By TOI staff A military court sentenced 23-year-old Malek Ahmed Mousa Hamed of the Palestinian town of Silwad to two life sentences for the murder in April of IDF soldier Sgt. Elhai Teharlev. Hamed was convicted of Teharlev’s murder, three counts of attempted murder, one count of belonging to an illegal organization — the Hamas
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Middle EastEx-Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic has been convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. He was on trial at the UN tribunal on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, accused of ordering the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica. The court sentenced the 74-year-old to life imprisonment. This is the
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InternationalEight people were rescued and three are missing after a U.S. Navy transport plane crashed Wednesday into the western Pacific Ocean. The Navy said the twin-propeller C2-A Greyhound aircraft plummeted into the sea about 925 kilometers southeast of Okinawa while it was on a routine mission taking passengers and cargo from a U.S. base in
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International, USARep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, issued an apology Wednesday after a nude photo of him and illicit texts he sent circulated online. “While separated from my second wife, prior to the divorce, I had sexual relationships with other mature adult women,” said Barton. “Each was consensual. Those relationships have ended. I am sorry I
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USAThe wife of Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has been her husband’s biggest defender amid a storm of allegations concerning relationships with teenage girls. Yet it has emerged that Kayla Moore was also a minor, and he very much an adult, when her future husband first took an interest in her. Related: What Is
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USAJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, one of America’s beloved presidents, was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas. Wednesday marks the 54th year after Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. He was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Kennedy was 43-years-old when he became the president, the youngest ever elected. He was the only president
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USAKate McClure had never run out of gas before – so when she pushed the limits of her fuel light and found herself rolling to a stop outside of Philadelphia with an empty tank last month, she was nervous. She was about to start hiking to the nearest gas station when Johnny wandered up to
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USAPresident Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner urged him to fire former FBI Director James Comey during meetings with other top officials in the lead up to Comey’s dismissal in May. Four people familiar with the discussions confirmed to The Wall Street Journal Tuesday that Kushner pushed for Comey to be replaced. One
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USADoctors might soon be able to diagnose ADHD with a brain scan instead of relying solely on symptom descriptions. A team of scientists taking MRIs of kids and teenagers who had recently been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder found that three of their brain regions were shaped differently from what is found in healthy
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Stuart Winer A group of some 40 Israelis were expelled from Cyprus on Tuesday after they were stopped on their way to hotels in the northern section of the island, which has been occupied by Turkey since 1974. The measure came as Cypriot authorities enforced a crackdown against visits to the area, a popular
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Middle EastAdditional remains of a U.S. soldier killed in a mysterious Niger ambush were reportedly found in the African nation earlier this month — even though his funeral had already been held, with his widow questioning whether he was even in the casket. The military and an FBI team in Niger discovered more remains of Sgt.
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International, USABy Jon Marks PHILADELPHIA — A new team, new city, new culture — and best of all, a new baby. Life couldn’t be much better these days for Omri Casspi, the only native Israeli currently playing in the National Basketball Association. His time on the court may be limited, but that happens when you’re a
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USABy Dov Lieber A Russian-born Israeli Jew walks into a mosque in Medina carrying his tefillin. It could be the start of a joke, but for some Muslims, this real-life incident is anything but funny. Ben Tzion, who has recently been traveling to visit holy sites across the Muslim world — from Tehran to Qom;
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Middle EastA small but picturesque village on Jerusalem’s hillside may soon be transformed forever. Lifta, an historic village in a bucolic spot at the entrance to Jerusalem, is at the center of a preservation fight over an Israeli plan to build villas there. The village, located on the outskirts of Jerusalem, is on a tentative list
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