International

Israelis worry that Trump’s changing stands look more and more like Obama’s

. JERUSALEM — The Israeli love affair with President Donald Trump has soured as promises have gone unfulfilled. The Israeli public was very excited when Trump took office. They anticipated a fresh start after a fraught relationship with Barack Obama, who many thought was overly sympathetic to the Palestinians. But reality has set in as

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Middle East, USA

Marco Rubio Dismisses Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Claim

Days after President Donald Trump called the probe into his campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia “the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history,” Republican Senator Marco Rubio said the investigation is in fact legitimate. “I wouldn’t use the term witch hunt,” Rubio said during an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State

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USA

Anderson Cooper apologized for a crude remark about President Trump, but some weren’t happy about it

CNN host Anderson Cooper is apologizing for the “crude” remark he made about President Donald Trump to a guest on his show. On Friday, during a segment on “AC360,” Cooper spoke with guest Jeffrey Lord, who is a staunch Trump supporter. During the back and forth, Cooper said, “If [Trump] took a dump on his

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Surprise attack by the Taliban kills 25 Afghan police officers

KABUL, Afghanistan—Taliban militants launched surprise attacks against police checkpoints in southern Afghanistan and killed at least 25 officers, officials said Sunday. Officials in Zabul province said militants from several provinces carried out the attacks against government installations in the provincial capital, Qalat, and three police posts in Shahjoy district late Saturday. The provincial governor, Besmellah

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International

Baldwin’s Trump Leads SNL Cast in Hallelujah Rendition

A cold open to the SNL season finale on Saturday saw Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump leading a rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, joined by Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway, Beck Bennett’s Mike Pence, and Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka Trump. The teaser capped a week of turmoil at the White House, and alluded to McKinnon’s November 13

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Correa blames Sweden for WikiLeaks founder Assange’s five lost years

Quito (dpa) – Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Saturday blamed Sweden for five lost years in the life of Julian Assange due to its investigation of rape charges against the WikiLeaks founder. “We have good news today,” Correa said in a televised address in Quito, a day after Sweden announced that the charges against the

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International, USA

Israel’s Netanyahu Under Pressure as Probes Gather Pace

In the absence of any substantial political rivals, escalating corruption probes into the conduct of Benjamin Netanyahu present the most significant threat to his eight-year tenure as Israel’s prime minister and highlight the controversial connections between the country’s politicians, media and businessmen. Israel’s political elite has frequently been the focus of corruption allegations in recent

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Middle East

Welcoming Jews on the periphery

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Reform/Liberal/Progressive (henceforth Progressive) Judaism often reaches Jews that other movements don’t get to. This may not apply to the United States and a handful of other comparatively large Diaspora communities, but it’s definitely true of countries where there’re a few Jews and where the traditional congregations are too insecure

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Social media frenzy as Ivanka Trump steals hearts of young Saudis

Riyadh (dpa) – Saudis took to social media on Saturday to praise US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, with at least one proposing marriage in a video posted on Twitter. Wearing a long-sleeved, black-and-white dress with no head scarf, Ivanka landed in the Saudi capital on Saturday morning as part of Trump’s visit to the

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Middle East, USA

India’s goal-oriented foreign policy unafraid to punch above its weight

The first two years of the Narendra Modi government seemed like a series of unending picture postcard moments as New Delhi engaged the three world capitals that matter the most-Washington, Beijing and Islamabad. One, a distant strategic partner, and the other two, neighbouring strategic challenge and security nightmare. So there was Prime Minister Modi and

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International, Middle East