By Saeb Rawashdeh – Apr 07,2017 – Last updated at Apr 07,2017 AMMAN — Despite no “direct literary sources”, a Canadian scholar is piecing together archaeological clues to the origins of the ancient settlement of Humayma in southern Jordan. The first settlement at Humayma, 280km south of Amman and 40km south of Petra, was founded […]
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Middle East, Travel and FoodSACRAMENTO, Calif.—After a nail-biter vote in the Assembly, the $52-billion transportation package cleared the California Legislature late Thursday night and now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown for his signature. “Members, it’s been a long, crumbling road to get where we are today,” said Assemblyman Jim Frazier, a Democrat who helped craft the legislation. Frazier cast
Sen. John McCain said Friday that the biggest threat facing the United States is not coming from the Middle East, it is coming from the “crazy fat kid” in North Korea – alluding to the nation’s leader Kim Jong-un. As a result, Mr. McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said it was
CHICAGO — Billionaire entrepreneur and investor J.B. Pritzker, a longtime Democratic fundraiser, formally joined the race for his party’s nomination for governor and the opportunity to take on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Pritzker’s announcement Thursday had been expected and ends a brief exploratory effort he started last month. “I’m J.B. Pritzker and I’m running for
ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter said Thursday that he hoped President Donald Trump’s words and actions would “reinvigorate” the women’s movement in this country. “Primarily because of President Trump’s own past record and also what he had to say about Bill O’Reilly yesterday, that he was a good guy,” the former president told a large audience
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International, USAMuslim safe spaces, increased lessons on Islam during social studies classes, and other measures will be adopted by San Diego Unified School District to combat bullying. The Council for American-Islamic Relations and school officials in southern California collaborated on a “holistic” approach to bullying that will likely be implemented this fall. The changes, which include
Largest-ever single deal for Israel Aircraft Industries is for medium-range system; long-range system to go to Indian aircraft carrier in separate sale By Times of Israel staff IAI’s MRSAM missile during the test June 2016 (Courtesy Israel Aerospace Industries) Israel Aerospace Industries said Thursday it had signed its largest-ever deal to supply India with advanced
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International, Middle EastIn the wake of a heinous chemical weapons attack in Syria on Tuesday that reportedly killed 86 people including 27 children, on Thursday night President Trump ordered airstrikes on the airbase from which that attack was launched. Trump’s order was his first direct assault on a foreign nation through executive order. This decision is troublesome
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Middle East, USATALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A state prosecutor has determined “there exists no reasonable suspicion” that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi accepted a bribe when she received a campaign contribution from Donald Trump’s charity in 2013. Bondi’s office later opted not to investigate Trump University, a real estate investment seminar class that some customers said swindled them
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USAJohn Glenn, former Marine, Ohio senator and the first American to orbit the Earth, passed away at the age of 95 in December. His body was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday. During the service, Annie Glenn, his widow, was presented with an American flag in his honor: WATCH: @GenRobertNeller presents widow
NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton said she doesn’t intend to run for elected office again, but vowed to remain involved in public service and to help Democrats regain control of Congress in the 2018 election. In her first postelection interview, Clinton alluded to the pain of her loss of the presidency to Donald Trump, hinting
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By Grant Arthur Gochin LOS ANGELES — My Grandfather, a simple man from a small village in Lithuania, regularly spoke of his murdered Lithuanian family, murdered, each and every one of them, for their crime of being born a Jew. The murderers were never individually identified, they were termed as amorphous “Lithuanians”. The Holocaust in
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International, Jewish HistoryWASHINGTON — The admiral in charge of the U.S. Southern Command testified at Congress Thursday that while the region is “stable,” the situation in Venezuela is worsening and could trigger a humanitarian crisis requiring regional intervention. “The enormous economic instability that’s taking place in Venezuela affects the entire region,” Adm. Kurt Tidd told the Senate
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International, USAA Holocaust survivor himself, Yisrael Meir Lau calls for emergency Knesset session; Yad Vashem expresses ‘deep concern’ over ‘carnage’ By Jacob Magid Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv attends a ceremony for a new Torah scroll brought to the synagogue of the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 9, 2015.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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