Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Saturday said the Obama administration neglected would-be department priorities to pursue a climate change agenda and hinted that a rollback of some regulations could be announced as soon as next week. “I wanted to send a message to those at the agency – there are some very important
An IS group video directed at Coptic Christians, the discovery of a shoulder-fired missile launcher near Cairo airport and recent killings have raised fears of increased terrorist activity in Egypt and resulted in Sinai Copts fleeing their homes. The Islamic State group released a video on Sunday declaring it would specifically target Christians in Egypt.
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Middle EastA meeting between officials from the North Korean and U.S. goverment was called off Friday after the State Department revoked visa approvals for Pyongyang’s top diplomants to Washington, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The meeting would have marked the first gathering between the two sides on U.S. soil in nearly six years and the
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InternationalDamascus (dpa) – Forty-two security personnel were killed Saturday in synchronized attacks targeting government security facilities in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said, with up to six suicide bombers reported to be involved. The dead included the chief of a branch of the military intelligence service, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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Middle EastThe Islamic State group will be called ISIS under President Donald Trump’s administration, rejecting former President Barack Obama’s preference for referring to the militants as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a Feb. 12 memo that using the term ISIS to refer to the terrorist
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Middle East, USAHundreds of people including Hollywood stars have held a rally in Beverly Hills ahead of the Oscars on Sunday to denounce President Trump’s immigration policies. It was organised by the United Talent Agency, one of Hollywood’s biggest agencies, replacing its annual Oscar party with what it said was a show of support for freedom of
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USARep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Friday night that a special prosecutor should be tapped to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, a stance that mirrors the calls of congressional Democrats to sideline the U.S attorney general from such inquiries. Appearing on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” Issa, a San Diego Republican, was prodded
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Translations of the Bible often reveal more about a translator’s world view than they do about the actual text. Once we decipher the context, a translation reveals something that is hidden to the reader. This is especially the case with respect to one of the more straightforward
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USATwo Jewish brothers were beaten, with one having his finger sawed off, in an alleged attack by two men in a suburb of Paris Tuesday. One of the attackers shouted “dirty Jews, you’re going to die” at the victims, who were wearing kippahs at the time of the incident in the commune of Bondy, in
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International, Middle EastA student politician at McGill University in Montreal who tweeted a call to “punch a Zionist” has resigned his position with the Students” Society of the university, the Montreal Gazette reported Friday. Igor Sadikov, an elected representative of students in McGill”s faculty of arts, has faced calls for his resignation over the past week after
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International, Middle EastRepublican Caitlyn Jenner posted a video Thursday calling President Trump’s transgender action a “disaster” that hurts the LGBT community. The transgender reality star posted the message one day after the Trump administration reversed former President Barack Obama’s landmark directive to public schools allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice. “I have a
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USAWASHINGTON — Pentagon strategists are putting final touches on a stepped-up battle plan against Islamic State and are due to offer President Donald Trump options as early as Monday to accelerate the war against the militants in Iraq and Syria, officials said. The monthlong strategic review, which Trump requested Jan. 28, is expected to include
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — The group that represents journalists who cover the White House on Friday protested the exclusion of some news outlets from an on-the-record briefing that replaced the normal on-camera briefing open to all members of the news media. “The WHCA board is protesting strongly against how today’s gaggle is being handled by the White
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USAJared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and the heir to a family real estate empire, has emerged as perhaps Donald Trump’s closest adviser. A near-constant presence by Trump’s side, his portfolio includes business, tax, political, and foreign policy matters. Last month his lawyers outlined a plan under which they said Kushner would avoid any possibility that
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