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Kuwaiti Foreign Minister urges US to restore impartiality in Middle East peace process

US Jerusalem decision detrimental to peace: Arab FMs CAIRO: Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah deplored the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel and move its embassy to the holy city. In his address to the emergency meeting of the Arab League Ministerial Council on […]

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Middle East, USA

Sen. Richard Shelby: ‘I think the Republican party can do better’ than Roy Moore

Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama said Sunday that he cast a write-in ballot rather than vote for Republican Roy Moore or Democrat Doug Jones in the state’s special U.S. Senate election, saying “the Republican party can do better” than Mr. Moore. “I’d rather see the Republican win, but I [would] hope that Republican would be

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Residents return to rubble as fire crews make progress on San Diego, LA wildfires

BONSALL, Calif. — Geoffrey Smith heard it first from his neighbors: The wind-driven wildfire that swept through northern San Diego County had devoured his Bonsall home. As he headed to his neighborhood over the weekend to see the destruction, the 70-year-old veterinarian’s mind drifted to what he probably lost. A cherry wood cabinet he was

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Defense minister urges boycott of Arab Israelis in area that saw riots

By Stuart Winer Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Sunday called on Israelis to boycott Arab businesses in a northern Israeli district that saw rioting over the weekend, and asserted that its residents didn’t belong in the State of Israel. His comments drew sharp criticism from other lawmakers, including Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who said

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Middle East

Security guard seriously wounded in Jerusalem terror stabbing

By Judah Ari Gross A Palestinian terrorist stabbed a security guard in the chest, seriously wounding him, at the entrance to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station on Sunday, before being tackled by police and a passerby, officials said, Graphic video footage from the scene showed the terrorist slowly handing his belongings to the security guard,

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Middle East

Ministers declare campaign against Gaza attack tunnels is nearing victory

By TOI staff Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, responding to the IDF’s destruction of an attack tunnel leading from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, said Sunday that new technologies were being utilized that he hoped would completely neutralize the tunnel threat within months. His optimism was backed by other cabinet members who also predicted victory

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Middle East

Protests Against Jerusalem Decision Turn Violent in Lebanon

Lebanese security forces outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut Sunday used water cannons and tear gas to beat back Lebanese and Palestinian protesters demonstrating against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The protesters in Beirut hurled projectiles at the embassy and burned Trump in effigy, along with U.S.

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Middle East, USA

An actor you may have seen in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and “Dances With Wolves” has sadly died at 55

SPANISH FILMS/YouTube Native American film and TV star Steve Reevis has passed away at the age of 55, the Associated Press is reporting. Reevis appeared on popular movies such as “Twins,” “Dances with Wolves,” “Last of the Dogmen,” “Fargo” and “The Longest Yard.” He also appeared in several long-running TV shows like “Walker, Texas Ranger”

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Israeli space age material used in pioneering hip, knee replacement

By TOI staff As part of a pioneering new treatment, Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center used a material developed in Israel for NASA’s space program in orthopedic surgery, the hospital announced Sunday. The advanced polymeric material is, according to the developer, “self-shielding, has high heat resistance, zero wear, high strength and light weight, all of which

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Roy Moore dismisses sexual misconduct allegations as ‘ritual defamation’

Republican Roy Moore fought back Sunday against allegations that he sexually abused teenage girls when he was in his 30s, saying they were part of a plot to defame him before Alabama’s special U.S. Senate election on Tuesday. “Ritual defamation has been around for a long time, and that’s what this is,” Moore, 70, told

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