By Barry Shaw On December 11, 1917, General Edmund Allenby’s forces officially liberated Jerusalem. Actually, a Jerusalem delegation, led by the mayor, surrendered the city to a pair of British army cooks on December 8. Thus began a comical farce of who received the surrender of the Holy City. The Turkish army and their German […]
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Barry Shaw, International, Jewish History, Middle EastTwo more women came forward Wednesday with allegations of sexual misconduct against junior senator from Minnesota Al Franken at political events years ago. The women spoke to the Huffington Post on conditions of anonymity, citing fears of being harassed online and getting affected at work. The allegations by the women have taken the sexual misconduct
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USAkellyanne-conway A former director of the U.S Office of Government Ethics is claiming that counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway may have violated the Hatch Act with her recent comments about Alabama Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones. Walter Shaub, who served as ethics director under former President Barack Obama, said that Conway may have violated
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The Argentine navy confirmed Thursday that its missing submarine experienced an explosion Nov. 15 in the south Atlantic Ocean but had no information on the fate of the 44 crew members. “There was an anomalous event (which was) unusual, short, violent and non-nuclear, consistent with an explosion,” Argentine navy spokesman Capt.
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International, USAThe intelligence that President Donald Trump leaked to top Russian officials in an Oval Office meeting in May concerned a highly sensitive Israeli special forces mission, it has been revealed. The operation, which took place in February 2017, involved commandos infiltrating an area under the control of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), to place
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Middle East, USAThe Tonight Show/YouTube Here’s something you don’t see every day: people smiling in a New York City subway station! The smiles were induced by an oddly familiar-looking band of street musicians who treated the commuters of NYC to an awesome jam session; they performed a rousing rendition of Elvis’ “Love Me Tender” and an incredibly
When you walk onto a cobblestone square in Place de la Contrescarpe in the Latin quarter of Paris, you’ll see a central fountain surrounded by well-groomed trees and old-fashioned cafés. But you’ll also see an antique sign on the side of a building that’s reignited a controversy. It’s a 19th century painting above a grocery
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsA woman who claimed she was shamed for breastfeeding her son at Disneyland has clapped back at her haters in a cheerful picture. The woman, identified as Brittni Medina, was with her 10-month-old son and husband at Disneyland, Anaheim, California, when the incident took place. According to Medina, her baby needed to be fed and
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USAAn ultra-violent Latino street gang that President Donald Trump has vowed to wipe out beheaded a man and cut out his heart before burying him in a park near the US capital, reports said Wednesday. The victim, who has not yet been identified, was stabbed more than 100 times in Wheaton, Maryland just outside Washington
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International, USAFrance on Wednesday called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over slave-trading in Libya as President Emmanuel Macron blasted the auctioning of Africans as a crime against humanity. “France decided this morning to ask for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss this issue,” Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian
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InternationalIranian warships are set to leave the waters of the Persian Gulf to sail across the world and tour another gulf—the one that lies between the U.S. and Mexico. At a time when Iran is looking to expand and modernize its military in the face of what is seen as a growing U.S. threat, its
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International, Middle East, USATrump (1) The saga between President Trump and LaVar Ball took another turn when the president responded to a tweet early Thanksgiving morning. Opinion writer Greg Sargent published a story in The Washington Post where he argued that Trump’s popular tweetstorms against celebrities since becoming president have had something in common: Let’s be clear about
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USATexas Gov. Greg Abbott escaped injury from a mailed improvised explosive because he didn’t open the package the way it was designed, according to records filed in federal court. Julia Poff, 46, allegedly mailed the package because she was upset her ex-husband had not paid her child support. Abbott oversaw child support when he was
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USAThe international community has pledged over $2 billion, almost half in loans and debt relief, to help rebuild the Caribbean islands decimated by this year’s string of hurricanes. The pledges came from some familiar donors and some surprising new ones. They included The Netherlands’ $700 million pledge, the European Union’s $352 million, quake-recovering Mexico’s $27
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