International

Austrian top court mulls whether Hitler house seizure was legal

Vienna (dpa) – Austria’s decision to seize Adolf Hitler’s birth house from its owner is at the centre of a Constitutional Court case that pits the right to private ownership against Austria’s historical duty to prevent neo-Nazi activities. On Thursday, the court in Vienna started hearing a complaint against the expropriation that was filed by

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International, Jewish History

Why the latest wave of terrorism will get worse before it gets better

By Bruce Newsome, Lecturer in International Relations, University of California, Berkeley. The latest attacks in London and Manchester – like last year’s attacks in Orlando, Florida and St. Cloud, Minnesota – epitomize what I call the newest form of terrorism. The newest terrorists aim to kill as many people as possible, as frequently as possible,

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International

Trump Asked Intel Chiefs to Deny U.S.-Russia Collusion

President Donald Trump asked two top American intelligence official to say there was no collusion between his election campaign and Russia, the officials told special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation team last week. Multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Admiral Mike

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International, USA

France’s Macron Endorses Russia, Assad Against ISIS

The recently elected French president said Wednesday he is looking to drastically change his country’s course on Syria and will no longer seek the removal of the war-torn country’s leader. The move comes as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over Syria’s future. In an interview with eight European newspapers, French President Emmanuel Macron

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International, Middle East

Iraqi General: Bombing of Mosul’s Grand Mosque a ‘Historical Crime’

Islamic State fighters on Wednesday blew up Mosul’s Grand Mosque of al-Nuri, one of Iraq’s most important architectural and religious landmarks, as security forces closed in on the historic site, according to Iraqi and U.S. commanders. They dismissed claims by IS propagandists accusing coalition warplanes of destroying the mosque where jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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Middle East

Kushner in Middle East

With no previous diplomatic experience, Jared Kushner has been talking peace in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump’s special adviser, who also happens to be his son-in-law, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a friend of his father, in Jerusalem. Ok, I’m confused now. Is Jared Kushner the Secretary of State? If not,

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Middle East, USA

These American kids are adapting to new lives in El Salvador after their dad was deported

When Waldo Martínez left Sensuntepeque in the early ’90s, escaping El Salvador’s civil war, he never thought he’d be back 25 years later with an American wife and four Las Vegas-born kids. Sensuntepeque is a picturesque town about two hours from San Salvador. Cobbled streets weave around the mountain; old stone buildings dot the bustling

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International, USA

Silicon Valley’s Congressman Has Questions For Jeff Bezos

Ro Khanna represents Silicon Valley in Congress and he has raised campaign cash from Internet moguls — but that doesn’t mean he thinks antitrust regulators should go easy on the tech industry. Instead, the freshman Democratic congressman this week became the first federal lawmaker to raise red flags about Amazon’s proposed acquisition of Whole Foods

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Travel and Food, USA

Trump Says He Doesn’t Want Poor People in Cabinet Roles

President Donald Trump defended his appointment of several billionaires—including the former President of Goldman Sachs—to his Cabinet and senior posts at a 2020 election campaign rally in Iowa Wednesday. “In those particular positions I just don’t want a poor person. Does that make sense?” Trump said during the rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, referring mainly

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USA

In landmark ruling, El Al ordered to end policy of asking women to move seats

Holocaust survivor Renee Rabinowitz wins suit against Israel’s national carrier over flight attendants’ request she change place after ultra-Orthodox man refused to sit beside her By Raoul Wootliff Passengers observes the runway from a window at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, April 21, 2013. (Flash90) Israel’s national carrier El Al must no longer

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Middle East, Travel and Food, USA