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Russian president tells North Korean leader he wants to support efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff and normalize relations with the US

New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio presides over a city that’s known for its skyscrapers but he is no fan of the glass towers that have transformed the Manhattan skyline in recent decades. De Blasio, a Democrat who is hinting at a presidential run, vowed this week to introduce a bill [...]

Aubervilliers, France – A French Jewish couple robbed in their Paris-area home may have been targeted because of their mezuzah, a watchdog group on anti-Semitism said. Four masked men threatened to kill the couple in Monday night’s incident in the crime-stricken northern suburb of Aubervilliers, the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, wrote [...]

Bill that calls on the university to divest from companies doing business in Israel, vote called while most Jewish students are away

Recording made by the legendary agent's brother says they managed to get the body to the Lebanese border but apparently failed; daughter says unaware of such an incident

An Emirati woman opened her eyes and regained consciousness after spending 27 years in a coma induced by a serious brain injury, her family said Wednesday.
Munira Omar was 32 when she was injured in a road traffic accident in 1991, after picking up her son Omar from school in the city of Al-Ain. Omar survived — and lived to see his mother awake again, decades later in a hospital bed in Germany, where she had been transferred for medical care.
“I always believed that my mother would get better,” Omar, now 32 himself, told AFP by phone. “Many doctors had told us not to expect much after being in a coma for 15 or 20 years, but I would not accept that.
“This is all in God’s hands, and I never lost hope.”

President Donald Trump renewed his threat Wednesday to send more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border following an incident in which Mexican soldiers confronted U.S. personnel. Mexico blamed the incident on confusion, and said it was not looking for confrontation with the U.S.

Warsaw – A far-right Polish politician said that footage of locals beating an effigy of a Jew shows that his country is being spied on by Jews or Freemasons. Janusz Korwin-Mikke, a former lawmaker in the European Parliament and leader of Poland’s small Liberty Party, aired his conspiracy theory earlier this week while commenting on [...]