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Israeli Ban on Dublin Lord Mayor Undone By Bad Spelling
Israel's Interior Minister Arye Dery said his office would investigate what happened. "He was planned to be refused entry, there appears to have been a mishap" a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, who are responsible for diplomacy, told The Irish Times . [Full Article...]
Trump seeks to build alliance to strike Syria
However, Richard Feinberg of the University of California, San Diego, who led Latin America policy in the Clinton White House, called the change in plans a "shocking abandonment of US leadership in our own hemisphere" and said it made Trump look like he was afraid of confronting the consequences of his rhetoric for the region. [Full Article...]
Trump envoy: Hamas must relinquish rule of Gaza
Images from the scene show Murtaja wearing a protective vest clearly marked "PRESS". A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. "Certainly the events of the past week and a half have been very troubling", she added. "This is a stupid lie by Lieberman", Serraj said. Hamas' leader, Ismail Haniyeh, attended the funeral in a sign of respect. [Full Article...]
Missiles, drones from Yemen 'intercepted' over Saudi Arabia
While Saudi Arabia and its allies have been able to recover areas in southern Yemen from the Houthis, the rebels still control the capital Sana'a and territories in the north. A photo distributed by the Houthi Military Media Unit shows the launch by Houthi forces of a ballistic missile aimed at Saudi Arabia on March 25, 2018. [Full Article...]
Trump order changes work rule for neediest Americans
As the Times notes , numerous order's "initiatives... have already been set into motion by the affected agencies". Critics, however, are taking issue with the order's ideological underpinning. Trump has long accused beneficiaries of abusing government assistance programs and has claimed many who have no intention of working make more in benefits than those with jobs. [Full Article...]
Trump says missiles 'will be coming' to Syria
Shortly after warning that missiles were coming, Trump tweeted that the US "relationship with Russian Federation is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War ". Russian Federation has blamed Syrian opposition forced for the alleged chemical attack. Whether this is the case or not, the situation places the Trump Administration in a hard position: it can send USA troops ... [Full Article...]
Wednesday forecast: Critical Fire Danger
It is a cold April morning. Another side effect of drier air is rapid warming - once the sun comes up, we should climb above-freezing in relatively short-order. Mostly cloudy, windy, and very warm. Saturday looks great too! Partly sunny, with a high near 46. The location of the heaviest rain is likely right...the totals are just a little higher than our forecast thoughts. [Full Article...]
New strikes pound Syria's Ghouta after alleged gas attack
Civil defence volunteers reported more than 42 cases of people dead at their homes showing the same symptoms, it said. The opposition's Syrian Civil Defense rescue organization said the victims appeared to have suffocated. Whitehall sources confirmed the United Kingdom was "not ruling anything out nor in" but acknowledged there were "political issues" around securing parliamentary support for Br... [Full Article...]