Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Saturday denounced Iran’s testing of a medium-range missile as a “provocation” and said it was proof of Tehran’s ambition to become a world power. Iran on Saturday said it had successfully tested a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) and that can carry multiple warheads, in […]
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Middle EastKatherine Romanow, left, creator of the Beyond the Bagel walking food tour by the Museum of Jewish Montreal. (Robert Sarner/Times of Israel) MONTREAL — On a recent Saturday afternoon in Montreal, tour guide Olivia Maccioni resembles a shepherd tending to her flock. Walking south on Saint Laurent Boulevard, a major thoroughfare which once divided the
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International, Jewish History, Travel and FoodIsrael will reportedly normalize diplomatic ties with the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain as the two countries draw closer over their shared hostility to Iran, with an announcement even possible in the coming months. While there have been a number of recent signs that Bahrain is dropping its traditional hostility to the Jewish state, such as
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Middle EastPavel Preida, a Roma Holocaust survivor in Moldova, and the document that states he was an inmate in a concentration camp. (Courtesy Ion Duminica) CHISINAU, Moldova –This September, about 70 Roma survivors of World War II in Moldova will receive compensation from Germany. But the reparations given to these elderly people in Europe’s poorest country
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InternationalJournalist Amir Tibon and his book, ‘The Last Palestinian.’ (Courtesy) The murder of two Israeli police by a Palestinian gunman on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount in July led to an escalation of violence that caused Israeli security to place metal detectors at entrances to the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In retaliation, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
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Middle East, USAOne of North Korea’s top officials further escalated tensions and threats with the United States. Due to President Donald Trump calling the North’s leader Kim Jong Un “rocket man,” the country’s foreign minister told the United Nations Saturday Trump made an attack by the North on the U.S. mainland “inevitable,” according to Reuters. “Through such
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International, USAIRBIL, Iraq — For the jubilant, flag-waiving throngs who filled rallies across Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish enclave in recent weeks, a vote on independence Monday is a chance to realize a dream cherished for generations. But every major player in the region opposes the referendum, placing the Kurds on a collision course with neighbors and allies,
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Middle EastMEXICO CITY — A new earthquake sent Mexico City residents streaming onto the streets early Saturday, creating more alarm in a country still trying to recover from two powerful earthquakes over the past three weeks. The U.S. Geological Survey said Saturday’s magnitude 6.1 earthquake, which hit just before 8 a.m., was centered about 12 miles
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InternationalIran said on Saturday that it had successfully tested a new medium-range missile in defiance of warnings from Washington that it was ready to ditch a landmark nuclear deal over the issue. State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military parade in Tehran on
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Middle East, USABEIJING — China will soon begin restricting oil exports to North Korea, the country’s Commerce Ministry announced Saturday, marking a major step by Pyongyang’s top ally and trading partner to further isolate the country from the global economy. China said the new restrictions are in accordance with United Nations sanctions leveled against the North to
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InternationalRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi cleric who said women should not be allowed to drive because they have a “quarter” of the brainpower of men has been banned from preaching, the government said Friday. Saad al-Hijri was suspended from leading prayers and all other religious activity in the southern province of Asir after he
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Middle EastJessica Cruz slept in a crowded Mexico City gym this week, flanked by exercise equipment, a baby carriage, a large pile of stuffed animals and a small bag of diapers for her baby boy. The workout room, laden with blue foam mats, was far from comfortable. But for Cruz, it was way better than returning
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InternationalUS senator and former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders called for Washington to adopt a friendlier approach to Iran, and said he would consider supporting slashing US aid to Israel over the Jewish state’s policies towards the Palestinians. In an interview Thursday with The Intercept, the Jewish senator said the US was “complicit” in what he
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has picked fights with two of the nation’s most popular professional sports leagues, setting off a Twitter war with top athletes who were quick to fight back in an extraordinary display of political trash-talking with thinly veiled racial undertones. Even National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell jumped into the fray
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