International

Regev blasts ‘racist’ Lebanese athletes for refusal to travel with Israelis

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev on Sunday decried the Lebanese Olympic delegation’s refusal to travel on the same bus as their Israeli counterparts as “anti-Semitism” and “the worst kind of racism.” On Friday, Lebanese Olympic athletes attempted to block the Israeli team from traveling with them to the opening ceremony, according to a report […]

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Celebrities gift an ambucycle to United Hatzalah

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Recently retired NBA all-star Amare Stoudemire and current NBA star Omri Casspi on Friday afternoon, Aug. 5, gifted their friend, Entourage TV actor Jeremy Piven, with a life-saving ambucycle. The ambucycle immediately became part of Israel’s national emergency medical services (EMS) organization, United Hatzalah’s, response team. “Just the idea that we can use

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

The Olympic Museum: A Gold Medal experience in Lausanne, Switzerland

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Aug. 6, 2016 – Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin, was a dreamer who revived the Olympic Games in 1896. Though it was an idealistic concept to unite the countries of the world through athletic competition, the baron believed the games should encompass three things: athleticism, art and culture. Baron de Coubertin (Wikipedia)

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International, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food

Iran defends mass execution, hits back at criticism from West

Tehran (dpa) – Iran defended its mass execution of criminals as a means of tackling terrorism on Saturday, days after 20 men described as members of an extremist and criminal Sunni group were hanged in a single day. “We are doing everything to protect our people from terrorists,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi was quoted

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Middle East

US airstrike kills three al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen

Washington (dpa) – The United States killed three members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in an airstrike in central Yemen, US military authorities announced Friday. The airstrike, which took place on Thursday, occurred in Shabwah Governorate, US Central Command said in a statement. “AQAP remains a significant threat to the region, the United

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Middle East, USA

GOP congressman rapped for charging Obama is ‘playing for some other team’

WASHINGTON — After Rep. Lee Zeldin created a firestorm for publicly musing whether US President Barack Obama is “playing for some other team,” liberal Jewish organizations castigated the GOP congressman for suggesting their commander in chief is secretly acting as a foreign agent. In a statement Wednesday, Zeldin responded to a Wall Street Journal report

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Middle East, USA

Portugal’s Antonio Guterres ‘still in the lead’ in UN top spot ballot

A second secret UN Security Council ballot suggests former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres remains the front-runner to become the United Nations’ next Secretary-General. Diplomats say he received 11 favourable votes in the encourage, discourage or no opinion tally. Each of the 15 member states cast a vote. Guterres came out with 12 encourages and

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International

Mike Pence: ‘Whole world’ knows $400M to Iran was ‘ransom payment’

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Friday that while President Obama might claim otherwise, the whole world knows that a $400 million payment to Iran in January as American hostages were being released was a “ransom.” “Most Americans are reeling this week with the news that the Obama administration delivered 400 million in cash to the

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Middle East, USA

Russia fires back at Obama’s criticism on Syria

Russia on Friday hit back at American criticism over Syria, accusing Washington of lacking trust in Moscow and not behaving as a true partner. “The United States sometimes don’t behave as partners when dealing with us on Syrian issues and are not always ready to negotiate on equal grounds,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told

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International, Middle East, USA