The emir of Kuwait says the threat of war between Qatar and Arab nations blockading it for the past three months has been neutralised. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah, the main mediator in the Gulf dispute, spoke in Washington, DC on Thursday at a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump. While both sides […]
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Middle East, USAYou can’t miss the dire headlines, warning of Hurricane Irma’s perilous journey toward Florida and the US eastern seaboard. Far less attention, however, is focusing on the fact that the deadly storm has already caused significant damage on American soil. “The US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have already been decimated by this hurricane,” says
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USAMUMBAI, India — She was once synonymous with the struggle against oppression. In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, she called for “a world free from the displaced, the homeless and the hopeless.” But Aung San Suu Kyi has missed perhaps her greatest opportunity to make good on those words as the leader of Myanmar’s first
The Trump administration has no clear plans to offer aid to Mexico following a massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds, despite the Mexican government’s explicit offer to provide support to Texas following Hurricane Harvey. A spokesperson for the National Security Council tells Newsweek the U.S. government has offered
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International, USAORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Irma has forced Florida attractions — including Walt Disney World’s four theme parks — to close their doors to guests for multiple days, starting Saturday evening. Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme parks will close at 7 p.m. Saturday, followed by Magic Kingdom and Epcot at 9 p.m. All
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The World We Share, Travel and Food, USATRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position in Donald Trump’s White House because of his reaction to the infamous “Access Hollywood” video released just before last year’s election, the president’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, told CBS. The leaked video featured a conversation between Trump, then a reality television
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USADonald Trump has an undeniable obsession with size—of everything from crowds to, well, body parts. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that the president reportedly couldn’t help but note with displeasure that a Kuwaiti leader’s plane was bigger than his. Related: Trump Is Obsessed With The Size Of Crowds, Hands And Now Hurricanes Emir Sabah
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Middle East, USAAnd a hurricane may be on the way. A map showing the intensity of shaking during the September 7 earthquake off the coast of Mexico. USGS A massive magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Mexico just before midnight on Thursday. The quake—widely considered to be among the strongest to ever hit the country—originated deep in the Earth
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International, The World We ShareSeven first responders filed a lawsuit Thursday against a chemical company whose Houston-area facility exploded after Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit against Arkema and three of the company’s executives is seeking over $1 million in monetary relief, and alleges that the company did not adequately warn law enforcement and public health agencies about hazardous materials at
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USALOS ANGELES — The University of California sued the Trump administration Friday for rescinding protections for immigrant students without legal status, saying it unconstitutionally violates their rights on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim.” The lawsuit filed in the northern district of California is the first legal effort by a university to block the Trump
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EL CAJON, California — Iveth Estrada didn’t know she was an undocumented immigrant until shortly before she enrolled at Cuyamaca College. She didn’t know while growing up with her family in Spring Valley. She didn’t know while competing with the varsity swim and water polo teams at Monte Vista High School. “I only found out
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy David Anderson Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You’ve watched the news and seen a multitude prostrating and praying in the Mosque at Mecca. Well the closest you’ll get is watching it on TV because the city where Mohammed (PBUH*) founded Islam is actually a forbidden city for non-Muslims: there’s an ID check a few
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Middle EastJudas by Amos Oz; Hebrew Language, Keter Books. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Amos Oz, the doyen of Hebrew writers, was not awarded the prestigious International Man Booker literary prize, which went instead to David Grossman’s book, A Horse Walks into a Bar. Having read both books in the original Hebrew, I am unable to
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastSen. Al Franken, D-Minn., seems determined to block a judicial nominee from his home state. On Tuesday, Franken announced his intent to obstruct Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras, the president’s nominee to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, by refusing to return Stras’s blue slip. Why jam up the confirmation of a well-respected state
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