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Palestinians denounce US comments on 2-state solution, say alternative is apartheid
FEB. 15, 2017 (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A United States official said on Tuesday that the US was not necessarily committed to the two-state solution as the sole way out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sparking criticism from Palestinian officials who upheld that the two-state solution remained the only alternative to […]
Iran president eyes better ties with Gulf Arabs during trip
Reuters International FEB 15, 2017 – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes part in a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country sought good […]
Egypt brokers Libya peace roadmap, but key figures fail to meet
Reuters International FEB 16, 2017 By Lin Noueihed and Ahmed Mohammed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) – Libyan factions have tentatively agreed on an Egyptian-brokered roadmap to heal divisions, Egypt said, though the failure to engineer a meeting between two key figures has cast a shadow on the diplomatic push. The […]
“What sites do you visit? And give us your passwords.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering requiring visitors to turn over their social-media passwords and browsing histories.Mike Blake / Reuters KAVEH WADDELL FEB 10, 2017 “What sites do you visit? And give us your passwords.” That’s what U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly wants foreign visitors to hear […]
U.S. drops decades-old insistence on two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Source: Market Watch WASHINGTON—The White House said Tuesday that finding a solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians doesn’t have to include an agreement to establish two separate states, marking […]
Religious freedom could top Sessions civil rights priorities
Source: Associated Press By SADIE GURMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast this month, he underscored his vow to defend the religious rights […]
Human Gene Editing Receives Science Panel’s Support
Source: The New York Times By AMY HARMON An influential science advisory group formed by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine on Tuesday lent its […]
Construction halted on mosque with too-tall minarets
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL MELIA NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — After exceeding a city height limit, builders of a mosque on New Haven’s outskirts are wrestling with how to […]
Patrick Keogan pleads guilty to threatening to burn down mosques, possessing guns and child porn
Source: Mass Live By Alban Murtishi, MassLive.com What started with a Wilmington man making threats to burn down a mosque over Facebook ended with him pleading guilty in U.S. District […]
Woman charged with hate crime in Davis mosque attack
Source: The Sacramento Bee BY STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, CATHY LOCKE AND NASHELLY CHAVEZ An unemployed Davis resident has been arrested and charged with vandalizing the Davis Islamic Center last month […]
Trump pledges ‘great’ Mideast peace deal
From the sectionMiddle East US President Donald Trump has said he will work very hard to deliver “really a great peace deal” between Israel and the Palestinians. After his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Trump told his visitor both sides would have to make compromises. […]
Did Pakistani security agents kidnap bloggers to make a point?
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable February 14 at 2:20 PM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In the space of a few days last month, five Pakistani bloggers — all known as left-leaning […]
A Settler’s View of Israel’s Future
Source: The New York Times By YISHAI FLEISHER HEBRON, West Bank — Last week, Israel’s Parliament passed a controversial bill that allows the government to retroactively authorize contested West Bank […]
Biography of U.S. President Barack Obama – Documentary Way
Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. Born in […]
How an Orthodox Rabbi Became an Unlikely Ally of the Christian Right
Source: Religion & Politics By Michael Schulson “We are in a third world war,” said Shlomo Riskin, slamming his fist on the table. We were sitting in a windowless room […]
India’s Largest Dairy Brand Prepares To Market An Acquired Taste: Camel Milk
Source: NPR By SHAINA SHEALY It’s nighttime in a forest in the western Indian state of Gujarat. By the light of his cell phone, camel herder Jat Saleh Amir, 18, pumps […]
Everyone Thought This Ancient Reptile Only Laid Eggs. They Were Wrong.
Source: Time By Kate Samuelson An embryo preserved in a 250 million-year-old fossil is evidence that a type of animal previously thought to only lay eggs could actually have a live […]
Mass sexual assaults by refugees in Frankfurt ‘completely made up’
The Local news@thelocal.de 14 February 2017 Frankfurt. Photo: DPA Prosecutors in Frankfurt are investigating two people for making up a crime, after they claimed in a national newspaper that dozens of Arab men rioted and sexually assaulted women at New Year. The claims first appeared in Bild newspaper on February […]
Act normal or get out. The Netherlands’ election is this year’s first test for Europe’s populists
Geert Wilders is dragging all of Dutch politics in a nationalist direction Feb 11th 2017 | AMSTERDAM “THERE’S something wrong with our country,” began an open letter to the Dutch people published last month. It went on to moan about those who “abuse our country’s freedom to cause havoc, when they […]