Thousands of Moroccans are protesting in the north of the country—and it’s all because of one man: Nasser Zefzafi. Since police in the North African country arrested Zefzafi, 39, on Monday, demonstrations have been held on a nightly basis in the coastal city of Al-Hoceima in the northern Rif region, where Zefzafi has led a […]
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Middle EastBy Denise A. Spellberg, Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin. The Thomas Jefferson memorial in Washington, DC. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA Beginning Saturday, May 27, an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide are celebrating the month of Ramadan. It was during this month that Prophet Mohammad first received revelations from
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump has a new country in his crosshairs: Germany. The president says the US is running a “MASSIVE” trade deficit with Germany, but “this will change.” On his recent visit to Europe, President Trump told European officials that Germany is “very bad” on trade. Administration officials say Germany has exploited a weak euro
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International, USAThe Trump administration is looking to hand back two Russian diplomatic properties in the U.S. that were shuttered late last year after an intelligence probe found they were used to meddle in the 2016 presidential election. The properties in Maryland and New York were closed on December 30 when former President Barack Obama expelled 35
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International, USAMuslim community reportedly agrees to official request to prevent Salman Adebi’s remains from being interred in the city By Times of Israel staff A picture released by British authorities of Salman Abedi, the suspect behind a suicide bombing that ripped into young fans at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena on May 22,
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InternationalPresident Trump has signed a waiver to keep the U.S. Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv, the White House announced Thursday, backing off from a campaign pledge to move it to Jerusalem. White House officials have described the decision as a delay in Mr. Trump’s plans to move the embassy, which likely would provoke Palestinian
CHICAGO — J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire businessman with political ambitions, told Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich he was “really not that interested” in the U.S. Senate seat the governor was dealing in late 2008. Instead, Pritzker offered his own idea: Would Blagojevich make him Illinois treasurer? Phone calls secretly recorded by federal agents — never before
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USAWASHINGTON — The special counsel investigating possible links between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign has cleared former FBI Director James Comey to testify before a congressional committees about his contacts with President Donald Trump, according to an associate close to Comey. Comey met with Robert S. Mueller III, whom the Justice Department appointed on
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden is launching a new political action committee, a platform that will allow him to provide help to favored candidates and, inevitably, boost speculation about a possible run for the Democratic nomination in 2020. The organization, which Biden is calling American Possibilities, will be staffed by a former top
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USAA full ground- and air assault by Philippine forces against pro-Islamic State (IS) group militants entered its second week on Wednesday, a reminder of decades of deadly violence in the country’s restive southern provinces. The unexpectedly-long standoff by Islamist rebels in Marawi City has been fuelled with stolen weapons and ammunition, and fighters who had
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InternationalBALTIMORE—Ben Jealous announced his campaign for Maryland governor in Baltimore Wednesday, touting his ties to the city and his experience as a community organizer. Jealous, a Democrat and former head of the NAACP, pitched himself as a progressive devoted to aggressively implementing a broad agenda of civil rights, social justice and economic reform. “It is
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USAWASHINGTON—The majority of calls into Rep. Lou Correa’s Orange County, Calif., congressional office are about immigration worries and what the Trump administration’s enforcement policies mean for Correa’s many Latino constituents. “There’s a lot of fear in my district.” he said. So the freshman Democrat has held seven town halls, all focused on immigration and explaining
WASHINGTON — The beleaguered head of the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday appeared to have launched an investigation of his own, this one into allegations that senior Obama administration officials improperly “unmasked” the identities of Trump associates captured communicating with foreign officials. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the chairman of the committee, created a stir in March
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International, USADanny Danon to start one-year term with opening of 72nd session of the UNGA in New York in September By Times of Israel staff Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon addresses the Security Council on October 19, 2016. (UN Photo) Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon announced that he was elected vice president of the
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