Former first lady Michelle Obama is pouring cold water on calls for her to run for president, saying she believes there are other ways for her to help the country.
“Just between us, and the readers of this magazine — there’s zero chance,” Obama said in an interview with The National, Amtrak’s travel and culture magazine, that was published Friday.
“There are so many ways to improve this country and build a better world, and I keep doing plenty of them, from working with young people to helping families lead healthier lives. But sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office will never be one of them. It’s just not for me.”
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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is at the center of yet another anti-Semitism row after recently surfaced photos show him attending an anti-Israel rally where Israel was compared to Nazism.
The pictures, posted on Twitter on Wednesday, show Corbyn walking in a 2009 march in Birmingham, England, where protesters held banners that described the Jewish state as “child killers” and “thirsty for blood,” while calling for a boycott of the Jewish state. At the front of the march demonstrators held a banner that called Gaza a “21st Century Concentration Camp” and accused Israel of war crimes.

Opposition leaders ridicule reports PM is requiring his party lawmakers to sign agreement they won't oust him

Ahmadreza Pourdastan warns clash in the region would be a 'huge disaster,' claims Iran's rivals deterred by its military capabilities

10 foreign naval fleets to participate in exercise around Haifa port, which will include transfer of humanitarian aid

Spacecom's satellite was scheduled to take off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, Israel time; delay due to suspect faulty valve on Falcon 9 rocket

Initiative comes after Liberman proposes Edelstein as replacement if PM can't form coalition; Bitan: 90% signed, I'll publicly out those who refuse

The United States is to accelerate its development of new cruise and ballistic missile systems following its withdrawal from a nuclear treaty with Russia on Friday, the Pentagon said.
“Now that we have withdrawn, the Department of Defense will fully pursue the development of these ground-launched conventional missiles as a prudent response to Russia’s actions,” chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said after the US confirmed its exit from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.
NATO said Friday it hoped to avoid a new arms race with Russia and not deploy nuclear weapons on European soil after Washington and Moscow ripped up a landmark Cold War-era missile pact.

Police in Dayton, Ohio are reporting there is an active shooter situation, as confirmed by a police twitter message.
We are actively investigating an active shooter incident in the #OregonDistrict.
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