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After eluding US for a decade in Haiti, Guy Philippe plans to plead guilty in Miami

Guy Philippe has apparently run out of moves in his quest to outfox the U.S. government. The former Haitian national police commander who led a revolt against his nation’s president in 2004 and was elected to the Senate last year, has agreed to plead guilty on Monday to a drug-related charge, according to a notice […]

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International, USA

Anti-Israel Sharia advocate to give CUNY commencement speech

A radical left-wing activist and advocate for Sharia law in the United States has been selected as his year”s commencement speaker at a New York City college. Linda Sarsour, 37, who helped organize the Women”s March in Washington in January and was arrested protesting outside of Trump Hotel in New York, was tapped by the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Federal charges filed against Israeli-American teen in Jewish center bomb threats

Federal officials on Friday filed charges against an 18-year-old Israeli-American for hundreds of hoax bomb threats this year that had put U.S. Jewish institutions on edge. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Orlando, Fla., said Michael Ron David Kadar was behind at least 245 “threatening telephone calls involving bomb threats and active shooter

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Middle East, USA

Russia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban Labelled as ‘Paranoia’

Russia’s decision to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country shows the “paranoia” of Vladimir Putin’s government, according to the chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Russia’s Supreme Court issued a verdict Thursday upholding a claim from the country’s justice ministry last month that Jehovah’s Witnesses’ activity violated laws on extremism.

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Pence discusses North Korea, refugees with Turnbull in Sydney

Sydney (dpa) – US Vice President Mike Pence has met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Saturday amid tight security, as he started his two-day official visit Down Under. The two leaders discussed, among other things, the North Korean nuclear crisis and the refugee-swap deal between the two countries. After the meeting,

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Trump Gets Tough on North Korea, But Errors Upset South

Many South Koreans have praised President Donald Trump’s hardline stance on their rival neighbor, North Korea, but some of the Republican leader’s recent public gaffes have upset residents of the traditional U.S. ally at a time when tensions are already running high in the region. The U.S. has long backed Seoul and provided significant military

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Russian hacker who raked in millions is sentenced in Seattle to 27 years

SEATTLE — A prolific Russian hacker who raked in at least $170 million by stealing more than 2 million credit-card numbers and selling them on the black market was sentenced Friday morning to 27 years in prison in U.S. District Court in Seattle. For years, Roman Seleznev was “one of the world’s leading providers of

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Angélica Vale Suffers Discrimination At LA Airport

Angélica Vale, widely-known to Latinos for her comedic talent and starring in “La Fea Más Bella” telenovela, was discriminated at the Los Angeles airport. You would think that this only happened to non-famous people, but it seems like even highly-recognized personalities are being labeled wrongfully. The actress says that she had a pre-boarding pass and

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