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A few days after declaring he was removed from power in an illegal coup, Zimbabwe’s former dictator Robert Mugabe expressed a desire to meet with his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to help him “return to legitimacy.”

byJohn Hayward19 Mar 2018, 3:20 PM PDT0

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is launching a new oil-backed cryptocurrency called

President Donald Trump has banned U.S. citizens from investing in Venezuela’s recently launched state cryptocurrency.

byBen Kew19 Mar 2018, 2:57 PM PDT0

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is warning that if Tehran gets a nuclear weapon, his country will follow suit

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman defended his anti-corruption crackdown as “extremely necessary” in an interview with Norah O’Donnell of CBS News’ 60 Minutes on Sunday.

byJohn Hayward19 Mar 2018, 1:08 PM PDT0

In this March 1, 2016 file photo, souvenir plates bearing images of Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and late Chinese leader Mao Zedong are displayed at a shop near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. In 2016, the Chinese Communist Party bestows on Xi the wholly ceremonial yet highly significant title of

Chinese Communist ruler Xi Jinping claimed the office of the presidency a second time on Sunday, beginning a term in office that, with term limits on the office repealed, could be the second of an unlimited number in the future.

byFrances Martel19 Mar 2018, 12:52 PM PDT0

CEMENTERIO DEL ESTE, CARACAS, MIRANDA, VENEZUELA - 2018/02/12: A venezuelan flag with SOS printed on it seen at the cemetery. Remembrance service held in Caracas in honor of those killed during the protests in Venezuela. Group of people marched to the eastern cemetery with relatives of the victims who have died protesting since 2014. (Photo by Román Camacho/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A town in the crisis-stricken country of Venezuela has begun issuing its own currency to combat the ludicrous levels of hyperinflation causing general cash shortages.

byBen Kew19 Mar 2018, 12:27 PM PDT0

The Chinese government warned this weekend that it will use “military pressure” against the United States if it does not “correct its mistake” of passing the Taiwan Travel Act, a law that encourages Taiwanese government officials to visit America and vice versa.

byFrances Martel19 Mar 2018, 11:54 AM PDT0

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NEW YORK — Numerous officials from John Kerry’s State Department have been fingered for playing roles in the distribution – and in one case, possibly also the compilation – of the largely discredited 35-page anti-Trump dossier.

byAaron Klein19 Mar 2018, 11:53 AM PDT0

Taiwan's relations with China have become increasingly frosty since Beijing-sceptic President Tsai Ing-wen took power almost a year ago

President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act on Saturday, bringing a round of applause from Taiwanese officials and citizens plus the expected statement of disapproval from China.

byJohn Hayward19 Mar 2018, 11:42 AM PDT0

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Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad visited soldiers in the siege stricken area of Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as his forces reportedly appear to be on the verge of reclaiming the area.

byBen Kew19 Mar 2018, 11:31 AM PDT0

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a news conference after meeting with his staff at the campaign headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 18, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin has dodged a question about his plans after serving another six-year term he has won. Putin wouldn't be eligible under the constitution to compete in the 2024 election since there is a limit of two consecutive terms. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool photo via AP)

As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election on Sunday and will evidently claim he passed the magic “70/70” margin he was looking for: winning over 70 percent of the vote with turnout over 70 percent.

byJohn Hayward19 Mar 2018, 11:16 AM PDT0

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David P. Goldman, economist, author, and Asia Times columnist whose pen name is “Spengler,” talked to Breitbart News Tonight co-hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak Thursday, warning of threats to America’s global position via China’s ascendance in science and technology.

byRobert Kraychik19 Mar 2018, 10:49 AM PDT0

John Franklin Stephens, a man with Down syndrome, told the United Nations that a world without people like him would be “a poorer world, a colder world, a less happy world.”

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Mar 2018, 10:33 AM PDT0

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman conducts a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May with other members of their delegations, inside 10 Downing Street, London, on Wednesday March 7, 2018. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a royal welcome with high level political talks to begin his three day visit to Britain, although protesters criticised the visit. (Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP)

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman insisted in an interview with 60 Minutes aired Sunday that he will enact reforms to ensure equality of the sexes, claiming that a Saudi “equal pay” initiative is in the works despite the country not yet allowing women to drive or conduct many basic activities without a male guardian.

byFrances Martel19 Mar 2018, 9:33 AM PDT0

A British woman has been killed in a suspected Turkish airstrike after she travelled to Syria to fight against Islamic State terrorists.

byLiam Deacon19 Mar 2018, 9:09 AM PDT0

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is warning that if Tehran gets a nuclear weapon, his country will follow suit

Extremist Islamic groups in the Middle East come and go. When they go — as has the Islamic State (ISIS) — the regional void left quickly fills. Most often, and usually through proxies, the “filler” is Iran.

byJames Zumwalt19 Mar 2018, 8:05 AM PDT0

In this March 1, 2016 file photo, souvenir plates bearing images of Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and late Chinese leader Mao Zedong are displayed at a shop near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. In 2016, the Chinese Communist Party bestows on Xi the wholly ceremonial yet highly significant title of

Cardinal Joseph Zen has denounced proponents of an “imminent” accord between China and the Vatican, saying that the Church is setting itself up for a major disaster.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Mar 2018, 8:04 AM PDT0

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TEL AVIV – The Palestinian terrorist who stabbed an Israeli to death in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday had entered Israel legally using a termporary permit that allowed him to look for employment, the Shin Bet security service said.

byDeborah Danan19 Mar 2018, 7:53 AM PDT0

Contents: Burundi’s Hutu ‘eternal supreme guide’ Nkurunziza to remain in power eternally; