International

Trump lashes out at ‘haters and fools’ over criticism of his meeting with Putin

DA NANG, Vietnam—President Donald Trump lashed out at critics of his meeting Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which Trump again declined to press concerns about Russian interference in the election last year. In a pair of tweets sent Saturday evening, Trump wrote that Russia “can greatly help” U.S. efforts to deal with a […]

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International, USA

APEC summit: ‘TPP’ free trade push continues despite Trump withdrawal

The Trump-Putin factor has focussed much attention, with all eyes on handshakes and words exchanged between the US and Russian leaders. But other headlines are being made at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam. On the sidelines there has been an annoucement of progress by countries in pursuing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

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International, USA

Trump, Putin agree ‘no military solution’ in Syria: Kremlin

The United States and Russia issued a presidential joint statement saying there was “no military solution” to the war in Syria, the Kremlin said Saturday, after their leaders met briefly on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam. There had been mixed messages for days from both Moscow and the White House on whether

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International, USA

‘We need Lebanon as a peaceful space’, says Egypt’s former foreign minister

Amr Moussa, longtime Secretary General of the Arab League and former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Egypt, took time out to chat with FRANCE 24 during the international MEDays Forum this week in Tangier, Morocco. A speaker at this year’s MEDays Forum — an annual talkfest billed as the “Davos of Africa” — Mr Moussa

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Middle East

Ex-Trump aide Flynn rejects ‘kidnap cleric plot’ reports

The lawyer for former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn has branded as “outrageous” and “false” media reports suggesting that his client may have been involved in an alleged plan to seize a Muslim cleric and deliver him to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars. Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania,

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International, USA

Trump says Putin ‘means it’ when he says he didn’t meddle in U.S. election

DA NANG, Vietnam — With new details emerging about contacts between Russian officials and advisers to President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Trump again declined to press concerns about Russian interference in the election last year with Russian President Vladimir Putin while the two leaders met in Vietnam Saturday. “Every time he sees me, he

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International, USA

N. Korea Slams Trump for Trying to Halt Its Nuclear, Missile Programs

North Korea denounced U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday for trying to halt the North’s nuclear and missile programs. The North Korean Foreign Ministry issued its first official statement on Trump’s trip to Asia, saying it “is a warmonger’s trip for confrontation with our country, trying to remove our self-defensive nuclear deterrent.” Pyongyang also accused

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International, USA

Sara Netanyahu ex-employee: She screamed at me, ‘You’re a lump of nothing’

By TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff A former worker in the Prime Minister’s Residence, who filed an abuse lawsuit recently against Sara Netanyahu, said she feared for her safety while working for the prime minister’s wife. “I do not know what would have happened if I had stayed there another minute,” Shira Raban said in

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Middle East

Indonesian museum removes Nazi-themed exhibit after outrage

An Indonesian museum that allowed visitors to take selfies with a life-size wax sculpture of Hitler against a backdrop of Auschwitz concentration camp has removed the exhibit following international outrage, the manager said Saturday. De ARCA Statue Art Museum in the Javanese city of Jogjakarta drew swift condemnation from rights groups after details of the

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International, Jewish History

To honor WWII vet, seafaring Torah scroll to sail on new US Navy supercarrier

By Rich Tenorio As Americans give thanks to their military veterans, a unique Torah scroll aboard the US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier will honor one veteran in particular — and it’s the centerpiece in remembering 100 years of outreach efforts to Jewish servicemembers. On November 29, in Norfolk, Virginia, the JCC Association of North America

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Jewish History, USA

Is steamy film on Russian Tsar cause of arson attacks on Moscow Jewish targets?

By Julie Masis A recent Molotov cocktail attack on a Moscow Jewish community center can be attributed to a new movie about the Russian Tsar, the Jewish community believes. Security footage caught a man tossing two Molotov cocktails over the wall of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia building overnight on September 12. Fortunately,

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast