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Israel police grill Netanyahu on new fraud case
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» JéRUSALEM - Israeli police arrived on Friday at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home where media reports said they were to question him for an eighth time over allegations of fraud and bribery.
First Poland Holocaust law complaint targets Argentina paper
AFP, Published on 03/03/2018
» WARSAW - An Argentinian newspaper has become the first outlet to be targeted by Poland's controversial new Holocaust law, after a nationalist group filed a case on Friday hours after the legislation went live.
Putin's nuclear-tipped hybrid war
News, Peter Apps, Published on 05/03/2018
» This month marks the fourth anniversary of Russia's March 2014 annexation of Crimea, an event that shocked the world and shook European faith in the post-Cold War security order. In retrospect, it has become clear that, for Russian President Vladimir Putin, annexing the peninsula was not so much an end goal as a declaration of future intent, an early escalation in a broader and more ambitious effort that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko recently termed, with little obvious exaggeration, Russia's "World Hybrid War" on Western democracy itself.
Landmark US carrier visit to Vietnam begins Monday
Reuters, Published on 05/03/2018
» HONG KONG/HANOI: The visit of a US aircraft carrier to Vietnam for the first time since the beginning of the Vietnam War is a powerful symbol of the growing strategic ties between the former foes.
FA chief under fire for Star of David, swastika link
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» LONDON: The chief executive of England's Football Association, Martin Glenn, faced criticism from a leading member of Britain's Jewish community after saying the Star of David was "something we don't want" in football along with the swastika.
An ancient holy book symbolises the fate of Sarajevo's Jews
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» SARAJEVO - Eli Tauber, a pillar of Sarajevo's Jewish community, waited anxiously for worshippers to arrive at the synagogue as there must be at least 10 men present before starting the Sabbath prayers.
Trump 'may' attend US embassy opening in Jerusalem
AFP, Published on 06/03/2018
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump said he may attend the opening of a controversial new US embassy in Jerusalem, a fraught prospect designed to underscore close ties with Benjamin Netanyahu, as he hosted the Israeli leader at the White House on Monday.
MPs mock harassment claims as #MeToo falls flat in Russia
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» MOSCOW - Sofia Rusova was a young political journalist in a provincial Russian city when a lawmaker pursued her with sexual text messages, staked her out and even assaulted her near her apartment.
Sala Hospitality building on gains in Koh Samui
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 08/03/2018
» Sala Hospitality Group expects operations this year to achieve growth of 6-8%, thanks mainly to the recent opening of a new hotel in Koh Samui.
Will Premchai show?
News, Postbag, Published on 14/03/2018
» In the March 13 online news story, "Tycoon must report to cops", the statement by police officers gave an impression that accused leopard poacher Premchai Karnasuta must appear for questioning Wednesday -- or else.