WASHINGTON — Pivoting off what the White House considers a successful U.S. missile strike in Syria, the Trump administration sent a not-so-subtle message Sunday to North Korea: don’t risk being next. With growing signs that North Korea Pyongyang may be preparing a sixth nuclear test, a U.S. aircraft carrier strike force near Singapore was diverted
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International, USANEW YORK — Spare a thought for thousands of our diplomats abroad who, despite danger, hardship, and middling pay represent our values and promote our companies abroad so effectively. To defund the State Department and USAID by 37%+ is the dummy’s play, ethically and commercially. Having such a “Great Businessman!” as president, this administration should see the wider
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Normally museums and their fund raisers like to see the “dough” rise, but this was not the case Sunday at the San Diego History Center. Visitors to the Jewish exhibit at the San Diego History Center on Sunday learned the trick of making matzoh
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & SatireUntethered The True Children of Cyrus By Joe Gandelman Editor-in-Chief, The Moderate Voice SAN DIEGO — There is a moment in 1974’s Godfather 2 when Michael Corleone sees the determination of Fidel Castro-led rebel forces. The scene is quick and later Michael notes it to the ill-fated crime bigwig Hyman Roth: “I saw an interesting
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Joe Gandelman, Middle EastMissiles in the Night By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− Missiles in the Night (sing to the tune of “Strangers in the Night”) Missiles in the night No twitter trolling. A simple show of might To raise my polling. For the babies’ sake. Distracting Congress too. Something Jared said. Bannon was outraged. Isolation’s dead. The
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Lawrence Baron, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAUN Ambassador Nikki Haley said in an interview airing Sunday that regime change in Syria is a priority for the US administration, becoming the latest official to articulate an apparent policy shift by calling for Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. “There’s not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at
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Middle East, USADamas Pakada files petition to force his attacker to face criminal charges, calls for indictment over racial assault By Times of Israel staff Damas Pakada, an Ethiopian-born IDF soldier who was assaulted by police in Holon on Sunday, April 27, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2) An Ethiopian-Israeli soldier has asked the court to block the
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — Senior Fatah official and head of the Palestine Olympic Committee Jibril Rajoub landed in the US Wednesday only to receive a cause of action letter seeking $250 million in damages for involvement in the 1995 torture and murder of Azzam Rahim, an American-Palestinian citizen in a Palestinian security facility. In addition to receiving
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Middle East, USABy Catie Stewart As an organizer on college campuses for J Street U, I meet a lot of passionate students determined to stand up for a better future for Israelis and Palestinians alike. But I also see how much of the American Jewish and pro-Israel establishment places far-right, extremist voices and talking points at the
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International, Middle East, USACairo (dpa) – Bombings at two Coptic Christian churches in two Egyptian cities on Palm Sunday killed at least 36 people and left dozens wounded. The first bomb took place in the Mar Gerges Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, north of Cairo, leaving 25 dead and 78 injured, the Health Ministry said.
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Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — The news in early April circled two attacks in Syria. One was the horrendous chemical weapons launched from Syrian warplanes. The world was sickened by the sight of dead and dying children and babies choking on the poison that descended on them from a threatening Syrian sky. The other
Russian officials have led the criticism against the U.S. decision to strike a Syrian airfield Thursday with cruise missiles despite admitting they received advance notice of the military attack. “Yes, this information was provided… via the existing channels,” Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told state news agency Itar-Tass. Peskov refused to comment
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International, Middle East, USAThe dates with death continue to loom over Arkansas. Gov. Asa Hutchinson is moving ahead with the state’s plan to execute several men in an 11-day window this month, even as a federal court has granted a temporary reprieve to one of the condemned. The state’s parole board this week recommended that Hutchinson commute the
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USAAcclaimed actor Tim Pigott-Smith has passed away at the age of 70. Known to many as Sir Philip Tapsell from “Downton Abbey,” he had graced TV screens across the world since the 1980s when he was sprung into fame for his performance in “The Jewel in the Crown.” Pigott-Smith, who lived in London, had been
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