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TEL AVIV – Palestinian terror groups have come out in praise of the “heroic” West Bank car-ramming attack in which two IDF soldiers were killed on Friday afternoon

byDeborah Danan18 Mar 2018, 3:31 PM PDT0

Chinese President Xi Jinping during a joint press briefing with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People on January 9, 2018 in Beijing, China. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron will pay a state visit to China from January 8th to 10th. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein - Pool/Getty Images)

Republicans who opposed President Donald Trump’s announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports now signal openness to a narrower package of duties levied solely on America’s strategic competitor, China.

byBreitbart News18 Mar 2018, 3:14 PM PDT0

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A U.S. military HH-60 Black Hawk chopper participating in the anti-Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) war in the Middle East crashed in western Iraq near the country’s border with Syria this week, killing all seven American service members on board, according to the Pentagon.

byEdwin Mora18 Mar 2018, 11:08 AM PDT0

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President Donald Trump dismissed the Robert Mueller special investigation into whether his political campaign colluded with Russia to help him beat Hillary Clinton.

byCharlie Spiering18 Mar 2018, 10:01 AM PDT0

Protesters demonstrate against Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney

Contents: Malaysia’s Najib Razak condemns Myanmar’s (Burma’s) genocide of Rohingyas at ASEAN summit; Cambodia’s Hun Sen threatens violence at protesters at ASEAN meeting

byJohn J. Xenakis18 Mar 2018, 9:45 AM PDT0

A wounded man is wheeled into a hospital in Jerusalem following a shooting attack on a religious school in the city in which at least eight students were killed on March 6, 2008. Some 35 people were wounded in the attack on the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva in the predominantly Jewish west Jerusalem tonight, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. Public television said two Palestinians were killed when they attacked the school in the Kyriat Moshe neighbourhood, and that many people were wounded. AFP PHOTO/DAVID VAAKNIN (Photo credit should read DAVID VAAKNIN/AFP/Getty Images)

A Turkish tourist stabbed and seriously injured an Israeli security guard in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday, medics said.

byBreitbart Jerusalem18 Mar 2018, 8:27 AM PDT0

Israel makes arrests after deadly West Bank car ramming: army

TEL AVIV – Israel will demolish the home of the Palestinian terrorist who on Friday afternoon ran over and killed two IDF soldiers and wounded two others, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Saturday night.

byDeborah Danan18 Mar 2018, 8:24 AM PDT0

Elon Musk during his presention during Tesla Powerpack Launch Event at Hornsdale Wind Farm on September 29, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. Tesla will build the world's largest lithium ion battery after coming to an agreement with the South Australian government. The Powerpack project will be capable of an output of 100 megawatts (MW) of power at a time and the huge battery will be able to store 129 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised to build the Powerpack in 100 days, or he will deliver it for free. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images)

South Australia has ousted the left-wing, eco-loon government responsible for the disastrous green energy policy which has often plunged the state into darkness, hamstrung industry and driven electricity prices to stratospheric highs.

byJames Delingpole18 Mar 2018, 7:25 AM PDT0

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Former CIA Director John Brennan reacted to the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe — and President Donald Trump’s celebration of it — by tweeting a strident attack against Trump:

byJoel B. Pollak18 Mar 2018, 7:22 AM PDT0

The Vatican has released the full text of a letter from emeritus Pope Benedict XVI it had previously altered, but the contents of the letter have turned out to be worse than anyone suspected.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.18 Mar 2018, 7:15 AM PDT0

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The US administration is delaying the announcement of its Middle East peace plan because it believes the proposal would have a greater chance of success after a new leader replaces long-time Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a senior Palestinian official was quoted as saying Saturday.

byBreitbart Jerusalem18 Mar 2018, 3:13 AM PDT0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and his wife Sara, left, stand beside Vice-President Gabriela Michetti on the site of the former Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. The Bombing of the Israeli embassy on 1992 killed more than a dozen and left hundreds injured. Netanyahu is on a two day official visit to Argentina. (AP Photo/ HO Argentina- Vice Presidency)

Police are seeking another round of questioning of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on Monday in the Bezeq graft probe, for the first time since a former adviser turned state’s witness in the high profile corruption case, Hadashot TV news reported Friday.

byBreitbart Jerusalem18 Mar 2018, 2:49 AM PDT0

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a Christmas lunch with members of the Christian Orthodox community on January 6, 2016 in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Mahmud Abbas dismissed weeks of rumours the Palestinian Authority could collapse, saying he would 'never give up' on it. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX / AFP / THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)

In the presidential office in Ramallah on March 14, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas met with Rajaei Haddad, a terrorist from eastern Jerusalem released from prison after serving a 20-year term for his 1998 conviction of complicity in the murder of an Israeli in Jerusalem’s Old City.

byBreitbart Jerusalem18 Mar 2018, 1:06 AM PDT0

NEW YORK — James Comey took to Twitter on Saturday to respond to an earlier tweet by President Trump about the Russia probe, with the former FBI director exclaiming that the “American people will hear my story very soon.”

byAaron Klein17 Mar 2018, 6:43 PM PDT0

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The authorities have uncovered an Antifa-linked hoard of chemicals, high-explosives, and a mobile bomb factory in Thuringia, Germany, according to local media.

