Istanbul (dpa) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been on the phone to regional leaders following the crisis between Qatar and several Arab Gulf nations, in the hope that the sudden breakdown in relations can be resolved, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Tuesday. Turkey is seen as having a close relationship with Qatar, […]
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Middle EastAfter violent Kafr Kassem protest, furious Arab lawmakers call for strike, say police neglecting to fight crime in Arab towns; Cops minister blames locals who ‘terrorize anyone’ trying to work with law enforcement By Times of Israel staff Police forces in Qafr Kassem on June 6, 2017 (Courtesy) Arab leaders on Tuesday announced a state
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Middle EastMEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities moved Monday to extradite an ex-governor on corruption charges, making him the eighth former Mexican governor facing criminal charges or already convicted. Roberto Borge, who served from 2011 to 2016 as governor of the state of Quintana Roo, which includes Cancun, the country’s major tourist destination, was arrested Sunday in
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InternationalUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had a frosty welcome as he made a brief visit to New Zealand, amid the furore over the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change agreement. Despite a traditional Maori greeting befitting a foreign dignitary after he landed in Wellington, locals made rude gestures at his motorcade as it
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International, USALondon Mayor Sadiq Khan called Monday on the British government to cancel an anticipated state visit by U.S. President Donald Trump after Trump’s tweets criticizing Khan’s response to the radical Islamist attack in London Bridge that killed seven people over the weekend. Trump censured Khan on Sunday but misquoted him. Khan, in his statement after
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International, USAAustralian authorities are treating as “an act of terrorism”, a siege in Melbourne on Monday in which a man was killed along with the assailant. The so-called Islamic State said the gunman was one of its fighters. After shooting the man dead in the foyer of a block of flats in a residential area, he
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InternationalOur swiftly tilting planet Earth rotating at night. NASA Close your eyes and picture what the Earth looks like. You’re probably picturing a circle, mostly blue thanks to the ocean, with swirls of clouds and the occasional green and brown land mass. The entire sphere is floating in a mass of impossible black. You’re picturing
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International, The World We ShareA National Security Agency contractor named Reality Winner, 25, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with retaining and transmitting classified national defense information in violation of United States code 18 U.S.C. § 793(e). That’s according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Winner, who worked for the Pluribus International Corporation and
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International, USATuesday marks 73 years since D-Day, the pivotal World War II operation in which Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. It is known to be the largest seaborne invasion in history, with more than 160,000 soldiers landing on the beach in Normandy to take on the Nazi German fighters. Up to 12,000
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International, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Reading the paper and watching the news on television increases my stress hormones on a daily basis. Like many of us today, I am depressed. There are so many distressing things happening: the growing homeless population, the unsafe streets, the increased drug use, the humanitarian crises around
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Natasha Josefowitz, USAThe United Nations is beginning to change – for the better – says Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon. Ambassador Danon marched at the annual Celebrate Israel Day parade in Manhattan Sunday, joining Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Israeli Internal Security Minister Gilad
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International, Middle EastUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday blamed “Israeli occupation” for imposing a “heavy humanitarian and development burden” on Palestinian Arabs, calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state. In a statement released on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the start of the Six Day War, Guterres said, “Today marks 50 years since
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International, Middle EastRamallah – Fatah central committee official Jibril Rajoub’s recent remarks that Jerusalem’s Buraq Wall “must remain under Jewish sovereignty” sparked a wave of criticism among Palestinians. He told Israel’s Channel 2 television that he agrees that the Buraq Wall (Wailing Wall) should remain under Israeli control. US President Donald Trump visited the site, he noted,
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu landed Sunday morning in the Liberian capital city of Monrovia, where he was welcomed in an official state ceremony led by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The national anthems of the two countries were played the Prime Minister inspected an honor guard and observed a traditional local dance. The Prime Minister then
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