International

President Trump’s awkward handshake moment with the first lady has the internet buzzing

First lady Melania Trump shared an awkward moment with her husband, President Donald Trump, on Friday during an appearance at a military base near Washington, D.C. Goofy @realDonaldTrump and his wife Melania Trump. Dude gave her the side ting hand shake pic.twitter.com/VwwZ5jbTC0 Watch the video — JR The Darkskin (@iamjtune) September 16, 2017 The president […]

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USA

California lawmakers approve landmark ‘sanctuary state’ bill to expand protections for immigrants

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Saturday passed a “sanctuary state” bill to protect immigrants without legal residency in the U.S., part of a broader push by Democrats to counter expanded deportation orders under the Trump administration. The legislation by Democratic Sen. Kevin de Leon, the most far-reaching of its kind in the country, would

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USA

In New York, Netanyahu says Israel will not tolerate Iranians on northern border

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the main message of his upcoming speech at the United Nations for the annual gathering of world leaders at the 72nd session of the General Assembly would be that Israel would not tolerate an Iranian presence on its northern border with Syria, now in its seventh year of a brutal

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International, Middle East, USA

Morata tells Chelsea fans to stop anti-Semitic chant

Alvaro Morata wants Chelsea fans to call a halt to chanting a song in his honour which includes anti-Semitic language. The 24-year-old Spanish international striker — hoping to add to his three goals against Arsenal on Sunday — told the Daily Mail it did not set a good example to young children attending matches. Chelsea

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International, Sports & Competitions

Labor head: Shaked-Bennett proposal will ‘destroy independence of judiciary’

Labor’s new chief Avi Gabbay said Saturday that a plan unveiled two days earlier, by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett of the nationalist Jewish Home party, to bolster Israel’s constitutional laws at the expense of the Supreme Court would lead to the destruction of the independence of the judiciary. Get The

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Middle East

Actress fails to go undercover as Orthodox Jew for ‘Disobedience’

Canadian actress Rachel McAdams revealed that she tried to go undercover as an Orthodox Jew to prepare for her role in the new film “Disobedience,” which tells the story of two women in a religious community in north London who become romantically involved, but was quickly discovered. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Home sweet eretz!

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It’s two o’clock in the morning as the ‘Fasten Seat-Belts’ sign comes on in the plane bringing us back to Tel Aviv. We anxiously scan the darkness outside for the first signs of the city that never sleeps. And suddenly, there it is. The strings of lights that tell

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

ISIS Takes Credit for London Bomb; U.K. Raises Threat

The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an explosion in London’s subway system on Friday that injured commuters, and it has claimed its followers have planted more bombs in the underground transportation network. “The improvised explosive device bombing in the London metro was conducted by a cell of the Islamic State,” the

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International

Syria’s Assad Sends Thanks to Iran, North Korea

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has expressed his gratitude to the supreme leaders of Iran and North Korea in two recent letters thanking them for standing behind his government, which has been accused by the West of perpetrating human rights abuses throughout a six-year war against jihadists and other insurgent groups. In a letter sent Thursday

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International, Middle East

Trump warns North Korea of ‘overwhelming’ options

Standing before a B-2 stealth bomber and a vast US flag, Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at North Korea warned that advanced US weaponry could make the souls of America’s enemies “crumble.” Addressing several hundred air force personnel after reviewing some of America’s most high-tech fighters jets and bombers, Trump warned that Pyongyang had

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International, USA

Netanyahu to Mexican businesspeople: Invest in Israel

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday met in Mexico City with 16 leading Mexican businesspeople and discussed with them opportunities in the Israeli market and the potential for investment in advanced Israeli technologies. Netanyahu briefed the businesspeople on the developing Israeli cyber and vehicle industries and called on them to invest in Israel. He also

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International, Middle East