International

Chinese military aircraft enter S. Korea’s air defense area

Three Chinese military planes “briefly” flew into an overlapping air defense intensification zone of South Korea and China amid tensions between the two countries over Seoul’s decision to place a missile defense system on its soil, a military source in Seoul said Monday. The Chinese planes, including a bomber engaging in its own military operations, […]

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International

Reports provide new details on deadly gator attack at Disney resort

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lane Graves bent over to scoop wet sand into his small plastic bucket when the alligator struck. The 2-year-old wanted to build a sandcastle on the beach at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa after stormy weather canceled a scheduled outdoor movie. His father, who was standing nearby with his wife and

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The World We Share, USA

Eric Frazier: An actual African-American addresses Trump outreach effort

Hey, Republican Party. African-American voter here. I hear you’ve been looking for me, but you’re sending out such wildly mixed messages that I’m not sure if I should be flattered or furious. Hat No. 2 fits me pretty snugly right now. Here’s why. Your national standard-bearer, Donald Trump, is making an explicit appeal for my

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USA

Daniel Pipes: Stop worrying about burkini, start worrying about radical Islamic threat

France has been seized by a silly hysteria over the burkini, prompting me to wonder when Europeans will get serious about their Islamist challenge. For starters, what is a burkini? The word (sometimes spelled burqini) combines the names of two opposite articles of female clothing: the burqa (an Islamic tent-like, full-body covering) and the bikini.

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International, Middle East

Teen artist excels at Yemin Orde Youth Village

YEMIN ORDE, Israel (Press Release) — After immigrating with his family to Israel from France, Ethan Amram felt isolated at his Israeli school. Instead of listening to the teacher, he sketched drawings into his notebook. Classified as an at-risk teenager, Amram thereby was eligible to attend the school at Yemin Orde, a serene youth village

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Middle East Roundup: August 22, 2016

Most Israelis and Palestinians support a two-state solution (JNS.org) The majority of Israelis and Palestinians still support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. The Palestinian-Israeli Pulse poll surveyed 1,270 Palestinians and 1,184 Israelis on

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Middle East

Trust- building required for Middle East peace

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The international conference that was convened by France on June 3rd in Paris to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ended up without concretely establishing specific measures that would persuade both parties to resume negotiations in order to reach a peace agreement. The joint communiqué issued following the conference stated “The

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA

Egyptian president: Putin willing to host Netanyahu and Abbas

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin informed him that he is ready to host direct talks between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Speaking in an interview with Egyptian journalists and quoted by Yedioth Ahronoth, the Egyptian president said Israeli convictions of peace are

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International, Middle East

Turkey: ‘We will continue to support the Palestinian cause’

Just two days after the Turkish parliament ratified an agreement aimed at normalizing relations between Turkey and Israel, the Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly criticized Israel’s strikes on Gaza in response to yesterday’s attack on Sderot, when a rocket was shot into the city from Gaza. “Normalization of relations with Israel does not mean that we

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