Palestinians revive calls to end security ties with Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestine Liberation Organization’s mini-parliament has called for ending security coordination with Israeli forces in the West Bank — a...
Israel holds municipal vote, Jerusalem chooses new mayor
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis voted in municipal elections across the country on Tuesday, with a closely watched race taking place in Jerusalem — a city...
Taliban: 5 freed from US military prison now in Qatar office
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured...
Denmark alleges Iran plotted to kill activist on Danish soil
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A police operation last month that briefly cut off Copenhagen from the rest of Denmark stemmed from an alleged Iranian plot...
Nigerian group says troops shot, killed 27 Shiite Muslims
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s main Shiite Muslim movement says Nigerian troops shot and killed at least 27 of its members during a procession to...
NATO, Russia expected to behave during dueling Nordic drills
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO’s secretary general said Tuesday he is confident the Western military alliance and Russia “will act in a respectable way” as...
China reverses ban on trade in tiger, rhino products
BEIJING (AP) — China says it will allow trading in products made from endangered tigers and rhinos under “special circumstances,” reversing a previous ban and...
Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet terrified passengers
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Relatives numbed by grief provided samples for DNA tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash that killed...
APNewsBreak: South Sudan rebel leader Machar to return
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — South Sudan armed opposition leader Riek Machar is coming home under the country’s latest peace deal, more than two years after...
Migrant caravan demands transport as 2nd group enters Mexico
NILTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — More than 1,000 migrants in a second caravan that forged its way across the river from Guatemala began walking through southern...
‘Rage’ against elite: Centrist leaders losing Europe’s favor
LONDON (AP) — Angela Merkel’s decision to step down as party leader even as she tries to keep her position as German chancellor highlights a...
Israel protests to Romania after tourists beaten by police
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Israel’s embassy on Monday protested to the Romanian government after four Israeli tourists were allegedly dragged out of a taxi and...
Minister in Poland calls LGBT march a ‘parade of sodomites’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s right-wing defense minister has used the term “sodomites” to describe those who took part in a weekend LGBT pride parade....
EU seeks safe harbor for ship carrying 141 rescued migrants
MILAN (AP) — The European Commission said Monday that it is in contact with a number of member states to identify a country willing to...
Israeli teen admits to desecrating WWII death camp in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A police spokesman in eastern Poland says an Israeli teen has admitted to dropping his pants at the former Nazi German...
Israel detains prominent Jewish-American critic at airport
JERUSALEM (AP) — A prominent Jewish-American commentator who has been critical of Israel’s policies said Monday that he was detained by Israeli airport authorities and...
UAE responds to AP report on deals with al-Qaida in Yemen
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates on Monday said it was actively fighting al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen after an Associated Press...
UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and Iraq and its global network...
China to UN panel: No arbitrary detention in Uighur region
BERLIN (AP) — China insisted on Monday that “arbitrary detention” or “re-education centers” do not exist in its far western Xinjiang region, rejecting concerns raised...
UK Labour leader under fire over Palestinian wreath-laying
LONDON (AP) — British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is facing allegations of enabling anti-Semitism, acknowledged Monday that he was present at a wreath-laying to...
Now with power to long rule China, Xi beset by challenges
BEIJING (AP) — As China’s leaders gather for their annual Yellow Sea retreat, the country’s political waters are looking choppy. Chinese President and ruling Communist...
Tunisian leader backs equal inheritance rights for women
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president promised Monday to submit a bill to parliament soon that aims to give women equal inheritance rights with men,...
AP Interview: Malaysia’s Mahathir aims to scrap China deals
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia is looking to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects signed by the previous scandal-tainted government as it digs itself out of...
Rival Korea leaders to meet in Pyongyang in September
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The rival Koreas announced Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet...
Syria vows to help refugees return, wants sanctions lifted
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government officials vowed Monday to ensure the safe return of refugees and urged Western countries to encourage the process by...
Doctors say future uncertain for poisoned Skripals
LONDON (AP) — Doctors who treated poisoned ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia say they expected the pair to die, and still don’t know...
