Warner Bros. finds itself in an awkward situation with Gal Gadot, the star of its most important movie of the year, “Justice League,” which debuts Friday. At the center of the issue is the studio’s relationship with embattled filmmaker Brett Ratner, who has been accused by several women of a range of sexual misconduct. A
President Trump has reportedly asked China President Xi Jinping to help resolve the shoplifting case against three UCLA men’s basketball players, according to the Washington Post. The three players — LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley — were arrested last week while on a trip in China for allegedly stealing sunglasses from a Louis
WASHINGTON — House Democrats will have an excellent opportunity to question Attorney General Jeff Sessions — again — about the Donald Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia when he appears Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee. Prominent on their list of queries: Why did Sessions never previously mention he had been in a March 2016 meeting
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USABy Judah Ari Gross Israeli forces arrested a top commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in the West Bank early Monday morning, a day after Jerusalem warned the group amid rising tensions over Gaza The Shin Bet security service confirmed that Tariq Qa’adan was picked up by the Israel Defense Forces in Arrabeh,
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Middle EastA sixth woman came forward Monday accusing George H.W. Bush of inappropriate touching — this time, a young woman who says the former president groped her when she was 16. Roslyn Corrigan said the alleged incident occurred during an event she attended with her parents in 2003, at the Central Intelligence Agency’s offices in The
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USABy TOI staff Israel announced on Monday it will not allow a group of European officials to visit Israel due to their efforts to promote boycotts of the Jewish state. Interior Minister Aryeh Deri announced in a statement that he will adopt the recommendation of Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan to deny entry to the
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK — A fifth woman has come forward to accuse former Alabama chief justice Roy Moore of inappropriate sexual conduct. Beverly Young Nelson, 55, said Moore, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate, assaulted her when she was a 16-year-old high school student working as a waitress in Gadsden, Ala. Nelson said Moore had
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USANEWARK, N.J. — Jurors considering criminal corruption charges against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez on Monday told the judge overseeing the case they were deadlocked and asked for help on what to do next. The note sent to the courtroom said: “As of 2pm, on behalf of all jurors, we cannot reach a unanimous decision on
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USAU.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, virtually ignoring discussion of Duterte’s human rights record in carrying out thousands of extrajudicial killings in his war against drug suspects. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said human rights “briefly came up in the context of the Philippines’ fight against illegal drugs”
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International, USATEHRAN, Iran — Wailing survivors crowded hospital emergency rooms as rescue teams and sniffer dogs combed through rubble for bodies Monday following a powerful earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border that killed more than 400 people and left thousands injured, Iranian officials said. Behnam Saeedi, a spokesman for Iran’s crisis management headquarters, told state-run Channel 6
By Raphael Ahren Israel offered sympathy but no immediate assistance to Iran and Iraq to help the countries deal with the aftermath of a destructive earthquake Sunday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon said Monday he was unaware of any aid offered to the two countries, neither of which have diplomatic ties with Israel. In fact,
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Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release)–Israeli Pres. Reuven Rivlin urged cooperation and mutual understanding in a speech Monday night to the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly in Los Angeles. Rivlin addressed major issues confronting Jews and Israel, including prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, regional security in the Middle East, and divisions in Israeli society. Rivlin took on
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Middle East, USABy Jacob Magid The leader of a Jewish extremist group will be indicted, pending a hearing, on charges of incitement to violence, racism and terrorism, the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. The allegations against Lehava head Bentzi Gopstein relate to a number of inflammatory public statements he made between 2012 and 2017. Gopstein’s far-right
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Middle EastSexual assault charges targeting a prominent Islamic scholar have left many European Muslims stunned, and triggered sharply disparate reactions within the multi-faceted community, even as many fear a broader backlash. Swiss-born theologian Tariq Ramadan took a leave of absence from teaching at Oxford University last week, following complaints of rape and assault filed by two
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