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John McCain, Lindsey Graham providing Democrats cover in Devin Nunes controversy

Downplaying the idea that the criticism of Rep. Devin Nunes is a partisan witch-hunt, Democrats are pointing out that Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham have also raised questions about the behavior of the House Intelligence Committee chairman. Mr. Nunes has refused to bow to the demands of Democrats, who are calling on the California […]

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UN rapping Israel for bombing Hezbollah ‘preposterous,’ top UK diplomat says

After UK threatens to vote against all rights council resolutions unless it drops anti-Israel bias, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks against ‘profound absurdity’ of Golan Heights motion By Eric Cortellessa , Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and Times of Israel staff British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson meets with Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki in the West

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UK takes key step in process of leaving the European Union

The United Kingdom took its first concrete step toward leaving the European Union when it formally notified the president of the European Council of that intention on Wednesday afternoon. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, March 29, 2017. [Photo/Agencies] The formal notification triggers a two-year period of intense and complex

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IDF shutters 3 alleged West Bank gunsmithing operations

In crackdown on illegally manufactured weapons, army seizes machinery, gun parts in Hebron region; 6 Palestinians arrested overnight By Judah Ari Gross Israeli troops shut down three workshops believed to have been used to illegally manufacture guns in the Hebron region early Wednesday morning, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the weapons trade in

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Middle East

April Ryan on Sean Spicer dust-up: ‘We are under attack by this administration’

Journalist April Ryan says the press is “under attack” by the Trump administration after she was admonished by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer during a briefing Tuesday for shaking her head. Ms. Ryan, the White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, said on CNN’s “New Day” Wednesday that she was left in “disbelief”

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USA

Older, polluting vehicles banned by India’s Supreme Court

New Delhi (dpa) – India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday banned the sale of vehicles running on older technology, starting from April 1, in a move that environmentalists say would help improve air quality. The right to health had to take precedence over the right to commerce, the court said, adding that enough time had been

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Australia assesses damage after cyclone tears through northeast

Australia’s army and emergency workers headed to areas of tropical Queensland state hardest hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday, finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns. No deaths were reported after Debbie tore a trail of destruction through Australia’s northeast on Tuesday as a category four storm,

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Left-wing MK blasted for joining anti-AIPAC protest

Tamar Zandberg called ‘human trash’ and ‘filth’ over her participation in IfNotNow demonstration in Washington By Times of Israel staff Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg speaks at a rally in support of legalizing marijuana in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) A left-wing Israeli lawmaker invited to Washington by the pro-Israel lobby to participate

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Corruption Money Seized From Ex-Governor to Pay Backlog of Employee Wages

Though Brazil is well known for its corruption and impunity, state employees are rejoicing over the reclamation of government funds from the former Governor of Rio de Janeiro. Ex-Governor Sergio Cabral is being forced by justice to return $100 million worth of corruption money that he collected over the course of his seven-year term. The

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Police killing exposes anguish of France’s Chinese community

Chinese immigrants and the Chinese government have reacted angrily to a police killing in Paris that prompted violent street clashes and exposed the fears and frustrations of France’s large Asian community. Protesters gathered Tuesday in northeastern Paris for a second day of demonstrations over the fatal shooting of a Chinese man in his apartment, and

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African students advised to stay indoors after attacks by roving Indian mobs

MUMBAI, India — Indian mobs near the nation’s capital have attacked and wounded at least nine university students from African countries since Sunday in a spasm of racial violence that a senior official called “deplorable.” The attacks — which began after an Indian family accused five Nigerian men of kidnapping and killing their teenage son

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Sean Spicer ‘astonished’ by Hillary Clinton’s criticism of his encounter with reporter April Ryan

The White House and its allies hit back Wednesday at Hillary Clinton and other progressives who accused press secretary Sean Spicer of “patronizing” or even racist behavior toward a black female journalist. Mr. Spicer told radio host Hugh Hewitt that he was “kind of astonished” by Mrs. Clinton’s criticism of his encounter during Tuesday’s press

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