Senate last year, has agreed to plead guilty on Monday to a drug-related charge, according to a notice

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International, USA

Cynically led, and out of electricity, Gaza is close to breaking point again

Hamas is funneling all available resources into its military infrastructure to fight Israel, complaining that Abbas won’t pay for its fuel, and milking everything it can from Gazans. It won’t end well By Avi Issacharoff “As usual, the situation is shit,” says A., a resident of the Gaza Strip. “It is so bad here that

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Middle East

Anti-Israel Sharia advocate to give CUNY commencement speech

A radical left-wing activist and advocate for Sharia law in the United States has been selected as his year”s commencement speaker at a New York City college. Linda Sarsour, 37, who helped organize the Women”s March in Washington in January and was arrested protesting outside of Trump Hotel in New York, was tapped by the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Why everyone should observe Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

As a descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors, April 24 is a day of great importance to me. Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is a time when people from around the world recognize and mourn the more than 1.5 million Armenians who were savagely and systematically exterminated at the hands of the Young Turks during World War

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International, Jewish History

Orthodox Jewish man holds up flight for more than an hour over the plane’s TV screens

A flight from Kiev to Israel Thursday was delayed for over an hour while an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man complained about a movie that was being shown on the plane’s TV screens and refused to take his seat until the screens were shut off. “Our departure from Kiev tonight was delayed by an hour when an

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International, Middle East, Travel and Food

Federal charges filed against Israeli-American teen in Jewish center bomb threats

Federal officials on Friday filed charges against an 18-year-old Israeli-American for hundreds of hoax bomb threats this year that had put U.S. Jewish institutions on edge. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Orlando, Fla., said Michael Ron David Kadar was behind at least 245 “threatening telephone calls involving bomb threats and active shooter

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Middle East, USA

In honor of Queen Elizabeth II’s 91st birthday, Buckingham Palace released a rare baby photo of the monarch

It’s a very special day in the United Kingdom — Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday! The monarch turned 91 Friday, and in honor of the occasion, Buckingham Palace tweeted out a series of throwback photos, including a baby photo of the queen herself. “Queen Elizabeth II pictured at just one month old at her christening –

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International

Russia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban Labelled as ‘Paranoia’

Russia’s decision to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country shows the “paranoia” of Vladimir Putin’s government, according to the chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Russia’s Supreme Court issued a verdict Thursday upholding a claim from the country’s justice ministry last month that Jehovah’s Witnesses’ activity violated laws on extremism.

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International, USA