It was a somber day for the royal family in London today. On Wednesday, Prince William, Prince Harry and Duchess Kate attended a multi-faith service to mourn the four innocent lives lost during a tragic recent terrorist attack in London. On March 22, five people were killed and 20 were injured after a vehicle drove […]
Tel Aviv (dpa) – A 20-year-old Israeli soldier was killed in a car- ramming attack near the northern West Bank settlement of Ofra on Thursday morning, according to an Israeli military spokeswoman. Elchai Taharlev, from Talmon, a West Bank settlement about 12 kilometres west of Ofra, was a combat soldier with the Golani Brigade, one
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Middle EastGambians head to the polls on Thursday for the first time since the departure of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, with multiple parties poised to enter parliament after 22 years of effective one-party rule. Several opposition parties united to form a coalition in December to oust Jammeh from power and deliver flagbearer Adama Barrow to victory
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InternationalThe Islamic State militant group (ISIS) executed 33 people in eastern Syria on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group, in its biggest mass killing in 2017. In a morning execution in the eastern Syrian countryside, the group killed dozens between the ages of 18 and 25 years old, reported the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human
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Middle EastBy Ahmed Bani Mustafa – Apr 06,2017 – Last updated at Apr 06,2017 AMMAN — Three cruise ships carrying around 6,000 European tourists docked in Aqaba port on Wednesday, according to an official from Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA). As well as spending time in Aqaba, the tourists’ itinerary included other destinations in the
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Middle East, Travel and FoodSome of the 72 victims of the recent suspected gas attack in northern Syrian were buried on Wednesday as their families grieved. One man lost his twin daughters and his wife. “It was an airstrike by the criminal air force. I took my wife and children out of the house. Five minutes later, we started
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Thursday he’s temporarily stepping aside from the Russia probe amid accusations he may have improperly disclosed classified information. Nunes, R-Calif., said he was stepping down temporarily as head of the House probe into whether Trump associates colluded with Russia during last year’s election. In a statement,
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday dramatically curtailed the historic filibuster and stripped Democrats of their ability to block Judge Neil Gorsuch from the Supreme Court — thus ensuring his confirmation, securing an important Trump administration victory and shaping future nominations in ways yet to be seen. In a far-reaching move, Republicans by a party-line
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –While I gravitated on Wednesday, April 5, to an exhibit featuring the image of Albert Einstein and another portraying the cells that I imagine Jonas Salk grappled with while developing the vaccine against polio, my grandchildren—Sky, 10, Brian, 8, and Sara, 6 – were transfixed by a room filled
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We can argue if it really happened, but there’s no doubt that the Exodus is a great story, with or without Hollywood stars or best selling authors. Yet it has also been associated with problems. The association of Passover and Easter brought forth an increase in Christian animosity and violence. Too
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The growing tension between Turkey and its Western allies, which was further heightened during the Obama administration, is narrowing the space for cooperation between the two sides and in fact is progressively worsening. Erdogan’s hope that he and President Trump would improve their ties as members of NATO has dramatically
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USAZionist Union lawmaker Ksenia Svetlova gets hitched on Indian Ocean island, criticizes Rabbinate’s ‘monopoly on marriage’ By Times of Israel staff Activists, among them Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova (second from right), holding signs and wearing wedding veils as they protest for the right to civil marriage in front of the Knesset in Jeruslaem on
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International, Middle EastAsher Faraj’s attorneys expected to employ insanity defense to defend the 77-year-old in court By Jacob Magid Asher Faraj seen in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on March 15, 2017. (Flash90) An elderly Holocaust survivor accused of burning a nurse to death at a Holon clinic was indicted on murder charges at the Tel Aviv
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationRioters attack forces with Molotov cocktails and rocks during operation to detain three terror suspects By Stuart Winer Illustrative. IDF soldiers during an arrest raid in the Deheishe refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on December 8, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90) A Palestinian man was shot overnight Tuesday during an Israeli operation to
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