International

Muslim refugees of another era could put Missouri in play for Clinton

When Greta Morina sees images of Aleppo on TV, she thinks of her hometown, Pristina. “It makes you flash back. It’s intense,” Morina says. “You’re hearing gunshots, bombs being dropped, you smell smoke. You’re seeing groups of people carrying their belongings, their children all into packed tents.” Morina is now 22. She became a refugee […]

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International, USA

U.S. – Israel arms deal criticized in both countries

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Even before the formal signing of what was described as a record-making agreement for US financial aid, shrill critics here and there were claiming that Bibi had messed the opportunity to get more and better terms. Prominent in the agreement, which came after months or years (depending on whenever conversations

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Poll: European Jews afraid to attend holiday services

A survey by the European Jewish Association suggests few Jews in Europe will attend synagogue for this year”s Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur holidays as security fears grow and with harassment by Muslims on the rise. According to the study, which spanned 700 Jewish communities from England to the Ukraine, 70% of European Jews said

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International, Jewish Religion

Feinstein retreating from 9/11 victims’ bill that she co-sponsored

WASHINGTON — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is joining a growing number in Congress who are reconsidering their support for a bill that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged backing of the terrorists who committed the attacks. Feinstein is a co-sponsor of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.

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Middle East, USA

Donald Trump lauds stop-and-frisk policies widely condemned as racial profiling

Donald Trump wants police to use stop-and-frisk tactics more aggressively in black communities even though a federal judge has ruled that the practice violates the rights of minorities. Asked in a town hall on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Wednesday how he would combat violence in poor black neighborhoods, the GOP presidential nominee said police should

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USA

Texas billionaires give big to GOP, Dems, but for president, not so much

WASHINGTON — North Texas billionaires Robert Bass and Ross Perot Jr. are big political donors — with very different party preferences. The two Texas investors have extensive ties to Tarrant County, where Fort Worth is located. Bass, 68, who Forbes magazine calculates has a net worth of $2.8 billion, is one of four brothers who

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USA

Charlotte leaders seek calm amid protests over fatal police shooting of black man

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte, N.C., city leaders appealed for calm Wednesday and promised a thorough investigation of Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of a black man that triggered a night of violent protests. Authorities said they were reviewing video from body cams and dash cams from the deadly confrontation. The dead man was Keith Lamont Scott,

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USA

CJCS Dunford Calls For Strategic Shifts; ‘At Peace Or At War Is Insufficient’

NATIONAL HARBOR: The increasingly “adversarial” relationships with Russia and China are forcing the Pentagon to classify its previously public National Military Strategy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says. Classification will allow bolder and more specific discussions of how to manage those relationships and our responses to them, Gen. Joe Dunford told the

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International, USA

Obama turns over Israel’s two-state challenge to successor

Having failed to make progress during the past eight years with Israel toward a two-state solution, President Obama acknowledged Wednesday that he’s turning over the challenge to the next president as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a new U.S. military aid package. “Obviously, I’m only going to be president for

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Middle East, USA