Hiroshima, Japan (dpa) – Japan observed the 71st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Saturday, with the city’s mayor calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons and for more world leaders to visit the site. About 50,000 people attended the ceremony, offering a minute’s silence at 8:15 am (2315 GMT Friday) at […]
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International, USAKabul (dpa) – NATO on Sunday confirmed an Islamic State report that the terrorist group had captured military gear – including weapons – left behind by a US soldier in Afghanistan, but made clear that there had been no abduction. The group reported Saturday – using its mouthpiece, the Aamaq News Agency – that it
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International, USAWashington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama began his annual summer holiday Saturday on Martha’s Vineyard, an Atlantic island off Cape Cod and a popular vacation spot for well heeled East Coast vacationers. With his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, they departed the White House on Marine One, the presidential helicopter. The
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USAAn Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been abducted by the U.S. was allegedly executed in Iran, reports said Saturday. Shahram Amiri went missing in 2009 when he was on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. A year later, a series of videos surfaced in which a man who claimed to be Amiri said he
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — The Soberanes fire in Monterey County grew to more than 57,500 acres Sunday while firefighters continued to battle several other wildfires around California. More than 5,100 firefighters are battling the Soberanes blaze, which was 45 percent contained as of Sunday morning. Air tankers, helicopters, bulldozers and at least 300 fire engines have
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USAFormer New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday he would have prosecuted Hillary Clinton over her email scandal and guaranteed he would have won the case, casting the Democratic presidential candidate as an unrepentant liar. Mr. Giuliani, who has emerged this election cycle as one of Mrs. Clinton’s loudest critics, said the Justice Department
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USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — World Vision is a Christian charity on an anti-Israel mission. This can clearly be seen in its fraudulently biased website description of Israel and what they call the West Bank, properly known as Judea & Samaria. The unemployment level of Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza is not 46% and
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Middle East, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu learned about the Defense Ministry’s statement that criticized U.S. President Barack Obama from the media, his aide told U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro on Friday, according to Haaretz. The newspaper reported that a senior aide to Netanyahu called Shapiro on Friday night and told him that Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman
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Middle East, USAOn Saturday Scott Rigell, the Republican congressman who represents Virginia”s 2nd congressional district, became the third GOP member of the House of Representatives to pledge not to vote for his party”s nominee, Donald Trump. “I”ve always said I will not vote for Donald Trump and I will not vote for Hillary Clinton,” Rigell said in
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USAAs the US presidential race rounds into the homestretch, Donald Trump warned voters in New Hampshire that ISIS is “salivating” at the thought of Hillary Clinton becoming president. “Remember, ISIS is looking folks. They dream of Hillary Clinton. They look at her and they say ‘This can’t be happening to us. How great is this,’
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Middle East, USAAn Israeli company has hacked into ISIS secret online messaging group “telegram”, and has revealed lists of potential targets for attacks planned by the terror group, Channel 10 News reported on Wednesday. Only 500 people worldwide are members of the secret group, and new members are only accepted by recommendation by one of the existing
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International, Middle East, USAIn the past year, politics has changed. Pundits and analysts have been proved wrong. In the U.K., the veteran socialist politician Jeremy Corbyn was elected in September 2015 as leader of the Labour Party; and on June 24, the country voted to leave the European Union. In the U.S., the unlikely presidential candidacy of Donald
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International, USAWikileaks founder and fugitive Julian Assange expressed delight at the fallout from the recent leak of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails and tried to deflect criticism of his methods during an appearance Friday on Real Time With Bill Maher. Assange, who remains in open hiding at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, said the release of
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International, USAOhio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump faces an uphill climb in Ohio, a key battleground in the 2016 White House race. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mr. Kasich – who has refused to endorse Mr. Trump and remains one of the real estate mogul’s toughest Republican critics
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