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U.S.  President Trump is being accused of “naked aggression” against Muslims as tensions rise across the Middle East over his plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and for the U.S. to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Organization for Islamic Cooperation made the charge and called on its 57 member states to sever ties with the U.S. … Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of President Trump’s travel ban affecting residents of six majority-Muslim countries. The justices said the policy can take full effect and the ban applies to people from Syria, Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. The nine-member high court said in two one-page orders that lower court rulings that partly blocked the … Read More

American embassies around the world went on heightened alert over potential violence as President Donald Trump potentially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Such a decision would reverse decades of US policy not to take a stance on the fate of Jerusalem on the grounds that this was an issue for Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate and decide. Such a move could spark demonstrations or violence … Read More

Hundreds of firefighters worked through the night against an uncontrollable wildfire that exploded near the city of Ventura, California. Fire officials said the intensity of the fire, coupled with the high winds, made it pretty much unstoppable. The fast-moving, wind-fueled wildfire swept into the city of Ventura burning 45,500 acres, destroying hundreds of structures, and forcing 27,000 people to evacuate … Read More

Reports say President Trump has told Israeli and Arab leaders that he plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Mr. Trump is expected to announce his decision very soon two days after the expiration of a deadline for him to decide whether to keep the American Embassy in Tel Aviv. Palestinian officials said Mr. Trump told the president … Read More

Foreign media outlets are reporting an attack in Damascus by Israeli fighter jets and missiles. Also, Syrian state media said Israel had fired missiles at a Syrian military facility in the Damascus countryside, adding that Syrian air defense systems had intercepted three out of six of the missiles. A witness told Reuters three strong explosions were heard from the direction … Read More

Senator Lindsey Graham has called on the Pentagon to move the families of US military personnel out of South Korea as U.S. officials warn the potential for war with North Korea was growing by the day. Tensions continue to dramatically rise on the Korean peninsula after North Korea test-fired a powerful intercontinental ballistic missile it claims can strike any city on the U.S. mainland and … Read More

A rare earthquake has jolted the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.East Coast prompting some to flee offices and homes. The U.S. Geological Service said the 4.1 magnitude quake was centered about 6 miles east-northeast of Dover, Delaware with people from Washington and New York City reporting the shaking to the USGS. Paul Caruso, a geophysicist with the USGS’s earthquake information center in … Read More

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, told congregants at the Cathedral in Moscow that the apocalypse “is already visible to the naked eye.” He also said the world is on the brink of slipping into “the abyss of the end of history,” according to a state-run news agency reported RIA Novosti. But he said there could be a saving … Read More

Russian has warned that an “apocalyptic scenario” is possible on the Korean peninsula and called for a “common sense” approach to end the standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Russian news agency Tass reported  that Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said  “A scenario of the apocalyptic development of the situation on the Korean Peninsula exists and we cannot turn our … Read More