The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, has been rattled by a sex scandal as a high-profile man with close ties to the institution has been accused of assault against several women. The #MeToo campaign exposing sexual misconduct which began in Hollywood has shaken artistic, media and political circles in Sweden, one of
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InternationalBy TOI staff Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Friday informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is stepping down after the government signed a deal for ongoing infrastructure work on rail lines to continue this Shabbat. The government is now trying to reach a deal whereby Litzman, who leads the Hasidic faction within the ultra-Orthodox
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Middle EastIvanka Trump came to the defense of former first daughter Malia Obama Friday on Twitter after multiple reports appeared in the news detailing the eldest Obama daughter’s life in college. “Malia Obama should be allowed the same privacy as her school aged peers,” Trump wrote. “She is a young adult and private citizen, and should
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USAMauritania has moved to strengthen a law criminalising apostasy and blasphemy, after a court in the West African nation ordered the release of a local blogger who faced the death penalty for allegedly criticising the Prophet Muhammad. An amendment to Article 306 of the country’s penal code will now see the death penalty applied to
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InternationalWASHINGTON — When he was named special counsel in May, Robert S. Mueller III was hailed as the ideal lawman — deeply experienced, strait-laced and nonpartisan — to investigate whether President Donald Trump’s campaign had helped with Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The accolades squared with Mueller’s valor as a Marine rifle platoon
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USASyria’s main opposition has again ruled out a role for President Bashar al-Assad in any UN-backed peace deal. The alliance made clear its stance at a meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh ahead of the next round of peace talks in Geneva. There had been widespread speculation it may soften its stance because of Assad’s
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — Sen. Al Franken plans to stay in the U.S. Senate and try to win back Minnesotans’ trust. The Minnesota Democrat, who has been accused by four women — two of them anonymously — of inappropriate contact, issued a Thanksgiving afternoon apology and pledge. He wrote that he “feels terribly that I’ve made some
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USAEmmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in Friday as Zimbabwe’s new president, ending 37 years of authoritarian rule by Robert Mugabe. Earlier this month, on Nov. 5, Mnangagwa was fired from his position as Zimbabwe’s vice president amid a succession struggle with Mugabe’s wife, Grace. Two weeks later, the 75-year-old politician was sworn into office as the
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InternationalAt least 235 people were killed and scores more injured when gunmen stormed a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives and firing on worshippers during Friday prayers, authorities said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault in the town of Bir Abd, about 25 miles from the North Sinai provincial
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Middle EastThe information-sharing deal between President Donald Trump’s legal team and that of former national security adviser Mike Flynn has been a “scandal,” as well “ethically dubious” and could be construed as form of “witness tampering,” according to a top legal expert. University of New Hampshire professor and attorney Seth Abramson shared his opinions in a
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USASaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has denounced Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the “new Hitler of the Middle East”, as tensions simmer between the regional rivals. Saudi Arabia and its arch-rival Iran have traded a bitter war of words after a missile fired from Yemen was intercepted near Riyadh airport on November
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Middle EastBy 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