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The pre-dawn firebombing Friday, which killed Ali Saad Dawabsha and critically injured his parents and four-year-old brother, has intensified the concerns of residents who say they have long lived in fear of attack. The graffiti was indicative of so-called “price tag” violence — a euphemism for nationalist-motivated hate crimes by Jewish extremists. “Two years ago, they burnt some cars here in the village,” said 33-year-old resident Mohammed Dawabsha.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday that Greece was close to concluding a deal with lenders on a multi-billion-euro bailout, which he said would end doubts over its place in the euro zone. “We are in the final stretch,” Tsipras said. An accord must be settled by Aug. 20, when a 3.5 billion euro debt payment to the European Central Bank falls due.
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told U.S. Jewish leaders it was likely rockets would fall on Tel Aviv if a nuclear deal with Iran was blocked and military action ensued, one of them said on Wednesday. In a separate appeal to American Jews, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a fierce opponent of the July 14 accord, pushed back in a webcast on Tuesday against the Obama
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday that Greece was close to concluding a deal with lenders on a multi-billion-euro bailout, which he said would end doubts over its place in the euro zone. “We are in the final stretch,” Tsipras said. An accord must be settled by Aug. 20, when a 3.5 billion euro debt payment to the European Central Bank falls due.
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to promote the Iran nuclear agreement as the best option for stability in the Middle East in a foreign policy speech on Wednesday in which he will warn that scuttling the deal would be a historic mistake. The Democratic president’s speech at American University in Washington comes amid a furious lobbying effort on Capitol Hill to secure the support of enough lawmakers to ensure the
Iran will soon present the United Nations with a peace plan for Syria, where civil war has caused a humanitarian catastrophe and allowed the Islamic State group to flourish, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Wednesday. Tehran, which has stood by its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, through more than four years of civil war, is hosting Syrian and Russian officials this week to discuss a solution to
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to promote the Iran nuclear agreement as the best option for stability in the Middle East in a foreign policy speech on Wednesday in which he will warn that scuttling the deal would be a historic mistake. The Democratic president’s speech at American University in Washington comes amid a furious lobbying effort on Capitol Hill to secure the support of enough lawmakers to ensure the
Iran will soon present the United Nations with a peace plan for Syria, where civil war has caused a humanitarian catastrophe and allowed the Islamic State group to flourish, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Wednesday. Tehran, which has stood by its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, through more than four years of civil war, is hosting Syrian and Russian officials this week to discuss a solution to
By David Brunnstrom and Trinna Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that Beijing had halted land reclamation in the South China Sea, and called on countries in the region to speed up talks on how claimant states should conduct themselves in the disputed waters. In June, China said it would soon complete some of its reclamation in the Spratly archipelago of the South
By David Brunnstrom and Trinna Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that Beijing had halted land reclamation in the South China Sea, and called on countries in the region to speed up talks on how claimant states should conduct themselves in the disputed waters. In June, China said it would soon complete some of its reclamation in the Spratly archipelago of the South
