International

John McCain ‘no’ vote kills Obamacare repeal effort in Senate

Drained by self-inflicted wounds, shifting aims and unrelenting protests, Republicans’ push to kill off President Obama’s signature health law sputtered out of gas early Friday, as Senate leaders failed to rally the votes for a significantly pared-down repeal bill in a vote after midnight. Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who stormed back to Washington

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Tunisia passes landmark law to ‘end all violence’ against women

Tunisia’s parliament has approved a bill aimed at ending “all violence against women” in a move welcomed by rights groups. The new law, which is expected to enter into force next year, defines violence against women as “any physical, moral, sexual or economic aggression” against women based on discrimination between the two sexes. It includes

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Middle East

Report: Japanese defence minister to quit amid cover-up scandal

Tokyo (dpa) – Japan’s Defence Minister Tomomi Inada is set to step down amid mounting criticism over an alleged cover-up of daily reports on Japanese troops deployed in South Sudan as UN peacekeepers, local media reported Friday. The resignation would deal another severe blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government. Abe has seen his cabinet’s

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Jerusalem police chief threatens casualties if protests continue

‘Don’t test us,’ Yoram Halevi warns Muslim worshipers after removal of Temple Mount security measures and ahead of Friday prayers By Raoul Wootliff Jerusalem District Police Commander, Yoram Halevi gives a statement to the media about recent events at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City, July 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Following the removal of

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Middle East

US orders departure of diplomat family members from Venezuela

Washington (dpa) – Washington on Thursday ordered the departure of all diplomat family members from its embassy in Caracas, the US State Department said, citing an “unpredictable” political and security situation. It also said it had authorized the voluntary departure of US government employees, and warned US citizens from travelling to the South American country,

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International, USA

FBI: Cruise ship passenger killed wife because ‘she would not stop laughing at me’

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A man accused of killing his wife Tuesday aboard a cruise ship off Southeast Alaska was caught trying to drag her body to the balcony of their blood-splattered cabin, according to an FBI criminal complaint. Kenneth Manzanares, 39, of Santa Clara, Utah, has been arrested on murder charges in the killing of

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Travel and Food, USA

In pictures, the 70th anniversary of the SS Exodus in Haifa

Israelis honor the sacrifice made by over 4,500 Holocaust survivors and potential immigrants who were sent back to Germany by the British By Laura Ben-David Survivors gathered around the Exodus memorial, July 18, 2017. (Laura Ben-David) Froma Galant with Natan Sharansky at the Exodus memorial, July 18, 2017. (Times of Israel/Laura Ben-David) A survivor at

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Jewish History, Middle East

Leader of Boy Scouts apologizes for Trump’s ‘political rhetoric’ at jamboree

DALLAS — After backlash over President Donald Trump’s speech at Boy Scouts of America’s national gathering in West Virginia, the chief executive of Irving-based organization apologized Thursday for “political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree.” In a letter published online Thursday, Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh said the group invited President Donald Trump because

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USA

Pakistan arrests 28 people after ‘revenge rape’ of teenage girl

ISLAMABAD — Mohammad Ashfaq, a villager in Pakistan’s Punjab province, came to the village council with a harrowing complaint: His 12-year-old sister had been raped by a 15-year-old boy, a distant cousin. The council, or jirga, prescribed an equally harrowing punishment: Ashfaq, 20, should publicly rape the boy’s sister, who is 16. Ashfaq carried out

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International

White House calls for ‘thorough investigation’ of Debbie Wasserman Schultz staffer scandal

The White House called Thursday for a thorough investigation related to the arrest of an IT staffer for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz who remained on the job and with congressional computer access for about five months after FBI began investigating him for fraud. “I do think it is something we should fully look into and

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International, USA

‘We are Jews Again’ tells of Refuseniks’ progress

“We Are Jews Again,” Jewish Activism in the Soviet Union by Yuli Kosharovsky, translated by Stefani Hoffman, edited by Ann Komaromi, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, © 2017, ISBN 978-0-8156-3519-2, p. 319, plus appendices, notes, bibliography, and index, $37.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  Many Jews participated in the 1917 Russian Revolution, ousting

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History

Thousands attend funerals of terrorists who killed two cops at Temple Mount

Some 3,000 people gather in Umm al-Fahm for burials of Arab-Israelis, all relatives, who shot dead Israeli Druze police officers near compound on July 14 By Times of Israel staff The funerals in Umm al-Fahm on July 26, 2017 of the three terrorists who killed two Israeli police officers in a shooting attack on the

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Middle East

With his royal duties piling up, Prince William just made a big announcement about his career as an air ambulance pilot

The Duke of Cambridge is stepping down from his career as an air ambulance pilot. On Thursday, Kensington Palace released confirmed it was Prince William’s last day as an air ambulance pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance. William joined the EEAA as an ambulance pilot in March 2015 after flying rescue helicopters with the

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