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U.S. should take note of tumult in Russia

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — For all the hyperbole in Washington about Russian hacking, Russian disinformation, Russian influence, and Russian espionage, the really remarkable events in Russia over the weekend appear barely to have registered. One hundred years after the assassination of the last Czar, and two-and-a-half decades after the fall of the communist

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International, Shoshana Bryen, USA

White House invites House, Senate intelligence committees to view spy documents

The White House said Thursday that leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees have been invited to the White House to view intelligence documents relevant to ongoing investigations. White House press secretary Sean Spicer declined to specify what was in the documents but said that President Trump remains convinced that he and his associates

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International, USA

Muslim baroness decries ‘loophole’ that allows UK Jews to join IDF

British Jewry up in arms after Sayeeda Warsi says Israeli soldiers should be prosecuted just like those who join Islamic paramilitary groups By Jenni Frazer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, center, at a ceremony commemorating 175 men from overseas who won Britain’s highest military honor, the Victoria Cross, for service in World War I, on 26 June

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International, Middle East

John Podesta’s lawyer demands Daily Caller retract ‘lies’ about financial disclosure

The lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chairman John Podesta sent a cease-and-desist letter to The Daily Caller on Wednesday demanding the conservative news outlet retract and issue a correction for an article claiming Mr. Podesta “may have violated” federal financial disclosure laws. The March 26 article by Richard Pollock claimed Mr. Podesta may have

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USA

Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy sentenced in absentia

Phnom Penh (dpa) – Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison on Thursday for slander and incitement, after claiming that the murder of a prominent political analyst was politically motivated. The decision, handed down by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, saw Rainsy, who is in self-imposed

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International

Knesset to ban MK trips funded by pro-BDS groups

Ethics Committee seeks to block lawmakers’ flights abroad paid for by organizations deemed to be Holocaust-denying or anti-Israel By Times of Israel staff El Al plane at Ben-Gurion Airport 2012 (Serge Attal/Flash90) Lawmakers will no longer be allowed to accept funding for overseas trips by organizations that support the movement to boycott Israel, that deny

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Middle East

Deal on new public broadcaster ends coalition crisis

Netanyahu, Kahlon agree to strip new corporation of news division and create a separate entity for state-funded current affairs programming By Raoul Wootliff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Middle East

Senate panel backs Acosta as labor secretary despite Democratic opposition

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee narrowly voted Thursday to recommend that the full Senate confirm President Donald Trump’s second choice to head the Labor Department. The 12-11 vote of the Senate Labor Committee to confirm Alexander Acosta of Miami as labor secretary occurred along party lines, with 12 Republicans approving his nomination and 11 Democrats

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USA

CHURACHANDPUR, India (Press Release) – The Bnei Menashe community throughout the remote northeastern Indian state of Manipur today began preparing for Passover – including by baking matzah, the holiday’s traditional unleavened bread – at the Shavei Israel Hebrew Center in Churachandpur. “The experience of seeing the entire community kneading, rolling, and then baking the dough – all

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food

Venezuelan opposition cries foul as Supreme Court assumes legislative power

Venezuela’s Supreme Court took over legislative powers Thursday, after ruling the opposition-controlled National Assembly was in contempt of court, sparking accusations that the country is increasingly becoming a dictatorship. The ruling marked a dramatic escalation of the political crisis gripping the oil-rich South American nation, where President Nicolas Maduro is fighting off attempts to force

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