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RAF Mildenhall: Shots fired in security alert at US base

RAF Mildenhall: Shots fired in security alert at US base


Via: larry-hampton  •  World News  •  3 Comments  •  7 years ago

A man has been arrested after apparently trying to drive through a checkpoint at a base used by the US Air Force in Suffolk. Shots were fired by US personnel before the man was detained at RAF...
Turkey’s President Invokes Islamic Text Sanctioning Killing Jews

Turkey’s President Invokes Islamic Text Sanctioning Killing Jews


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  58 Comments  •  7 years ago

Turkey’s President Invokes Islamic Text Sanctioning Killing Jews   By: John Rossomando, The Algemeiner,   Reported by United With Israel, December 13 2017 Turkish President Recep...
NAFTA Update: Nobody Has Any Idea What’s Going On

NAFTA Update: Nobody Has Any Idea What’s Going On


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

In case you haven’t kept up with the coverage on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, things haven’t gone well. Despite wrapping the latest round of talks in Washington...
China's automakers finally poised to sell cars in U.S., Europe

China's automakers finally poised to sell cars in U.S., Europe


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  3 Comments  •  7 years ago

After a decade of development, often through buying or benchmarking foreign technology and know-how, Chinese automakers are looking with greater ambition at selling their cars in major Western...
Islamic Extremism: Who is Purest of Them All?

Islamic Extremism: Who is Purest of Them All?


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

Islamic Extremism: Who is Purest of Them All? by Giulio Meotti, Gatestone Institute, December 13, 2017 The number of victims in the jihadist attack at a Sufi Mosque in Egypt has risen to...
Bahrain Delegation Visits Israel with Message of Peace Amid Trump Turmoil

Bahrain Delegation Visits Israel with Message of Peace Amid Trump Turmoil


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  5 Comments  •  7 years ago

Bahrain Delegation Visits Israel with Message of Peace Amid Trump Turmoil Amid the tension surrounding Trump’s Jerusalem declaration, a group from Bahrain is visiting Israel, taking a step...
Scholar of Islam: Muslims Have No Religious Basis to Rule Jerusalem

Scholar of Islam: Muslims Have No Religious Basis to Rule Jerusalem


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  6 Comments  •  7 years ago

Scholar of Islam: Muslims Have No Religious Basis to Rule Jerusalem Citing the historical record and religious doctrine, a leading Pakistani historian proves that Muslims “have no religious...
Gazans meet Bahraini interfaith group with hostility

Gazans meet Bahraini interfaith group with hostility


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

Gazans meet Bahraini interfaith group with hostility World Israel News, December 11, 2017 A Palestinain rioter. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) An interfaith group from Bahrain, in the...
Newsflash: Jerusalem Not on Fire!

Newsflash: Jerusalem Not on Fire!


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  19 Comments  •  7 years ago

Newsflash: Jerusalem Not on Fire! by Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute, December 10, 2017 A Palestinian man uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli border police near Ramallah, on...
First Stage Reality and Brexiters

First Stage Reality and Brexiters


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  3 Comments  •  7 years ago

Now for the hard part, pronounced various media commentators after the first stage Brexit deal had been signed. The chances of No Deal have diminished, said others. It is strange watching the...
Australian Parliament approves same-sex marriage

Australian Parliament approves same-sex marriage


Via: gordy327  •  World News  •  7 Comments  •  7 years ago

From NBCNEWS : The Australian Parliament voted on Thursday to allow same-sex marriage across the nation, following a bitter and divisive debate settled by the government polling voters in a...
Eye-popping Icelandic crosswalk brings traffic to a crawl

Eye-popping Icelandic crosswalk brings traffic to a crawl


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  5 Comments  •  7 years ago

Eye-popping Icelandic crosswalk brings traffic to a crawl By Matt Hickman, Mother Nature Network, December 11 2017 Ísafjörður's optical illusion of a crosswalk is designed to get...
Trump Will Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital And Announce U.S. Embassy Move

Trump Will Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital And Announce U.S. Embassy Move


