88th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon – Arrivals Sylvester Stallone was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the 1980s, according to a shocking police report obtained by the Daily Mail. Retired Las Vegas police department detective sergeant John Samolovitch confirmed to the outlet that the facts alleging that the veteran actor “intimidated” the […]
By TOI staff President Rivlin on Sunday commuted part of the sentence of a man convicted of killing his rapist and sentenced in 2013 to 20 years in prison. Yonatan Heilo, who has long fought for early release, will be able to ask the parole board for immediate release in the next couple of weeks,
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Middle EastBy Stuart Winer and TOI staff Twenty-two ultra-Orthodox protesters were arrested Sunday, during demonstrations that blocked key junctions in Jerusalem and other cities, after the Jaffa Military Court sentenced 12 draft dodgers to jail sentences ranging from 40 to 90 days. In response to the jail sentences, the Committee for Saving the Torah World, which
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Middle EastDefense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) on Saturday urged Arab leaders to follow in the footsteps of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who visited Israel 40 years ago, and work to achieve peace agreements with Israel. Sadat became the first Arab leader to hold an official visit to Israel, when he met with then-Prime
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Middle EastEnergy Minister Yuval Steinitz revealed on Sunday that Israel had covert ties with “many” Arab and Muslim states, but added it is obliged not to name them at the other sides’ request. “We have ties, some of them secret, with many Arab and Muslim states,” Steinitz told Army Radio. “Usually the one who wants those
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Middle EastHundreds of Israeli Jews held a rare prayers session by a mosque in a Palestinian village on the occupied West Bank early Sunday, an AFP photographer said. The Israeli army accompanied busses carrying over 300 ultra-Orthodox men, mostly from the Breslov Hassidic sect, to Younis mosque in Halhul, north of Hebron, where according to Jewish
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe chairman of the Am Shalem movement, former Knesset Member Rabbi Chaim Amsalem, decided to resign from the Jewish Home Party and not to run for the party’s primaries. Rabbi Amsalem began his political career in the haredi Shas party, but left to found his own movement due to disagreements on conversion, army and related
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Middle EastAC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young has died aged 64 after suffering for several years with dementia, the band announced Saturday. Young founded the Australian rock group with his brother Angus, who said he will leave “an enormous legacy”. “Today it is with deep heartfelt sadness that AC/DC has to announce the passing of Malcolm Young,” a
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USALOS ANGELES — After being accused of sexual harassment by two women on the set of “Transparent,” Jeffrey Tambor may not return to the Amazon series. “Playing Maura Pfefferman on ‘Transparent’ has been one of the greatest privileges and creative experiences of my life,” Tambor said in a statement released Sunday. “What has become clear
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANo casualties have been reported following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Nyingchi in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region at 6:34 a.m. Saturday. However, the quake caused power failure and building damages in a number of villages in the epicenter in Nyingchi City. The epicenter was detected at 29.75 degrees north latitude and 95.02 degrees east
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InternationalBy Jacob Magid An American-Israeli lightly injured in a Friday car-ramming attack in the West Bank complained Sunday that no Israeli officials had inquired into his wellbeing, though he received a call from an American representative “on behalf of President Donald Trump.” David Ramati told The Times of Israel that while US Deputy Consul General
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Middle East, USAZimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resisted calls to step down, ending a much-anticipated televised address to the nation without announcing his resignation. Earlier on Sunday, the ruling ZANU-PF party had expelled Mugabe as its leader, and gave him a Monday noon deadline to step down as president, or face impeachment. The ultimatum given to the
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InternationalRoy Moore Typically, accusations of sexual predation by a politician running for office would not be seen as a great way to raise campaign funds. But these are not typical times. RELATED: Outgoing Arizona senator caught on hot mic saying how he really feels about his party’s future Watch the video Ever since Roy Moore,
As Saad Hariri visits Paris ahead of his hotly anticipated return to Beirut on Wednesday, hundreds of laid-off French employees of Saudi Oger, the Lebanese PM’s construction and public works firm, are demanding millions in unpaid salaries. The matter of contention is a nagging problem for the Saudi-Lebanese dual national, who arrived in Paris on
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