Two businesspeople have admitted to investigators of the Israel Police Lahav 433 National Fraud Unit that on several occasions they gave gifts to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to his son Yair, Walla! News reports. The two were questioned in the course of the inquiry into allegations against Netanyahu that became a criminal investigation last […]
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Middle EastThe new Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has called for peace to be a global priority as he started his first day in office. The former Portuguese prime minister and UN refugee chief begins a five-year term amid conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere, as well as threats from terrorism
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International, USABujumbura (dpa) – An unknown gunman has killed environment minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru in the conflict-ridden East African nation of Burundi, a police spokesman said Sunday. The minister was shot dead with a pistol in the early hours of Sunday in the streets of the Rohero neighbourhood in the capital, Bujumbura, police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said
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InternationalIsrael on Sunday said it would stop handing over the bodies of Palestinians killed in attacks in an effort to force Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, to hand over the bodies of Israelis it has … The Israeli authorities said that the Palestinians’ bodies would be buried, rather than being handed over to their
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Middle EastUS President-elect Donald Trump’s Indonesian business partner Global Mediacom CEO Hary Tanoesoedibjo told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, “If there is no one I can believe who can fix the problems of the country, I may try to run for president.” He added that running for election would be “not for myself, for the country” and
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International, USATunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Sunday said that his government suspects Israel of being behind the assassination of Hamas engineer Mohamed Zaouari, Haaretz reported. Zaouari, an aviation scientist, was shot to death outside his home in Sfax, Tunisia, on December 15. Hamas said two days after his death that he was a member of
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Middle EastAt least 32 people were killed and 61 injured in a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday. The attack was carried out by ISIS, in “honor” of French President François Hollande’s visit to French troops in Iraq. The bomber blew himself up while driving a pickup truck near an outdoor produce markert in
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Middle EastFormer Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, who twice served in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s cabinet, passed away on Sunday at the age of 77. He is survived by his wife and their six children. Though he never served as an MK, Neeman served as a senior official in Likud governments going back to Menachem Begin”s first
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsPresident Obama has said he’ll stay out of the day-to-day scrum in Washington once he vacates the White House, but a top Republican in Congress hopes the president’s second in command sticks around and works to facilitate deals between the two political parties. Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, said Vice President Joseph R. Biden can
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USA.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} A disturbing 911 tape that has been released appears to chronicle the moments in which Chris Corley beat his wife, and his children begged for him to stop. Corley is a Republican state representative in South Carolina. He was elected in 2014 and has a law office in Augusta, Georgia. RELATED:
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USAHamas said on Sunday that 21 of its members were killed in tunnel collapses in Gaza during 2016, Kol Yisrael radio reported. According to the terror group, seven of the 21 were killed in a tunnel in eastern Gaza City which collapsed six months ago during work to repair the damage caused to the tunnel
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Middle EastQueen Elizabeth II is feeling “better” after suffering from a heavy cold, her daughter, the Princess Royal, said Sunday. Concerns over the British monarch’s health intensified after she missed a New Year’s Day church service at Sandringham. Princess Anne thanked well-wishers outside the church after attending the service with her father Prince Philip, brother Prince
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InternationalTLACOLULA, Mexico — From her stall featuring regional delicacies, Eufenia Hernandez issued a challenge to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. “If this individual came down here to Oaxaca, we would put him to work,” she said. “Let’s see if he can work as hard as the Mexicans in the north.” Hernandez, a veteran border crosser, having
Foreigners, including many nationals of Arab countries, were among the dead in the New Year shooting rampage at an Istanbul nightclub, officials said on Sunday. A total of 39 people were killed in the assault at the exclusive Reina club on the shores of the Bosphorus and 65 injured, officials said. Here is a breakdown
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