Plan to Storm Fence Gets Bloody Preview in Gaza For weeks, Palestinians protesting along the fence between Gaza and Israel have conjured up the idea of swarming across the barrier, a mass of tens of thousands of people too numerous for Israeli soldiers to arrest or even to shoot. And […]
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Trump and Merkel Meet One on One, but Don’t See Eye to Eye President Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany made no attempt on Friday to hide their disagreements over the future of the Iran nuclear deal and trade relations between the United States and Europe after a day […]
Trump says he has responsibility to resolve Korean conflict President Donald Trump is claiming credit for a historic inter-Korean summit, but now faces a burden in helping turn the Korean leaders’ bold but vague vision for peace into reality after more than six decades of hostility. Trump must contend with […]
Russia slammed for trying to refute Syria chemical weapons attack Russia brought citizens of a Syrian town hit by a claimed chemical weapons attack to deny it happened, sparking international furor over the move. Among those shuttled before the Organisation for the Prohibition for Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Hague, […]
Trump to visit United Kingdom in July President Donald Trump will visit the United Kingdom in July, the White House and Downing Street announced on Thursday, finally concluding a months-long back-and-forth over when Trump would at last visit America’s closest ally. “The President of the United States will visit the […]
China-India Leaders Meet Amid Border Tensions he leaders of India and China meet Friday amid tensions along their contested border and a rivalry for influence among their smaller neighbors that could determine dominance in Asia. Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to sit down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
At Least Macron Got a Kiss: Now It’s Merkel’s Turn to Sway Trump German Chancellor Angela Merkel has one advantage when she meets Donald Trump to discuss a host of conflicts: expectations that she can sway the U.S. president are close to zero. After three days of back-slapping bonhomie with […]
Death Toll in Dead Sea Flash Floods Rises to 10 as Last Missing Teen Found The death toll from flash floods that hit a group of teenage hikers in southern Israel Thursday rose from nine to 10 after a body found overnight was identified as the last missing teen Friday […]
Senate Confirms C.I.A. Chief Mike Pompeo to Be Secretary of State The Senate easily confirmed Mike Pompeo on Thursday as the United States’ 70th secretary of state, elevating the current C.I.A. director and an outspoken foreign policy hawk to be the nation’s top diplomat. In the end, the 57-to-42 tally […]
Behind a Roadside Hit in Malaysia, Israeli Palestinian Intrigue Fadi al-Batsh, a well-liked electrical engineering lecturer and devout family man, always had a smile for his friends and students in the seven years since he moved to Malaysia from his native Gaza. On Saturday, as he walked outside his apartment […]
