International

India test fires long range surface-to-air missile

India on Tuesday test fired a long range surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, The Hindu reported. The long range missile, a joint venture of India and Israel, was test launched using a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off Odisha coast. India test fires surface-to-air missile developed with Israel “Apart from […]

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International, Middle East

Graham proposes more aid for Israel and possible renewal of Iran sanctions

WASHINGTON — In the wake of a recently signed agreement providing aid to Israel, Sen. Lindsey Graham thinks two more things need to be done: The U.S. should give the country additional funds, and sanctions should be reimposed on Iran. The South Carolinian was joined by fellow Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, John McCain

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Middle East, USA

Ted Cruz to Senate: Don’t dictate solutions to Israel

Hours after 88 senators publicized a joint letter to President Obama, urging him to continue America”s longstanding policy of vetoing anti-Israel resolutions in the United Nations Security Council, Texas Senator and 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz rejected the letter, saying its call for a two-state solution violated Israeli sovereignty. The bipartisan letter, coauthored by

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Middle East, USA

Israeli Ambassador Danon blasts UN ‘obsession with Israel’

Israel”s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon reacted harshly to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon”s opening address at the UN General Assembly. The Secretary-General decided to take the opportunity to criticize Israel, saying: “Ten years of illegal settlement expansion and fifty years of occupation. This is madness. The Palestinians cannot continue to live under Israeli

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International, Middle East

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Trump has told some whoppers, but does anyone care?

Exaggerated criticism and unsupported charges are nothing new in American presidential politics. All candidates do that to some extent. But Donald Trump has created a special situation by saying so many things that are flatly untrue and doubling down when challenged. He’s created real problems for the news media because it’s hard to check every

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USA

Obama defends move to welcome more refugees to U.S.

Hitting back at critics of his plan to accept more refugees in the U.S., President Obama said Tuesday that foreigners fleeing war zones are victims, not threats to national security. Hosting a meeting at U.N. headquarters on the global refugee crisis, Mr. Obama criticized proposals by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to temporarily ban Muslim

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International, USA

Congressman: Eerie similarities between NY/NJ terror plot and Boston Marathon bombing

WASHINGTON — The investigation into bombs planted in New York and New Jersey over the weekend is so far “eerily similar” to the Boston Marathon bombing, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Tuesday. Like those responsible for the Boston attack, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami had traveled overseas and come to the

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International, USA

Trump says he’ll only admit immigrants who ‘love our country’

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Citing three terrorist attacks over the weekend, Donald Trump criticized the nation’s immigration system in a speech Tuesday at the Mills Athletic Center at High Point University. “Since 9/11, hundreds of immigrants and their children have been implicated in terrorist activities in the United States,” said Trump in an oft-repeated accusation

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USA

Globalism is here to stay and the world must address its shortcomings, Obama argues at the UN

UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his final address before the United Nations to praise global integration and warn against the impulse to shut it out, calling on Americans and foreigners to tear down walls, not build them. In a sweeping address that touched on the world’s trouble spots — including the

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International, USA

Colin Kaepernick shakes off death threats, seeks justice in Terence Crutcher killing

While Colin Kaepernick says he’s seen positives emerge from a racial-equality movement sparked by his national-anthem protests, he’s also received death threats as a result. “I’ve had a few come my way, but not too concerned about it,” Kaepernick said Tuesday inside the 49ers locker room. Asked if those threats have come only through his

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Pilots eject from U-2 spy plane as it crashes in remote Northern California terrain

Two pilots ejected safely from a U-2 spy plane Tuesday morning, moments before the aircraft crashed in a rural area north of Sacramento, Calif., according to the U.S. Air Force. Few details were released about crash in Sutter Buttes, but two pilots in the high-altitude, all-weather reconnaissance aircraft were ejected, said Air Force Capt. AnnMarie

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