Report: Students harshly criticize Iran to supreme leader
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian university students in a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered harsh criticism of the country’s direction, local media...
The Latest: Premier-designate to meet president at 1430 GMT
MILAN (AP) — The Latest on Italy’s political crisis (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Italy’s president will receive a former IMF official tapped to head...
Leader of failed MH370 wreckage hunt hopes to search again
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The head of a U.S. technology company that scoured the Indian Ocean seabed for more than three months looking for...
Libyan rivals agree to Dec. 10 elections in lawless country
PARIS (AP) — Rival Libyan leaders meeting in Paris on Tuesday tentatively agreed on a political roadmap leading to parliamentary and presidential elections on Dec....
Man kills 3 in Belgium with guns of stabbed police officers
LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers Tuesday in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and...
Israeli jets bomb Gaza after mortar shells fired from strip
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli jets on Tuesday bombed targets in the Gaza Strip hours after militants from the territory fired more than 25 mortar shells...
Financial turmoil engulfs Italy amid political uncertainty
MILAN (AP) — The specter of a financial crisis came back to haunt Italy on Tuesday, as its markets plunged on fears that the eurozone’s...
Senior N.Korean official’s US visit reminiscent of 2000 trip
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s dispatch of a top lieutenant to the United States suggests that preparations for a...
Senior NKorean official heads to NY to plan for Trump summit
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that a top North Korean official is headed to New York for talks on...
Saudi Arabia’s Tyrant King Misremembered as Man of Peace
(The Intercept)- After nearly 20 years as de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah ibn-Abdulaziz al-Saud died last night at the...
Afghanistan: After 13 years of war, we haven’t defeated the Taliban, but we have managed to create a nation ruled by drug lords
(Rolling Stone)- Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan is named for the wide river that runs through its provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, a low-slung city of...
Middle East Time Bomb: The Real Aim of ISIS Is to Replace the Saud Family as the New Emirs of Arabia
(The World Post)- ISIS is indeed a veritable time bomb inserted into the heart of the Middle East. But its destructive power is not as...
Rise of “The Islamic State”, Redrawing the Middle East (Video-Part 5)
(Vice)- On August 8, nearly three years after the United States pulled out of Iraq, President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes to commence on Islamic State...
Rise of “The Islamic State”, Kangaroo Court (Video-Part 4)
(Vice)- The lightning advances of the Islamic State across Syria and Iraq in June shocked the world. But it’s not just the group’s military victories...
America Helped Make the Islamic State
(Vice)- History seems to start just before every humanitarian intervention, the full and often compromising account of what led to the latest war in some...
Rise of “The Islamic State”, the Enforcers (Video-Part 3)
Wow, these guys would be The SS, if only they spoke German and had better uniforms.
Rise of “The Islamic State”, Recruiting the Children (Video-Part 2)
(Vice)- The Islamic State, a hardline Sunni jihadist group which formerly had ties to al Qaeda, is now in control of a large swath of...
Rise of “The Islamic State” (Video-Part 1)
These guys are amply insane and since they are using U.S. weaponry to spread their insanity, they have also helped complete the loop of the latest example of our broken foreign policy.
Antisemitism on rise across Europe ‘in worst times since the Nazis’
Sustained Crappy economy + Rise in Nationalism + Oppression of Jews= WW2... Is it Deja Vu or lead up to WW3?
Cash, Weapons and Surveillance: the U.S. is a Key Party to Every Israeli Attack
(The Intercept)- The U.S. government has long lavished overwhelming aid on Israel, providing cash, weapons and surveillance technology that play a crucial role in Israel’s...
How British Spies Seek to Control the Internet
(The Intercept)- The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information, including the ability to manipulate the...
Huge democracy ralley in Hong Kong
(Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday, many calling for the city’s leader to be sacked, in what...
Civilian group: 56 dead in Nigeria market blast
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A civilian patrol group says a car bomb in a marketplace in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri has killed at...
Nigerian once drugged in crate at UK airport dies
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — His family says a Nigerian politician who made front-page news when he was discovered drugged in a crate at a British...