International

Donald Trump’s Grandchildren Charm Chinese President With Their Performance

President Donald Trump expressed Friday how proud he was of his grandchildren for their performance in honor of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan’s official visit to the U.S. The president retweeted his daughter Ivanka Trump’s tweet in which she had posted a video capturing her children, Arabella and Joseph Kushner’s performance for

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International, USA

Ron Paul, former congressman, says ‘zero chance’ Bashar Assad gassed Syrians

There’s no chance Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered the chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday, former Republican congressman and three-time White House hopeful Ron Paul insisted afterwards. Mr. Paul raised doubts over the Syrian government’s role in this week’s deadly chemical weapons attack during a Wednesday taping of his YouTube show,

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Middle East, USA

Syria Faces Panic, Bluster and Uncertainty in Wake of US Retaliation

First there was panic, then bluster. The alert the U.S. military gave Russia on Thursday of an upcoming cruise missile strike was quickly circulated by Russian officials to their Syrian counterparts. Fearing the al-Shayrat air base might not be the only target, many fled Damascus or hustled their families out of the Syrian capital, according

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International, Middle East, USA

China’s President Xi gets an awkward front-row seat to US military might

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Chinese President Xi Jinping had just finished a steak dinner with President Donald Trump in a gilded dining room at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida when Trump told Xi that dozens of U.S. cruise missiles had just rained down on an airfield in Syria, a fiery display of U.S. military might

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Meeting Shoah survivors, Prince Charles recalls his grandmother sheltering Jews

Heir to the British throne meets UK Holocaust survivors during visit to Vienna, where he spoke about his ‘amazing’ relative saving Jews Auschwitz holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller speaks to the Duchess of Cornwall during her visit to The Jewish Museum in Vienna, Austria on the ninth day of the Prince of Wales’s European tour. Photo

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International, Jewish History

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Condemns Trump’s Syrian Airstrike

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-HI., who secretly met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a four-day trip to the war-stricken nation in January, condemned President Donald Trump’s airstrike on the regime’s airbases Thursday night, saying the “short-sighted” action will lead to “more dead civilians.” The representative told news outlets at the time she spoke with Assad

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Middle East, USA

In Israeli eyes, Trump’s tomahawks correct the course of history

Surprise attack on Syrian base is music to Jerusalem’s ears, which saw Obama’s failure to respond to Assad as emboldening Iran. But it also attests to US president’s unpredictability By Raphael Ahren From an Israeli perspective, US President Donald Trump corrected the course of history in ordering airstrikes against the Syrian regime late Thursday. The

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Middle East, USA

Israel warns Hamas: Fuel supply will halt if bills go unpaid

IDF coordinator says Gaza’s terrorist rulers haven’t paid for fuel to run power plant, regrets that civilians will suffer By Times of Israel staff Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai in 2015 (Gershon Elinson/Flash90) Israel warned Hamas on Friday that the Gaza Strip may soon suffer blackouts unless the

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Middle East

Gov. Brown declares California drought emergency is over

LOS ANGELES — Startlingly green hills, surging rivers and the snow-wrapped Sierra Nevada had already signaled what Gov. Jerry Brown made official on Friday: The long California drought is over. “This drought emergency is over, but the next drought could be around the corner,” Brown said in a statement. “Conservation must remain a way of

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The World We Share, USA

Russian Ship Heads toward U.S. Navy after Syria Strike

Russia deployed its most advanced Black Sea frigate Friday into the eastern Mediterranean, where U.S. Navy destroyers had launched an airstrike earlier that day against the Moscow-backed Syrian military. As Russian leadership condemned the U.S.’ first intentional attack on the military of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since the country’s six-year conflict began, Russia’s Admiral Grigorovich

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International, USA