By Dov Lieber The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry on Saturday claimed the Israeli government was supporting terrorist groups that attacked a Druze town in southern Syria, but then reversed its policy after the Druze community in Israel protested. In a highly unusual move, Israel on Friday said it would intervene in the Syrian Civil War […]
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Middle EastUS President Donald Trump would “certainly be open” to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, he said in an interview broadcast Sunday as he began an extended Asian tour. Asked by journalist Sharyl Attkisson, host of the “Full Measure” TV show, whether he would “ever consider sitting down with the dictator,” Trump said he
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InternationalSacked Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont and four associates turned himself in to Belgian police on Sunday, the Brussels prosecutor’s office said, following Spain’s issuing of an arrest warrant. He is wanted by Madrid for actions related to his push for the region’s secession from Spain. Puigdemont’s move comes as two polls suggested pro-Catalonia independence parties
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InternationalSen. Lindsey Graham called Sunday on a special counsel to investigate the Democratic Party’s links to Russian involvement with the Fusion GPS dossier and Uranium One deal, adding that President Trump should stay out of it. “I think we need a special counsel to investigate the Fusion GPS episode between the Democratic Party, Mr. [Christopher]
Saudi Arabia and its allied forces launched a new wave of airstrikes on targets in neighboring Yemen, where Riyadh has been leading a military alliance against Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi militant forces since March 2015. Alhurra reported the airstrikes targeted the National Security building and the Ministry of Interior and other positions Sunday in the capital,
A day after Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri unexpectedly resigned saying he feared for his life, Education Minister Marwan Hamade told FRANCE 24 his country is facing an identity crisis, caught between Saudi Arabia and Iran. In announcing his resignation on Saturday from the Saudi capital Riyadh, Hariri accused Iran and Hezbollah – Tehran’s ally
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Middle EastPapa Johns has told racists not to eat its food, after a neo-Nazi website claimed the pizza chain was the official pie of the alt-right. The Daily Stormer posted a picture of a swastika pizza after the CEO of official NFL sponsor Papa Johns blamed his company’s recent losses on players kneeling during the national
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USAcrimescene As many as 27 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Witnesses say the shooter entered the church at about 11:30 am local time and began firing, with some reporting he reloaded at least once, per KSAT and the Daily Mail. He reportedly entered the
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USALEXINGTON, Ky. — In June, when U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was with congressional colleagues near Washington, D.C., practicing his baseball swing, he escaped injury when a gunman opened fire. Last Friday, when Paul was mowing the lawn of his Bowling Green home, he wasn’t as lucky, sustaining five broken ribs and small cuts to the
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USATOKYO — President Donald Trump spent the first day of a five-nation Asia tour Sunday being feted with a gift, golf and fine dining by Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe. He began day two Monday by telling Japanese business leaders that Abe is “a terrific person,” then assailed them for years of unfair trade. The
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International, USAFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky House Speaker Jeff Hoover resigned Sunday, a day after rejecting calls to step down by Gov. Matt Bevin and others who said they were disgusted by allegations of sexual harassment against Hoover and three other Republican state lawmakers. Hoover acknowledged that he had “engaged in inappropriate text messages” with a legislative
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USABy Judah Ari Gross Israel has recovered the bodies of five Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists that were buried when the army destroyed a Gazan attack tunnel that crossed into Israeli territory last week, the IDF announced on Sunday. “During the past few days, the Southern Command and Gaza Division have been operating to finalize the
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Middle EastDonna Brazile Despite publishing a bombshell account suggesting otherwise, former interim Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile denied saying that the 2016 Democratic presidential primary was rigged in favor of former Secretary of State and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. An excerpt from Brazile’s newest book, “Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That
Legendary sports broadcaster Vin Scully declared Saturday night that he will “never watch another NFL game” in response to the player take-a-knee protests during the national anthem. “I am so disappointed. And I used to love, during the fall and winter, to watch the NFL on Sunday,” Mr. Scully said during “An Evening with Vin
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