The “Red Alert” incoming rocket siren was heard overnight Monday at around 2:00 a.m. in the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said that one rocket had been fired from the Sinai. There were no reports of physical injuries or damages. Two months ago, two rockets were fired from the Sinai […]
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Middle EastFrance loves its intellectuals and writers as perhaps no other country does, and one of its favourites has died. Jean D’Ormesson, once the youngest member of the Academie Française, passed away early Tuesday at the age of 92. D’Ormesson died of a heart attack, after a long battle with bladder cancer. A member of the
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International, Obituaries & memorialsIconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg says America is as divided today as it was “before the Civil War.” Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about his upcoming film “The Post,” the longtime Democrat lamented that he has a hard time fitting in with friends and family members who live outside of the liberal bastion of California. “We
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPresident Donald Trump has been questioning the validity of his infamous Access Hollywood tape, but his vice president’s wife reportedly has her own opinion of the man caught boasting of sexually harassing women: “reprehensible—just totally vile.” “Karen (Pence) in particular was ‘disgusted’” by the tape, a former campaign aide told The Atlantic. “She finds him
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USAThe cruiser USS San Jacinto (near) sails side by side with the Russian destroyer Admiral Chebanenko WASHINGTON: The US surface fleet may not be adequately trained for high-intensity combat, four experienced former skippers and the former deputy secretary of defense warned a US Naval Institute conference here on Monday. “Navigation and seamanship, these are the
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are keeping their distance from Roy Moore, the U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama, despite President Donald Trump’s recent endorsement, renewed funding from the Republican National Committee and Tuesday’s rally featuring former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon. Moore’s campaign continues to divide Republicans worried that their party may be irreparably damaged
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USABETHLEHEM, West Bank — Palestinian officials said Tuesday that President Donald Trump told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in a phone call that he planned to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, raising regional tensions over the timing and extent of U.S. moves regarding the fiercely contested city. Trump has repeatedly pledged to take
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Middle East, USADETROIT — Facing a rising chorus of voices demanding he step down because of sexual harassment claims, U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., on Tuesday retired from the seat he has held for more than five decades, a swift and crushing fall from grace for a civil rights icon and the longest-serving active member of
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USAATLANTA — Numerous Atlanta street names are on the brink of being changed to rid them of Confederate iconography, a move that has caused heated debate among locals. Meanwhile, one uncontroversial street name — Freedom Parkway — is being changed to recognize a famed civil rights activist. Atlanta City Council approved Monday the renaming to
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USAWhat on earth is Trump thinking? That’s a question one asks all too often about the president. But the contradiction between President Donald Trump’s expected announcement that he will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel — at the very same time his son-in-law is trying to concoct the “ultimate” deal between Israelis and Palestinians
WASHINGTON — The White House press briefing reached an ignominious milestone this week when a spokesman stood before reporters aboard Air Force One, read a series of prepared statements, then refused to take on-the-record questions during one of the newsiest days of the Trump presidency. The briefing for decades has been a mix of spin
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USANew proposed regulation from the Department of Labor would mandate that tips earned by some food industry employees be allowed to be distributed to co-workers as well. The new rule would have wide ramifications for restaurants, where much of the staff get by on tips. The government is framing the regulation as a much-needed move
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Travel and Food, USAPresident Donald Trump is telephoning several Middle East leaders ahead of an expected announcement as early as Wednesday that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. A White House statement said Trump was speaking to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah in the morning,
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Middle East, USARussia were banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics on Tuesday over state-sponsored doping but the International Olympic Committee said Russian competitors would still be able to compete “under strict conditions”. The IOC announced the decision after examining evidence of state-sponsored doping over several years that reached its zenith at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,
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