JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Muslim elders urged worshippers to return to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Thursday after Israel backed down in the face of 10 days of often-violent protests and removed …
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Exclusive: Russia used Facebook to try to spy on Macron campaign – sources
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas, according to a U.S. congressman and two other people …
Read More »Late Morris goal delivers U.S. sixth Gold Cup championship
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Reuters) – Jordan Morris scored in the 88th minute to help United States to a 2-1 win against Jamaica in the Gold Cup final in Northern California on Wednesday as …
Read More »Djokovic to miss rest of the season with elbow injury
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Twelve-times grand slam champion Novak Djokovic will miss the rest of the tennis season to recover from an elbow injury, the Serbian said on Wednesday. The 30-year-old posted a video …
Read More »Kremlin calls new U.S. sanctions ‘sad news’ for U.S.-Russia ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Proposed new U.S. sanctions against Russia are an extremely unfriendly act and sad news for Russia-U.S. relations and their further development, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. The U.S. House of …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan says Israel damaging Jerusalem’s ‘Islamic character’
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Wednesday of inflicting damage on Jerusalem’s “Islamic character”, in comments likely to further inflame regional tensions in a dispute over the Al-Aqsa mosque. …
Read More »U.S. pledges extra $140 million to Lebanon for Syrian refugees
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States will give Lebanon an extra $140 million to help Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them, the State Department said during a U.S. state visit by Lebanon’s …
Read More »Trump says U.S. aid to Lebanon can help fight Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Lebanon’s efforts to guard its borders to prevent Islamic State and other militant groups from gaining a foothold inside their country and promised …
Read More »EU to Turkey: respect for rights ‘imperative’ to join bloc
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Tuesday delivered its most public criticism yet of Turkey’s security crackdown since last year’s failed coup, saying there could be no progress on Ankara’s bid to …
Read More »Lebanese army chief: 50 militants held in raids on Syrian camps
AMMAN (Reuters) – Lebanon’s army chief said on Tuesday the army had 50 “dangerous terrorists” in custody among hundreds of detainees arrested in recent security raids on Syrian refugee camps on the border …
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