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Netanyahu Apologizes To Druze Envoy For Airport Grilling

Jerusalem - Israel’s prime minister has apologized to his country’s ambassador to Panama, a member of Israel’s Arabic-speaking Druze minority, after he and his family were given ex...

El Paso And Poway Shooters Used 8Chan For Their Hate Messages. Now The Message Board Has Been Dropped From Its Network.

New York - 8Chan, the conspiracy theory message board that featured the racist manifesto allegedly written by the El Paso shooter and also the anti-Semitic statement by the Poway s...

Police: Anti-Immigrant Statement Linked To Texas Shooting

El Paso, TX - The police chief in El Paso is linking a racist, anti-immigrant screed posted online shortly before a shooting that killed 20 people to the suspect in custody. Autho...

Shooter Who Killed 9 In Ohio Is Identified As Man In His 20s

Dayton, OH - The shooter who killed nine people and injured dozens when he opened fire early Sunday in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, before being quickly killed by poli...

India Orders Students, Tourists Out Of Kashmir For Security

Srinagar, India - Thousands of Indian students and visitors were fleeing Indian-controlled Kashmir over the weekend after the government ordered tourists and Hindu pilgrims visitin...

Mexican Journalist Killed In Veracruz, 10th Murdered In 2019

Xalapa, Mexico - A journalist in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz has been shot dead just days before he was scheduled to testify before state authorities about threats of violence...
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., leads a meeting to call for subpoenas after a career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump's administration were granted security clearances despite "disqualifying issues" in their backgrounds, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The issue sets the stage for another fight between the White House and the Democratic-controlled House, with Rep. Jim Jordan, the committee's ranking Republican, saying in a statement that Cummings' probe is a "partisan attack." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cummings Urges Trump To ‘Come To Baltimore’

Baltimore - Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings took the high road Saturday, inviting President Donald Trump and other Americans to visit Baltimore but declining to respond in kind to th...

U.S. State Department Welcomes News Of Ceasefire In Northwest Syria

Washington - The U.S. State Department on Saturday said it welcomed news of a ceasefire in Northwest Syria - the last rebel bastion in the country - and urged for an end to attacks...

U.S. Court Rules Against Maduro Bid To Oust Opposition-Backed Citgo Board

Houston - The board of Citgo Petroleum appointed by Venezuela’s congress chief was properly seated, a U.S. court ruled, dealing a blow to contested Venezuelan President Nicolas Mad...

Russian Police Detain Over 800 In Opposition Crackdown In Moscow

Moscow - Russian police forcibly detained over 800 people attending a protest in Moscow on Saturday to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after autho...

Shots Fired At Valley Village Shul; 1 Suspect In Custody

Valley Village, CA - Police responded on Sunday to a call regarding shots fired at a Shul in Valley Ridge, CA. The shots turned out to be from a BB gun. The shots were fired from...

Johnson’s Top Aide Says UK Lawmakers Can’t Stop No-Deal Brexit

London - Lawmakers will be unable to stop a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31 by bringing down Britain’s government in a vote of no confidence next month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s to...

Saudi Energy Minister Says He Discussed Oil Markets With Russian Counterpart

Cairo - Saudi energy minister Khalid Al-Falih discussed oil markets with his Russian counterpart and stressed that Saudi Arabia would continue to comply with production cuts until ...

Hong Kong Protesters And Police Face Off In Familiar

Hong Kong - On one end of a Hong Kong street, protesters dressed in black ducked behind umbrellas and makeshift barricades, occasionally throwing bricks or slinging rocks. On the o...

Jewish Boys Attacked On Shabbos Afternoon

Thornhill, Ontario - Two Jewish 14 year old boys were walking on Shabbos afternoon in Yorkhill Park, when they were attacked by an African American male. The attacker appeared to b...

US Still Seeks Allies In Gulf Maritime Coalition

Sydney - Senior U.S. leaders expressed confidence that they will be able to convince allies to help protect shipping in the Persian Gulf area against Iranian threats, but they prov...

31 Dead, 62 Rescued After Boats Capsize In Philippines

Manila, Philipines - Rescuers recovered more bodies in rough seas where three ferry boats capsized after being buffeted by fierce winds and waves off two central Philippine provinc...

Democrats Tussle Over Health Care At Nevada Labor Forum

Las Vegas - Democratic presidential candidates’ tussle over health care reform continued Saturday as they pitched themselves to Nevada union members, with former Vice President Joe...

French Hoverboard Inventor Flies Over The English Channel

St. Margaret’s Bay, England - Is it a bird? A plane? No, it’s a French inventor flying over the English Channel on his hoverboard. Looking like a superhero, Franky Zapata successf...

Germany Urges Russia To Swiftly Release Moscow Protesters

Berlin - Germany is calling on Russia to release the protesters detained during a rally for independent and opposition candidates in Moscow. The Foreign Ministry said Sunday that ...