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Suspect in Texas shooting was court-martialed for assault on his spouse and child

WASHINGTON — The man authorities have identified as the shooter in the massacre at a Texas church was give a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force three years ago after being court-martialed for assault, a military spokeswoman confirmed Sunday. Federal law prohibits a person who has been dishonorably discharged from buying a firearm. Whether

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Here’s where Anthony Weiner’s going for his first day of prison

Anthony Weiner Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner begins his prison sentence of nearly two years Monday at Federal Medical Center Devens, a male-only federal prison facility in Massachusetts, according to the New York Daily News. The 53-year-old was tried and convicted of one count of transferring obscene material to a 15-year-old. In September, he

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2 Netanyahu associates detained for questioning in submarine affair

By Alexander Fulbright Police on Sunday morning detained two confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for interrogation in the investigation into suspected corruption in the purchase of naval vessels from a German shipbuilder. While police did not reveal the identities of the two, multiple reports named one of them as David Shimron, Netanyahu’s cousin and

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Middle East

US-Israel fund to invest $4.8 million in clean energy projects

By Shoshanna Solomon A program funded by the US Department of Energy and Israel’s Ministry of Energy and the Israel Innovation Authority will finance five joint Israel-US clean energy projects for a total of $4.8 million. Each project addresses energy challenges and opportunities of interest to both countries, while focusing on commercializing clean energy technologies

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Middle East, USA

Palestinian Authority claims Israel backs al-Qaeda in Syria

By Dov Lieber The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry on Saturday claimed the Israeli government was supporting terrorist groups that attacked a Druze town in southern Syria, but then reversed its policy after the Druze community in Israel protested. In a highly unusual move, Israel on Friday said it would intervene in the Syrian Civil War

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Trump says he’s ‘open’ to meeting with N. Korean leader

US President Donald Trump would “certainly be open” to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, he said in an interview broadcast Sunday as he began an extended Asian tour. Asked by journalist Sharyl Attkisson, host of the “Full Measure” TV show, whether he would “ever consider sitting down with the dictator,” Trump said he

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Sacked Catalonian leader Puigdemont, four other turn themselves into Belgian police

Sacked Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont and four associates turned himself in to Belgian police on Sunday, the Brussels prosecutor’s office said, following Spain’s issuing of an arrest warrant. He is wanted by Madrid for actions related to his push for the region’s secession from Spain. Puigdemont’s move comes as two polls suggested pro-Catalonia independence parties

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Lindsey Graham calls for special counsel probes of Democrat ties to Russia, Fusion GPS, Uranium One

Sen. Lindsey Graham called Sunday on a special counsel to investigate the Democratic Party’s links to Russian involvement with the Fusion GPS dossier and Uranium One deal, adding that President Trump should stay out of it. “I think we need a special counsel to investigate the Fusion GPS episode between the Democratic Party, Mr. [Christopher]

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Saudi-led Coalition Intensifies Airstrikes on Houthis after Intercepting Ballistic Missile

Saudi Arabia and its allied forces launched a new wave of airstrikes on targets in neighboring Yemen, where Riyadh has been leading a military alliance against Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi militant forces since March 2015. Alhurra reported the airstrikes targeted the National Security building and the Ministry of Interior and other positions Sunday in the capital,

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Middle East

‘This is a crisis of national identity,’ Lebanese minister tells FRANCE 24

A day after Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri unexpectedly resigned saying he feared for his life, Education Minister Marwan Hamade told FRANCE 24 his country is facing an identity crisis, caught between Saudi Arabia and Iran. In announcing his resignation on Saturday from the Saudi capital Riyadh, Hariri accused Iran and Hezbollah – Tehran’s ally

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Middle East

Dozens killed in mass shooting at small-town Baptist church in Texas, say officials

crimescene As many as 27 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Witnesses say the shooter entered the church at about 11:30 am local time and began firing, with some reporting he reloaded at least once, per KSAT and the Daily Mail. He reportedly entered the

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