byJack Montgomery17 Mar 2018, 11:44 AM PDT0

Three quarters of Germans said that Islam does not belong to Germany in a new poll, in direct opposition to recent comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.17 Mar 2018, 10:26 AM PDT0

Pro-Taiwan indepedence activists hold banners on the 70th anniversary of the

Contents: Ireland border issue continues to confound Brexit negotiations; Despite warnings from China, Trump signs the Taiwan Travel Act

byJohn J. Xenakis17 Mar 2018, 10:04 AM PDT0

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TEL AVIV — Recent reports of a deterioration in the health of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set off fears of a political war of succession that could work to the advantage of Hamas, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

byAli Waked17 Mar 2018, 8:45 AM PDT0

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JERUSALEM – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party this week marked the 40th anniversary of The Coastal Road massacre – the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history in which 37 Israelis, including 13 children, were murdered – by honoring the “thunderous souls” of the Palestinian murderers and asserting that the infamous Dalal Mughrabi, who orchestrated the attack, died in a “most spectacular way” by first killing as many Israelis as possible.

byDeborah Danan17 Mar 2018, 8:44 AM PDT0

The Islamic State terrorist group published photos on its Telegram account showing

The Islamic State terrorist group published photos on its Telegram account showing “child soldiers” executing Afghani soldiers who were purportedly captured by IS during fighting in the Nanajahar region in Afghanistan.

byAli Waked17 Mar 2018, 8:43 AM PDT0

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Saturday announced it is expelling 23 British diplomats and threatened further measures in retaliation in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain.

byBreitbart London17 Mar 2018, 3:14 AM PDT0

Islamic State Video Shows Gunshots and Beheading in Afghanistan

TEL AVIV – A prominent Shiite Iraqi interfaith activist told BBC Arabic earlier this month that the Islamic State terror group’s violence, including beheadings, is “deeply rooted in Islam” and that that makes it “a hundred times more evil.”

byDeborah Danan16 Mar 2018, 11:07 PM PDT0

WATERBORO, ME - DECEMBER 20: Howe and Howe Technologies has secured a contract to build twenty RS2H1 robots for the U.S. military. Michael Howe, left, and Geoffrey pose with the robot vehicle at their business in Waterboro. (Photo by Derek Davis/Staff photographer)

The United States Army is developing compact weapons platforms “optimized for fighting in dense urban terrain.”

byNate Church16 Mar 2018, 5:49 PM PDT0

Former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In advance of his book release, former FBI director James Comey is promoting a coast-to-coast speaking tour about “good, ethical leadership.”

byNate Church16 Mar 2018, 5:13 PM PDT0

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince, looks on during a bilateral meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May at An Nasiriyah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. May began a visit to Jordan and Saudi Arabia on Monday, with the goal of building security and commercial ties. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A report surfacing this week claims Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), 31, has blocked his father, King Salman, from seeing his mother for more than two years and has worked to keep them apart throughout his rise to power.

byAdelle Nazarian16 Mar 2018, 5:03 PM PDT0

Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani came under growing opposition from his detractors after he organised the September 25 referendum on Kurdish independence that triggered a deep crisis with Baghdad

The chancellor of northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has reportedly called on U.S. rival China to “play a greater role” in bringing stability to the Middle East.

byEdwin Mora16 Mar 2018, 4:21 PM PDT0

China and Djibouti have agreed to form a 'strategic partnership'

Communist China is covertly intensifying its military footprint across Africa, reports Voice of America (VOA), echoing recent comments from the top U.S. commander on the continent.

byEdwin Mora16 Mar 2018, 4:03 PM PDT0

North Korea has yet to confirm that it issued an invitation for Trump to meet Kim for nuclear disarmament talks, as South Korean officials reported to Trump during a White House meeting last week

Preparations for the still-unconfirmed meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un are moving ahead, as the South Korean government said on Friday it is working to expedite both a summit with North Korea and a meeting between Trump and President Moon Jae-in. Meanwhile, North Korea’s Foreign Minister was spotted in Sweden, prompting speculation that he was doing advance work for Trump and Kim to meet there.

byJohn Hayward16 Mar 2018, 3:27 PM PDT0

Despite a frenzied over-reaction that practically nuked Liang Xiangyi off the Internet, the tyrants of Beijing cannot quite make the exasperated reporter in the blue dress disappear.

byJohn Hayward16 Mar 2018, 3:15 PM PDT0

Air China's in-flight magazine ran an article detailing safety tips for travellers based on the race and nationality of residents in London

China is set to exact consequences for individuals who score low in its long-planned “social credit system,” announcing this week that it would begin to ban Chinese citizens from traveling if their social credit score was too low.

byFrances Martel16 Mar 2018, 2:46 PM PDT0

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Turkish troops fighting to conquer the Kurdish-held region of Afrin in Syria are committing “war crimes” against Yazidis and Christians that mirror the “ethnic cleansing and genocide” in the region at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), declared a top United Nations envoy.

