International

Alaska newspaper files for bankruptcy protection, finds new owners

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Alaska’s largest newspaper filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Saturday evening and new owners — an Alaska family that made its fortune hauling freight and tourists on the Yukon River and its tributaries, and a company that owns rural newspapers in the state — have been lined up. Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff, […]

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USA

Departure of Syrian rebels and refugees from Lebanon raises specter of forced returns

BEIRUT—For the second time a matter of weeks, thousands of rebel fighters and civilian refugees who had found a haven in Lebanon are being sent back to Syria to live in what is being billed as a “safe zone” in the war-torn country. Depending on the point of view, the transfers are humanitarian gestures to

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Middle East

Rivlin rejects ex-president Katsav’s appeal for eased parole

Convicted rapist who was freed last year asked sitting president to end his curfew and ban on leaving country By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011, after the court unanimously upheld the Tel Aviv District Court’s rape conviction. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

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Middle East

Ivanka Trump condemns racist extremism after Charlottesville protests

Washington (dpa) – Ivanka Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to denounce racism and right-wing extremism, a day after her father faced criticism for not directly condemning deadly white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. “There should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis,” Ivanka Trump wrote, calling on Americans to come

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USA

Iranian parliament raises budget for missile programme

Tehran (dpa) – The Iranian parliament on Sunday voted unanimously for a bill to increase the budget for its missile programme as well as the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) militia. The proposed law is Tehran’s answer to the latest sanctions by the United States against Iran’s missile programme, state media reported. More than

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