New York (dpa) – Nine former US ambassadors to the United Nations have warned that planned cuts to the body’s funding by the Trump administration could alienate allies and weaken Washington’s hand. In a letter to the US Congress made public Tuesday, the ambassadors acknowledged that the international organization was “imperfect” but argued that the […]
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International, USARussian authorities have already begun breaking up Jehovah’s Witnesses services and collecting members’ identities following a Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on the religious organization, a spokesman for the faith said Tuesday. Related: US: Russia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban Shows ‘Paranoia’ of Vladimir Putin’s Government Backing a charge from Russia’s justice ministry that Jehovah’s
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InternationalBangkok (dpa) – Former British prime minister David Cameron on Wednesday criticized US President Donald Trump’s foreign policies in a keynote speech held in Bangkok. “The biggest problem with Trump’s travel ban is this is not a clash between civilizations,” Cameron said in a speech titled “Altered States – Has Globalization had its Day?” at
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International, USASeoul (dpa) – Hundreds of local residents on Wednesday protested as US troops began installing a missile defence system known as THAAD in South Korea, local media reported. Overnight, six trailers reportedly transported parts of the system, which is being installed at a site in Seongju, in the country’s south-east, news agency Yonhap reported. South
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International, USAFirst lady Melania Trump celebrated her 47th birthday Wednesday, her first since her husband Donald Trump was elected president and moved into the White House. The 45th first lady of the United States was born near Sevnica, Slovenia, which was then a part of communist Yugoslavia, and has maintained a quiet presence next to her
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USATurkish authorities arrested another thousand people on Wednesday over suspected links with the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, the archenemy of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It’s the latest in a massive purge targeting civil servants since a failed coup nine months ago, which Turkey blames on Gulen’s supporters. In the wake of the July coup attempt,
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International, Middle EastA U.S. Navy destroyer fired a warning flare at an Iranian vessel in the Persian Gulf on Monday after the Revolutionary Guard ship came within 1,100 yards of the USS Mahan before turning away. The Associated Press reported the Mahan made a number of attempts to contact the incoming Iranian vessel by radio, issuing warning
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Middle East, USAThough British MP Andrew Percy always had an affinity for the Jewish state, he didn’t imagine that it could be more than that — until he converted to Judaism By Jenni Frazer LONDON — Andrew Percy is a successful Conservative politician. He’s a Member of Parliament and Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, a campaign to
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Scientists believe that schizophrenia, a disorder caused by an imbalance in the brain’s chemical reactions, is triggered by a genetic interaction with environmental factors. A new Tel Aviv University study published in Human Molecular Genetics now points to cannabis as a trigger for schizophrenia. The research, conducted by Dr. Ran Barzilay
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s pretty much the same across the 40 or so countries that can claim to be functioning democracies. Elected officials sit at the top, and claim to be running things, but they are dependent on professionals in the administrative departments to advise them on what is possible and wise, and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastA senior Russian politician responded aggressively Monday to comments by the U.K.’s defense minister suggesting pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons against Russia is an option for London, claiming the U.K. would be completely annihilated by Russia’s nukes in response. Russia’s Frants Klintsevich, who heads the defense and security committee in Moscow’s upper house of parliament,
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InternationalWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, may have violated the law when he failed to disclose large fees from business dealings in Russia and Turkey shortly before he joined the White House, the leaders of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday. The disclosure by Reps. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Elijah
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International, USAChristopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the infamous anti-Donald Trump dossier, acknowledges that a sensational charge his sources made about a tech company CEO and Democratic Party hacking is unverified. In a court filing, Mr. Steele also says his accusations against the president and his aides about a supposed Russian hacking conspiracy were
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International, USAThe Democratic People’s Republic of Korea soldiers salute bronze statues (not pictured) of DPRK’s late founder Kim Il-sung and late leader Kim Jong Il at Mansudae in Pyongyang, in this photo released by Kyodo April 25, 2017, to mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army. [Photo/Kyodo via REUTERS] Pyongyang marked
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