Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Europe of starting a new battle between Islam and Christianity following a ruling permitting employers to ban headscarves. Prompted by the case of a Muslim receptionist fired for wearing a headscarf to work in Belgium, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that bans on the wearing […]
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International, Middle EastMarine One is not just another weather chopper South Floridians will start seeing. The president’s helicopter, can cruise at 150 mph to get the commander in chief to safety. It flies so smoothly, it’s quiet enough inside to talk in a normal tone of voice. Marine One could make regular appearances in South Florida now
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USAAYUTTHAYA, Thailand, March 18, 2017 – The name of the ancient Thai city Ayutthaya doesn’t easily roll off the tongue when when mentioning it in a discussion of world travel destinations. On the other hand, Burma, now known as Myanmar, is opening its doors to the world after years of isolation. And Ayutthaya was important
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International, Travel and FoodPresident Donald Trump — who criticized politicians in September for “wasting” taxpayer money — is on track to spend more on travel costs in his first year as president than President Barack Obama did during his entire eight-year tenure in the White House. Costs of travel for President Barack Obama vs. President Donald Trump Photo:
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USAGaza – The Palestinian Hamas movement wants to usher in a new political era to overcome the regional challenges that began affecting it when its exiled leadership left Damascus in 2011. Hamas, which has run the Gaza Strip since June 2007, has in the past years been in a state of political and economic deadlock.
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Middle EastWhen she was 10, Safia Mahjebin started skipping school. She used to ride the New York City subways, aimlessly. “I just love riding the train,” she says. “You ride from one end to the other, and then you go back. And then you get out at a few stops and just explore … some stations
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International, USABeijing (dpa) – China is pressing the US to resume talks with North Korea, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi saying Saturday that negotiations must go hand-in-hand with sanctions on Pyongyang. Wang made the comments while standing alongside US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a press conference in Beijing. Though UN Security Council resolutions have
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump welcomed Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny to the White House on Thursday, a day before St. Patrick’s Day. Kenny, who called Trump’s rhetoric “racist and dangerous” in May, used the opportunity to present Trump with a bowl of shamrocks and a lecture on the immigrant spirit. Kenny’s remarks were given with Trump
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International, USAPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel’s latest air strikes into Syria targeted weapons bound for Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and that it will continue to carry out such raids. Netanyahu’s statement came after Israeli warplanes struck several targets within Syria, and Syria fired missiles back in retaliation. “When we identify attempts to transfer advanced
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Middle EastTurkey’s divided nationalists could be the deciding factor in the upcoming referendum on expanding President Erdogan’s powers. Hardliners, perhaps surprisingly, say they are fighting to save their country’s democracy, amid media boycotts and intimidation. Istanbul (dpa) – Sinan Ogan was having a rough week. It was Friday night and hours earlier he received word his
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International, Middle EastSecretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Donald Trump appear to be on the same page when it comes to taking military action against North Korea. Tillerson said Friday that “strategic patience has ended” and that a military response was “on the table,” while Trump took to Twitter and said North Korea was “behaving very
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International, USAThe U.S. government took the legal battle over President Donald Trump’s travel ban to a higher court on Friday, saying it would appeal against a federal judge’s decision that struck down parts of the ban on the day it was set to go into effect. The Department of Justice said in a court filing it
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USALima (dpa) – At least seven people were killed Friday in a landslide in northern Peru, which has suffered months of widespread flooding and heavy rains. The victims were in several vehicles waiting for the road to be cleared in Rayampampa in La Libertad department, RPP radio reported. The worst flooding in Peru in decades
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InternationalSaad-Eddine El Othmani, a former foreign minister who belongs to the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), charged with forming new government Saad-Eddine El Othmani (YouTube) RABAT, Morocco — Morocco’s king on Friday appointed a new prime minister to end a political deadlock that left the North African country without a government for five months,
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