Syria’s army accused Israeli warplanes of hitting one of its positions Thursday, killing two people in an attack that a monitor said targeted a site where the regime allegedly produces chemical weapons. Israel, without confirming it was behind the attack, indirectly warned Syria and its Shiite allies, which have gained the upper hand militarily in […]
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Middle EastThe head of Israel”s Military Intelligence Directorate, Major General Hertzi Halevi, warned Thursday evening that the Iranian regime is flooding the Middle East with weapons, and is arming most of the organizations dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state. Speaking at a memorial service for Israel”s Sixth President, Chaim Herzog held at the Rabin
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Middle EastSince it began operating in 1999, Birthright Israel has brought some 600,000 young Diaspora Jews to visit Israel, with the aim of strengthening ties between Jews abroad and the Jewish state, and to foster Jewish identity among Diaspora youth. With a clearly non-partisan agenda and a diverse set of trips catering to Orthodox Jews, members
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — On the heels of a clash between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Virginia last month, Rep. Barbara Lee wants statues of Confederate heroes removed from the U.S. Capitol. The California Democrat filed legislation Thursday that would require that all statues of people who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America be removed from
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USASteve Bannon, President Trump’s former top strategist, has harsh criticism for U.S. Catholic bishops in an interview set to air Sunday on CBS. Mr. Trump’s revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the Roman Catholic Church’s stance on illegal immigration were on the docket during a recent interview between Charlie Rose
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan’s wobbly standing with staunch conservatives took a fresh hit Thursday, and while critical colleagues stopped short of demanding his ouster, they made it clear they were not content with his performance. Conservatives, optimistic and enthusiastic earlier this year over the prospect of a Republican president and GOP control of
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USAWASHINGTON — Longtime staffer Nadeam Elshami will step down as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff later this month, raising fresh questions about how long Pelosi intends to remain in office. Pelosi, D-Calif., has said that she planned to retire if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency last November, but she has appeared
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said military action against North Korea remains an option to counter its nuclear missile program, speaking ahead of a weekend when Pyongyang is expected to make another provocative move advancing its effort. “Military action would certainly be an option,” Trump said at a White House news conference alongside
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International, USAA federal appeals court on Thursday denied the Trump administration’s request to block more foreigners from Muslim nations from entering the U.S. under its travel ban and removed restrictions on all refugee resettlement, which could open the door for thousands of blocked refugees to resume travel to the U.S. The decision by the 9th U.S.
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USAHurricane Irma is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever, and Wednesday night the storm skirted Puerto Rico. The Category 5 storm has had sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. The storm moved northwest towards the Dominican Republic and Haiti Thursday morning, and will possibly make landfall in the U.S. this weekend. The
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USAShe struck during the night, trailing devastation in her wake: Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic, showed no mercy to the leeward islands as she barrelled through the Antilles. Officials from the French-controlled half of St Martin say the island has been 95% destroyed. Buildings were torn apart, trees uprooted,
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InternationalAnd what comes next in sorting these giant storms. An image of Irma captured by the Suomi NPP satellite. UWM/SSEC/CIMSS, William Straka III Before Harvey, or Irma, or Katrina, there was Camille. With winds so powerful that they knocked out wind gauges in Mississippi, the epic strength of Hurricane Camille was monstrous. But before it
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USADonald Trump’s dalliance with Democrats continued Thursday, as the Republican president sent out a tweet at the request of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. During a phone conversation initiated by Trump, Pelosi asked the president to send a tweet making clear that Dreamers would not be subject to deportation during a six-month window Congress has
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USAHurricane Irma has decimated the small Caribbean island of Barbuda, ripping apart buildings, uprooting trees and killing at least one person as its 185-mph winds swept across the two-island nation best known for its pristine sandy beaches. “Barbuda is totally destroyed,” Roderick Faustin, first secretary for the Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda in Washington told
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