Via: capt-cave-man  •  News & Politics  •  321 Comments  •  7 years ago

President Donald Trump  will officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Wednesday and will direct the State Department to begin planning to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel from...
There Was No Peace Process for Trump to Destroy

There Was No Peace Process for Trump to Destroy


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  13 Comments  •  7 years ago

My colleagues Anne Barnard, Ben Hubbard and Declan Walsh captured well the Palestinian and Arab reaction to President Trump’s official recognition this week of Jerusalem as the capital of...
Terrorists constructing laptop bombs that can be smuggled onto airplanes

Terrorists constructing laptop bombs that can be smuggled onto airplanes


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

Terrorists constructing laptop bombs that can be smuggled onto airplanes By Debora Patta CBS News December 7, 2017 MOGADISHU, Somalia -- As Americans finalize their holiday travel...
On Trade, Trump Puts Corporate America First

On Trade, Trump Puts Corporate America First


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  6 Comments  •  7 years ago

The latest round of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations came to an end last week without a deal. It’s not clear whether a compromise will be reached or President Trump will make...
Number of UK terrorism arrests hits record high

Number of UK terrorism arrests hits record high


Via: hippocrates-of-cos  •  World News  •  3 Comments  •  7 years ago

The number of people arrested over terrorism-related offences in Britain has risen by 54% to 400 in one of the most intense periods for attacks in recent history. The Home Office said the...
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops in protests over Trump’s Jerusalem speech

Palestinians clash with Israeli troops in protests over Trump’s Jerusalem speech


Via: hippocrates-of-cos  •  World News  •  8 Comments  •  7 years ago

RAMALLAH, West Bank —   Palestinian protesters battled Israeli soldiers on Thursday in Jerusalem, Ramallah and other places in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, one day after President Trump...
New Brighton Council meeting turns into 'white privilege' catfight

New Brighton Council meeting turns into 'white privilege' catfight


Via: hippocrates-of-cos  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  7 years ago

The meeting began as a cozy affair. Seven people occupied a table as New Brighton Mayor Val Johnson led the congratulations. Days earlier, Councilman Brian Strub had run a ten-mile race....
Tillerson contradicts Trump on Iran nuclear deal ... Green Rules apply

Tillerson contradicts Trump on Iran nuclear deal ... Green Rules apply


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

The US secretary of state has expressed his support for the Iran nuclear deal, placing him at odds with US President Donald Trump who has labelled the agreement, "the worst deal ever"....
The irony of Australia's constitutional crisis ... Green Rules apply

The irony of Australia's constitutional crisis ... Green Rules apply


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

"We have apparently imagined the whole thing." So said Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, the first to fall in what many have dubbed "the world's most ridiculous constitutional crisis" at his final...
Is Trump Going to Lie Our Way Into War With Iran? ... Green Rules apply

Is Trump Going to Lie Our Way Into War With Iran? ... Green Rules apply


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

A decade and a half ago, in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush’s administration conjured up not only terrifying images of nuclear mushroom clouds but also of Saddam...
Donald Trump is going to build a big, beautiful deficit and rely on China to help pay for it ... Green Rules apply

Donald Trump is going to build a big, beautiful deficit and rely on China to help pay for it ... Green Rules apply


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  61 Comments  •  7 years ago

Republicans’ tax plans are going to clash headfirst with President Trump’s anti-China, anti-trade-deficit rhetoric. It's just simple economics. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks...
British Far-Right Group Exults Over Attention From Trump ... Green Rules apply

British Far-Right Group Exults Over Attention From Trump ... Green Rules apply


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

She organized “Christian patrols,” marched with crosses through heavily Muslim neighborhoods and accosted veiled women to rail against Islam. She was barred from entering any mosque in England....
Ireland will block Brexit talks on border issues ... Red Rules apply

Ireland will block Brexit talks on border issues ... Red Rules apply


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

Ireland's EU commissioner said Dublin would "continue to play tough" over its threat to veto talks about trade after Brexit, unless Britain provided guarantees over the border between Northern...
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