Global Affairs

A growing controversy over plans by Washington D.C.’s Newseum to memorialize two Hamas terrorists slain last November grew significantly Sunday evening. Leading Jewish and human rights organizations expressed “shock and outrage” at the possibility that operatives, paid by a U.S.-designated terrorist entity blacklisted by the Obama administration under Executive Order 13324, would be...

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More than half a million Syrian refugees are crammed into camps in Jordan. The need to house and feed them is just one of the ways in which the Syrian conflict is devestating the Jordanian economy: “Jordan’s economy has been devastated because of the lack of trade toward Syria going...

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It is far from certain the Iran-backed Assad regime in Syria or the Lebanese based Iran-backed terrorist army Hezbollah will clear the fog surrounding the air strike that struck Syria between Thursday night and Friday. One might expect decision-makers in Damascus or Hezbollah’s south Beirut headquarters to respond to U.S....

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A top U.S. official disclosed today that Iran and North Korea have developed networks to secure high-tech materials related to their nuclear programs: “Both Iran and North Korea have developed channels that enable them to continue to export and continue to procure the items they need for their weapons industry,”...

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Arab nations are seeking to diplomatically punish Canada over Ottawa’s support for Israel. The incumbent Harper government has sided with the United States and Israel on several initiatives that were opposed by all three countries, but which were driven by Arab nations. Arguably the most dramatic was the Palestinian push...

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North Korea is signalling that it is committed to another missile test, following a nuclear test earlier this year and alongside nuclear threats it’s leveling at South Korea. The moves have put the entire region on edge, with Japan deploying Patriot batteries in Tokyo and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warning...

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