MidEast

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is behind an attack on Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region that killed at least 11 people and wounded numerous others on Saturday, The Algemeiner reported. Iranian ballistic missiles targeted the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iran (KDP-I) and...

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The White House announced Monday that it is closing the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) diplomatic mission in Washington over what U.S. officials say is the Palestinian leadership’s refusal to participate in the peace process and attempts to get an international court to prosecute Israel for alleged war crimes, The Times...

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Into a country where medicine, manpower and equipment are all in short supply came the Israelis. Their goal: to teach advanced CPR in the heart of Africa. A senior delegation from the Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa recently gave an emergency medicine course...

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In the HBO comedy “Silicon Valley,” one of the main characters hacks into an Internet-connected refrigerator, replacing the normal functionality of the fridge’s screen with something decidedly less cool. When the manufacturer’s managers are confronted by the security breach, they punt responsibility. “We don’t have any experience with the Internet....

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Israel struck two Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas renewed violent riots at the border with Israel, The Times of Israel reported Friday. An estimated 7,000 Gazans participated in the riots. Some threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at Israeli troops. The IDF reportedly used live fire against rioters,...

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The United States appears to be changing its focus in Syria from simply defeating ISIS and leaving, to staying indefinitely and ensuring that Iran and its proxies also leave the civil war-torn nation, according to senior State Department officials, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Though President Donald Trump has, in...

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