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Police nab East Jerusalem teens with bag of firebomb ingredients

Gasoline, bottles, funnel, cloth found in backpack of Jabel Mukaber residents who said they planned to attack cops By Judah Ari Gross Firebomb ingredients discovered in a backpack owned by two East Jerusalem teenagers who were arrested in the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood of the capital in May 2017. (Israel Police) Prosecutors were set to file […]

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Middle East

Israeli plane diverts to Slovakia over oxygen problem

IsraAir passengers describe fear and confusion as masks came down with no explanations from crew; company insists landing was not an emergency By Times of Israel staff Illustrative photo of an Israir plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, August 3, 2013 (Moshe Shai/Flash90) A chartered Israir flight from Warsaw to Tel Aviv was

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International, Middle East, Travel and Food

Manuel Noriega, Panamanian military dictator, dies at 83

Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian military dictator who often played opposing sides of Cold War-era political battles, until he was ousted by his on-again, off-again sponsors and toppled in a U.S. invasion, has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 83. Noriega operated as a spy for the CIA, laundered money for Colombian drug traffickers

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International, USA

U.S. Cities Demand Trump Impeachment Investigation

Several cities from across the U.S. have joined a growing movement of local governments calling on Congress to investigate impeaching President Donald Trump. Last Thursday Brookline, Massachusetts, became the latest in a list of nearly a dozen American cities demanding the country’s top lawmakers examine whether the president is breaking government rules barring public officials

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International, Middle East, USA

The little-known American war photographer who was celebrated in Europe

Stanley Greene was a war photographer, but his photographs were like poetry. He died this month, at the age of 68, after being treated for cancer. Greene, who was one of the few African-Americans photojournalists who worked internationally covering conflicts in Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Serbia, often stayed longer, and got closer, than any

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International, USA

Donald Trump marks first Memorial Day as president with ceremony at Arlington

President Trump marked his first Memorial Day as commander-in-chief Monday, placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and later laying flowers at the grave of the son of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly. Mr. Trump paid tribute to America’s fallen service members as “angels sent to us

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USA

An 8-foot Great White jumped into a boat, and an elderly Australian fisherman didn’t even blink

Let’s all take a moment to appreciate 73-year-old Australian fisherman Terry Selwood’s reaction to a Great White shark hopping into his boat and staring him down for the perfection it is: “Well I’ll be buggered, there’s a shark in my boat.” Selwood’s experience was unlike any we’ve seen in recent memory, and to tell you

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International, The World We Share

Prince William opens up about 20 long years processing his mother Diana’s death and how his own family now inspires him

It’s taken two decades for Prince William to process his mother’s death, and now that he has, he is talking openly about Princess Diana and the effect her untimely death had on his life. He said he wishes she could have been around to meet Princess Kate and watch his two children grow up. Prince

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International

Palestinians paid terrorists $1b in past 4 years, Knesset panel hears

Day after reports of Trump shouting at Abbas about incitement, former top official dismisses PA claims that it is making ‘social welfare’ payments, saying they are presented as ‘salaries’ in Palestinian budget documents By Times of Israel staff Mahmoud Abbas celebrates the return of Palestinian prisoners as part of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in August 2013

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Middle East

Japan condemns North Korean ballistic missile launch

Seoul (dpa) – Japan’s top government spokesman condemned on Monday the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile that is believed to have been fired into Japan’s exclusive economic zone. The missile was launched from North Korea’s eastern coast early Monday morning, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference, adding that there were

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Duchess Camilla is opening up about the intense scrutiny she faced after having an affair with Prince Charles

Duchess Camilla is ready to put it all out there. In a new, candid interview with The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine, the wife of Prince Charles opened up about the scrutiny she faced following her highly publicized affair with her now husband while he was married to Princess Diana. She claimed that the media

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