The U.S.-led coalition’s strikes against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in two Syrian provinces killed 472 civilians in the last month, according to a monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a U.K.-based monitoring group that has an extensive network of contacts on the ground in Syria, said the toll was more than
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International, Middle East, USAWhile Queen Elizabeth II was traveling to Westminster this week for the State Opening of Parliament, someone happened to notice that she wasn’t wearing a seat belt as she rode by in her car, and they called the police over it. “999 call received reporting that the Queen isn’t wearing a seatbelt,” the West Yorkshire
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InternationalBernie Sanders’ wife, Jane Sanders, has reportedly hired lawyers following a federal investigation into her time as president of the now-defunct Burlington College in Vermont. She is accused of fraudulently obtaining a $10 million bank loan that was purportedly used to buy 33 acres of land for the school. But, the full story is a
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USARiyadh (dpa) – Saudi security forces late Friday said they had foiled a “imminent terrorist plot” targeting the Grand Mosque that houses Islam’s holiest site in the city of Mecca. The attack against the Grand Mosque was being planned by three terrorist groups: two based in Mecca and a third in the nearby city of
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Middle EastPresident Donald Trump appeared to confirm Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election while suggesting the Obama administration knew of Russian interference long before voters took to the polls. Other than calling the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s ties to certain members of his campaign a “total scam” and a “witch hunt,”
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International, USATribute to ‘martyr’ Khaled Nazzal in Jenin had been removed earlier in week after intense pressure from PM Netanyahu By Times of Israel staff A monument to “martyr” Khaled Nazzal in a Jenin square named after him. Nazzal was the mastermind of the 1974 Maalot massacre in which Palestinian terrorists murdered 22 school children and
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Middle EastNorway threatened to cut-off its billion dollar financial assistance to Brazil if it did not put serious effort into curbing the deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, it was reported Thursday. It came just ahead of a Friday meeting in Oslo between leaders of both countries. The oil producing country has been providing Brazil $1.1 billion
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International, The World We ShareCalifornia’s Department of Justice added Texas, South Dakota, Alabama, and Kentucky to the state’s travel ban Friday. The ban prohibits state employees from traveling to states that have passed laws discriminating against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals and their families. The new ruling expands the number of states affected by the ban to eight.
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USADrivers in Southwest Los Angeles may soon get to cruise down Obama Boulevard—that is if City Council President Herb Wesson’s proposal to swap out Rodeo Road in exchange for a street named after former President Barack Obama is approved. The proposal, which was submitted to city council on Thursday, would rename a stretch of a
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USAA drama about three young women trying to figure it all out in Tel Aviv, director Maysaloun Hamoud’s ‘In Between’ is a charming jab at the patriarchy By Jordan Hoffman NEW YORK — The cinema cognoscenti got a peek at something special at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image. While Maysaloun Hamoud’s “In Between”
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAs the Supreme Court prepares to give its final opinions of its nine-month term on Monday, fear in Washington continues to grow concerning Justice Anthony Kennedy’s potential retirement. The justice, who will celebrate his 81st birthday in July, has been at the epicenter of retirement rumors for months now, and sources close to Kennedy recently
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USAIstanbul (dpa) – The Istanbul governor’s office has banned a gay pride parade planned for Sunday on the city’s popular Istiklal Avenue, citing concern for the “security of citizens and tourists” and “public order.” The move follows similar bans on the march in 2015 and 2016, after the event grew in popularity and attendance over
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Middle EastIsaac Herzog cautions that the government is trying to stifle free speech, artists and academics By Times of Israel staff Zionist Camp leader Isaac Herzog leads a Zionist Camp faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on June 12, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Opposition leader Isaac Herzog on Saturday warned of what he called the “fascisization” of
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Middle East, USAMOSCOW — The Russian government has steadfastly denied that it hacked or otherwise interfered in last year’s U.S. presidential election. Now, some Russian officials are saying America is meddling in Moscow’s domestic affairs. The U.S. has been doing it for years, they say. The Kremlin’s website is attacked daily “from within U.S. territories,” Dmitry Peskov,
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