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Port-au-prince, Haiti – Haiti To Rebuild National Palace Smashed In 2010 Earthquake

Port-au-prince, Haiti – Haiti To Rebuild National Palace Smashed In 2010 Earthquake

  Port-au-prince, Haiti – A new National Palace will be built over the next several years to resemble the iconic 90-year-old structure smashed during Haiti’s… Read More ›

Trump administration talks tougher on Iran but sticks with deal — for now

Trump administration talks tougher on Iran but sticks with deal — for now

Washington – The Trump administration ratcheted up the rhetoric on Iran Wednesday, declaring the international deal to restrain Tehran’s nuclear program had failed and that… Read More ›

Islamic State claims attack on Egypt police checkpoint

Islamic State claims attack on Egypt police checkpoint

Gunmen kill policeman, wound 4 others outside St. Catherine’s Monastery in southern Sinai   CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility… Read More ›

Brownsville, TX – Border Wall Could Leave Some Americans On ‘Mexican Side’

Brownsville, TX – Border Wall Could Leave Some Americans On ‘Mexican Side’

  Brownsville, TX – The last time U.S. officials built a barrier along the border with Mexico, they left an opening at the small road… Read More ›

Official: White House, Pentagon miscommunicated on aircraft carrier’s location

Official: White House, Pentagon miscommunicated on aircraft carrier’s location

  As the White House was talking about sending a naval “armada” to the Korean Peninsula, the very ships in question were on their way… Read More ›

US defense chief to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia to talk war aims

US defense chief to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia to talk war aims

In Mideast tour this week, James Mattis looking for new ideas in US bid to ‘defeat extremist terror organizations,’ Pentagon says   WASHINGTON (AP) —… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Caretaker Sustains Minor Injuries In Chol Hamoed Synagogue Robbery

Brooklyn, NY – Caretaker Sustains Minor Injuries In Chol Hamoed Synagogue Robbery

  Brooklyn, NY – A Midwood man is recovering from minor injuries sustained after being assaulted early this morning by two unknown suspects in his… Read More ›

North Korean envoy at UN warns of nuclear war possibility

North Korean envoy at UN warns of nuclear war possibility

  United Nations – Only at a North Korean press conference at the United Nations, can you hear a diplomat say he hoped journalists had… Read More ›

Barghouti explains hunger strike in New York Times Op-ed

Barghouti explains hunger strike in New York Times Op-ed

In a scathing Op-ed for the New York Times, Marwan Barghouti outlines the ‘abuses’ and ‘colonial’ occupation Israel conducts against Palestinians as reasons for engaging… Read More ›

Turkish opposition calls to annul referendum results

Turkish opposition calls to annul referendum results

Republican People’s Party says irregularities in voting process require Erdogan victory be overturned; leaders set to extend nation’s state of emergency   Turkey’s main opposition… Read More ›

Trenton, NJ – Roadside Memorials A Tricky Matter For Mourners, Officials

Trenton, NJ – Roadside Memorials A Tricky Matter For Mourners, Officials

  Trenton, NJ – As roadside memorials become more common on roadways in the wake of fatal crashes, efforts to regulate these makeshift sites can… Read More ›

PENCE WARNS NORTH KOREA: ‘The era of strategic patience is over’

PENCE WARNS NORTH KOREA: ‘The era of strategic patience is over’

  DEMILITARISED ZONE, South Korea (Reuters) – US Vice President Mike Pence stared across the demilitarized border between North and South Korea on Monday, a… Read More ›

Comment: Sisi and the Copts

Comment: Sisi and the Copts

After nearly three years of Sisi’s reign, the Copts find themselves facing continuous decay in their livelihoods and rights, with no end in sight.  … Read More ›

Tense Turkey braces for crunch referendum on Erdogan powers

Tense Turkey braces for crunch referendum on Erdogan powers

Polls show a race too close to call as critics fear a bolstered presidency could lead to authoritarian rule   ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey on… Read More ›

North Korean missile ‘blows up’ on test launch as Pence heads for South

North Korean missile ‘blows up’ on test launch as Pence heads for South

  SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean missile “blew up almost immediately” on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before… Read More ›

In Battle for Mosul, New US Strategy Takes Shape

In Battle for Mosul, New US Strategy Takes Shape

Although training of the Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga is a major part of the operation, the overall narrative has changed; the US is more… Read More ›

New York – Source: Death Of NY Judge Seen As Suicide

New York – Source: Death Of NY Judge Seen As Suicide

  New York –  Police detectives retracing the final hours of a pioneering judge who turned up dead in the Hudson River in Manhattan have… Read More ›

MOAB hit caves used by ISIS, drug smugglers and Osama bin Laden

MOAB hit caves used by ISIS, drug smugglers and Osama bin Laden

  Back in late 2001 when Osama bin Laden was US enemy No. 1, I spent a good bit of time in the Afghan mountains… Read More ›

ISIS Crimes Scarred Iraqi History and Landscape

ISIS Crimes Scarred Iraqi History and Landscape

Today’s Mosul and the areas around it were the site of many of the worst crimes of ISIS against cultural heritage.   QARAQOSH, Iraq –… Read More ›

Chicago – United To Compensate People On Flight When Man Dragged Off

Chicago – United To Compensate People On Flight When Man Dragged Off

  Chicago – United Airlines sought to quell the uproar over a man being dragged off a plane by announcing on Tuesday that it would… Read More ›