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Some 10,000 Palestinians demonstrated along security fence but the IDF, with a stricter open-fire policy, and Hamas, which patrolled the border, largely kept the peace By JUDAH ARI GROSS Today, 12:02 am  0   An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister at rioters east of the Gaza city of Rafah in the southern Strip during Nakba […]

Latest Revision may 14, 2019, 2:59 PM Alexander NEMENOV (AFP) FILE: Donald Trump glances at Russia’s Vladimir Putin ahead of a family photo during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in 2018 Putin also praised the Mueller report, calling it ‘an objective investigation’ Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said he wanted to “fully restore” strained ties […]

Speculation is high that the Trump peace plan, which is expected to be released in early June, would allow for Israel to retain control of all the settlements located in Area C of the West Bank. Tovah Lazaroff, Yvette J. Deane May 15, 2019 22:05 The Trump administration challenged the UN’s claim that Israel must […]

By LISA MASCARO and SUSANNAH GEORGEMay 15, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the U.S. must avoid war with Iran, and she declared the White House has “no business” moving toward a Middle East confrontation without approval from Congress. Pelosi’s remarks to House Democrats came amid growing concerns in Congress […]

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORMay 15, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open Tuesday amid skepticism about its claims that the Islamic Republic poses a growing threat to the U.S. and its allies in the Persian Gulf and beyond . […]

Gaza’s health ministry said Wednesday that at least 60 Palestinians had been wounded by IDF forces during border clashes marking Nakba Day.   Some 10,000 Palestinians massed at several locations along the security fence.

Amid simmering tensions in Gulf, Hossein Salami says ‘this moment in history is the most decisive moment of the Islamic revolution’; Rouhani: US engaged in ‘crime against humanity’ By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 11:14 pm  0 1shares In this undated photo released by Sepahnews, the website of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami speaks in a meeting in […]

The Russian president also urged Iran not to drop out of the nuclear agreement, but added that there was only so much Russia could do. TZVI JOFFRE May 15, 2019 23:36 Russia is not a “fire brigade” which “rescues everything,” Russian President Valdimir Putin said referring to recent tension between the United States and Iran […]

Edited time: 15 May, 2019 11:23 Russian President Vladimir Putin told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that he had the impression President Donald Trump wanted to restore relations between the US and Russia after the Mueller inquiry exonerated him. “As you know, just a few days ago, I had the pleasure of talking with […]

But party led by Bill Shorten, which is expected to win Saturday’s federal election, stops short of announcing plan to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state By RAPHAEL AHREN Today, 1:32 pm     Opposition leader Bill Shorten speaks at the launch of Labor’s federal election campaign at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, May 5, […]

Palestinian mark Nakba Day (Catastrophe Day) every year with demonstrations in both Gaza and the West Bank. By Anna Ahronheim May 15, 2019 13:10   2 minute read. A Palestinian fisherman was injured by IDF fire off of Gaza’s coast as protests marking Nakba Day began on Wednesday afternoon. According to Palestinian reports 22 year-old […]

05/15/2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two countries “have a shared set of interests on how to move the political process forward” in finding a solution to the violence in Syria. “There is the political process associated with UN Security Council Resolution 2254 […]