Manama, Bahrain – The Trump administration’s $50 billion economic support plan for the Palestinians cannot succeed without addressing the political elements of a Middle East deal, international financial chiefs and global investors said Wednesday in comments that pushed back on the U.S. insistence that the two must be separated. Panelists at the two-day conference in [...]

Special counsel Robert Mueller will publicly testify in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on July 17 following a subpoena, the panels’ chairmen said Tuesday.
“Americans have demanded to hear directly from the Special Counsel so they can understand what he and his team examined, uncovered, and determined about Russia’s attack on our democracy, the Trump campaign’s acceptance and use of that help, and President Trump and his associates’ obstruction of the investigation into that attack,” Representatives Nadler and Schiff said.
Mueller’s appearance before Congress on July 17 is certain to be a spectacle of historic proportions.

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Temblor said to measure 3.8 on the Richter scale, amid growing concern over Israeli preparedness

San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes after supervisors gave the measure its second and final vote Tuesday.
Backers say they hope the legislation will curb underage use of e-cigarettes, but critics say the ban will make it harder for adults to purchase an alternative to regular cigarettes.

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Investigators still probing whether anyone else was involved; suspect known to police as far-right extremist with convictions for violent crimes dating from the late 1980s to 2009

Fifth-generation stealth fighter jets fly in drill over Mediterranean Sea to test and improve aircraft's abilities, IDF says

Assault targets an 'assembly center' for police near regional capital El-Arish, according to interior ministry