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“Obama is bending over – as well as bending over backwards – for us, enabling us to exceed the limits of the nuclear deal with no adverse consequences.” Tehran, September 11 – The international community’s inability to stymie North Korea ...

“Oh, that Basher,” they chuckled and shook their heads. “He doesn’t play by anyone else’s rules.” Aleppo, September 7 – Embattled Syrian President Basher Assad’s forces deployed chemical weapons against insurgents in this ancient city once more this week, prompting ...

To do so would require that users encounter those pages, which in turn requires that such users exist. Mountain View, CA, August 31 – Executives at Google have noted that whereas controversy has erupted for years over the use of ...

“Technology, politics, health care, and Jew-killing aren’t nearly as straightforward as they used to be.” Baghdad, August 24 – Rashid Muhammad, 90, has seen technological and economic advancement in his many years, but still considers his youth in Iraq a ...

The president believes it could have happened faster with cooperation of Congressional Republicans in legalizing Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Washington, August 22 – US President Barack Obama voiced frustration this morning at his administration’s apparent inability to hand over hegemony in ...

“Oh my gosh, this is perfect,” remarked Ali Masri, who coordinates some of the organization’s online activities. Aleppo, August 18 – Images of a bleeding, dust-covered, five-year-old Syrian boy from this embattled ancient city have resonated internationally, highlighting the ongoing ...

“It’s not only the hunger-striking prisoners in Israelis jails that the people who fast are mocking, but also the ones in Palestinian prisons.” Jerusalem, August 14 – Advocates for the welfare of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel are calling today’s Jewish ...

If, however, the target proved to be other than Jews or people obviously acting in support of Jews, the US might consider a reprimand. Tehran, August 9 – President Hassan Rouhani of Iran told a gathering of lawmakers today that ...

“It’s a realm no one has really ventured into before, and that’s what provides the whole comic gestalt.” Doha, August 4 – Producers of a new series slated for the Al-Jazeera network hope to make audiences laugh with the absurd ...

“Now that the pope has sounded the alarm, we can look forward to a much more robust policy of inaction.” Palmyra, July 31 – Christian communities facing genocide at the hands of the Islamic State and other forms of persecution ...