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Trump, Kelly, & The Coast Guard: Exclusive Interview With Adm. Zukunft

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft (right) meets with then-Southern Command chief Gen. John Kelly, now Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security. With the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States and with Trump’s nomination of Gen. John Kelley for Secretary of Homeland Security, life is going to change […]

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International, USA

French jihadist back from Syria sentenced to ten years in jail

A Paris court on Monday sentenced Nicolas Moreau, a convicted French jihadist who returned from Syria, to ten years in prison for criminal association with a terrorist organisation. The 32-year-old Frenchman was not present at a Paris correctional court since he refused to leave prison, where he is being held, for the hearing. Prosecutors had

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International, Middle East

Former Australian PM: Cut off aid to Palestinians

Tony Abbott: Canberra should consider moving embassy to Jerusalem, support the ‘region’s only liberal, pluralist democracy’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott (left) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90) Former Australian prime minister

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International, Middle East, USA

Obama could still force Merrick Garland onto Supreme Court during ‘intersession recess’

President Obama will have one last chance to force Judge Merrick Garland onto the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday – but it’s a legal gamble and one that has so many pitfalls that even those who say he could get away with it believe it isn’t worth the fight. Mr. Obama’s moment will come just

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USA

Chargers fire McCoy

Mike McCoy is out as San Diego Chargers coach after four seasons. The team announced Sunday evening that McCoy will not return in 2017. The Chargers wrapped up the 2016 season with a 37-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at Qualcomm Stadium to finish with a 5-11 record. McCoy had an overall record of

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Kim Jong Un vows to strengthen nuclear capabilities in New Year address

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance to the skiing training of the mountain infantry battalion under KPA Unit 1045 in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on November 26, 2016. [Photo by KCNA/via Reuters] PYONGYANG – Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong

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Bennett vows to pursue Ma’ale Adumim annexation in January

Jewish Home leader says plan to extend Israeli sovereignty to Jerusalem-area settlement to be presented in Knesset after Trump inauguration By Tamar Pileggi and Times of Israel staff Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett delivers a statement to the press in response to the UN vote against Israeli settlements, at the Western

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Middle East

Pope Francis condemns ‘plague of terrorism’ after Istanbul attack

Pope Francis has condemned the deadly attack in Istanbul and offered prayers for the victims, their families and the entire Turkish people. He urged support for people of good will who “courageously roll up their sleeves to face the plague of terrorism”. His comments came during his New Year address to a crowd of tens

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