Category: News

  • Braced for air strikes on Syria, some airlines re-route flights

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    Some major airlines were re-routing flights on Wednesday after Europe’s air traffic control agency warned aircraft flying in the eastern Mediterranean to exercise caution due to possible air strikes into Syria. Eurocontrol said in a notification published on Tuesday afternoon that air-to-ground and cruise missiles could be used over the following 72 hours and there […]

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  • U.S. Threatens Military Action Against Syria; Russia Warns Of ‘Grave’ Consequences

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    U.S. President Donald Trump said, “we’re making a decision as to what we do with respect to the horrible attack that was made near Damascus…and it will be met forcefully.”  U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to take military action against Syria over a suspected chemical-weapons attack on civilians over the weekend, while Russia warned […]

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  • US Military Denies Responsibility For Syria Missile Strikes

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    Syrian state media reported a missile attack early Monday on an airbase in Homs province, saying there were a number of casualties. The reports said the attack targeted the T4 base and blamed the U.S. military. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 14 people were killed, including Iranian forces. U.S. officials said the […]

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  • Steven Mosher: ‘The Swamp Is Going Crazy Over This Idea We’re in a Trade War With China’

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    Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Instituteand author of Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream is the New Threat to World Order, talked about China’s long-running trade war against the United States with SiriusXM hosts Rebecca Mansour and Frances Martel on Friday’s Breitbart News Tonight. “The Swamp is going crazy over this idea that we’re in a trade […]

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  • 9 killed, scores wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza protest

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    KHUZAA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians protested along Gaza’s sealed border with Israel on Friday, engulfing the volatile area in black smoke from burning tires to try to block the view of Israeli snipers and cheering a Hamas strongman who pledged that the border fence will eventually fall. Israeli troops opened fire from […]

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  • South Korean court jails former president Park for 24 years

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    SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court jailed former President Park Geun-hye for 24 years on Friday over a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. Park became South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over […]

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  • Trump gets testy as national security team warns of risks of Syria withdrawal

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    Despite his annoyance and public statement to the contrary, Trump agreed to hold off on immediately pulling troops from the war-plagued nation, even after airing his displeasure with top national security officials. The White House declined to comment on the tone of the meeting. It’s a scenario that has played out repeatedly since Trump entered […]

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  • Experts unable to identify source of nerve agent but UK says it’s Russia

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    The British government repeated its claim that Russia was responsible for the Salisbury poisoning after UK scientists said they were unable to determine where the substance used to attack former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was made. Skripal, 66, and Yulia, 33, were poisoned on March 4 after being exposed to a […]

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  • Trump’s promise of improved relations with Russia slipping out of reach

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    Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia and the political hurdles President Trump faces at home are making it increasingly difficult for Trump to achieve his campaign goal of warmer relations between Washington and Moscow, according to political observers. Trump’s decision last week to expel 60 Russian diplomats accused of secretly operating as intelligence officers prompted Russian […]

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  • After Gaza Clash, Israel and Palestinians Fight With Videos and Words

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    JERUSALEM — Days after the deadly flare-up along Israel’s border with Gaza, during which Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinians, a new war — of videos and strong statements — has erupted over what happened and why. The violence has waned in what was the bloodiest day in Gaza since the war of 2014, but both sides […]

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