byEdwin Mora16 Mar 2018, 2:16 PM PDT0

The semi-autonomous government of Hong Kong on Friday announced plans to impose a three-year jail sentence on anyone who disrespects the Chinese national anthem.

byJohn Hayward16 Mar 2018, 1:56 PM PDT0

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A Palestinian driver hit four Israeli soldiers with his car Friday afternoon, killing an officer and a soldier and seriously injuring the others, outside the Mevo Dotan settlement in the northern West Bank.

byBreitbart Jerusalem16 Mar 2018, 1:49 PM PDT0

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A dissident reggaetón artist imprisoned after a Cuban government agent attacked him while using the internet has been placed in solitary confinement in prison and refused to eat or drink water for one week, his mother told the Miami-based news outlet Martí Noticias this week.

byFrances Martel16 Mar 2018, 1:43 PM PDT0

White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster delivers keynote remarks during a discussion on 'Syria: Is the Worst Yet to Come?' in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Amid widespread reports National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is expected to lose his job within days, it is instructive to recall the troubling ideology and concerning connections of the man who has been serving in one of the most powerful U.S. national security positions.

byAaron Klein16 Mar 2018, 1:34 PM PDT0

Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes had President Rodrigo Duterte's son, Paolo, brought before a Senate inquiry to face allegations he was involved in drug trafficking

A Filipino senator is facing sedition charges for a speech criticizing the country’s strongman, President Rodrigo Duterte.

byBen Kew16 Mar 2018, 12:10 PM PDT0

People walk by a bust of Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, at the school that will be the polling station where Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will vote later in the day, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 7, 2015. Turkey is holding Sunday a general election and approximately 56 million Turkish voters are eligible to cast their ballots to elect 550 members of national parliament. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis}

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan railed on Thursday against the modern Turkish language, lamenting that “unpleasant, dull and soulless words” had entered it when Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ordered reforms to formalize the Ottoman dialects.

byFrances Martel16 Mar 2018, 10:58 AM PDT0

Mugabe said he did not hate his successor but insisted he would not work with him

94-year-old dictator Robert Mugabe returned to the spotlight on Thursday, four months after he was removed from the office he held for four decades. Despite an extravagant exit package that guaranteed Mugabe a lifetime of luxury in exchange for his graceful departure, he bitterly criticized the “coup” that swept him from power, denounced his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa as a “disgrace,” and suggested his ouster should be reversed.

byJohn Hayward16 Mar 2018, 10:49 AM PDT0

A Palestinian Bedouin woman washes a bowl on October 22, 2013 at an encampment where she lives with her family in tents amid harsh living conditions with no electricity in southern Gaza City.

With the US announcing cuts in aid money to the Palestinians, one might think the Palestinian Authority would try to cut expenses, but an invoice from a hotel stay by top Palestinian officials this month indicates the exact opposite.

byBreitbart Jerusalem16 Mar 2018, 10:35 AM PDT0

The Vatican under Pope Francis is consolidating its opposition to “gender theory,” the notion that maleness and femaleness can be separated from biological sex, according to veteran Vatican analyst John L. Allen, Jr.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.16 Mar 2018, 10:28 AM PDT0

WASHINGTON ― An immigrant from Honduras who federal investigators say supports ISIS faces charges he attempted to blow up a fake FBI-supplied bomb at a Miami shopping mall.

A Honduran migrant has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a plan to blow up a shopping mall in Miami on behalf of the Islamic State

byBen Kew16 Mar 2018, 10:11 AM PDT0

This photo released on Saturday, Feb 24, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group and civilians gathering to help survivors from a street attacked by airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and more than a dozen wounded Saturday, raising the death toll of a week of bombing in the area to nearly 500, including scores of women and children. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

BEIRUT — Syrian government and Russian airstrikes killed at least 46 people in a besieged town outside of Damascus on Friday, while Turkish shelling and attacks on a Kurdish-held town in northern Syria left at least 22 dead there, monitors and officials said.

byBreitbart Jerusalem16 Mar 2018, 9:31 AM PDT0

Internet services in Bali, Indonesia, will be switched off for 24 hours on Saturday to mark Nyepi, an annual “sacred day of reflection,” according to the Guardian.

byCharlie Nash16 Mar 2018, 8:53 AM PDT0

A vehicle damaged in the explosion that went off near Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah's convoy is seen in the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun on March 13, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)

TEL AVIV — A security delegation from the Palestinian Authority is set to arrive in the Gaza Strip at the orders of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in order to follow the investigation into an explosion that recently targeted a convoy that included the prime minister and intelligence chief Majed Faraj, a Palestinian source from the Interior Ministry said.

byAli Waked16 Mar 2018, 8:52 AM PDT0

Air India's Dreamliner taxis on the tarmac upon arriving in Sydney on August 30, 2013. Australia's first ever Dreamliner passenger flight touched down in Sydney as the airport welcomed direct services from New Delhi to Sydney with Air India. AFP PHOTO / Saeed Khan (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

India’s state-run carrier Air India said Friday it will fly over Saudi airspace to Tel Aviv, a move that ends a decades-long Saudi ban on the use of its airspace for flights to Israel.

byBreitbart Jerusalem16 Mar 2018, 8:48 AM PDT0

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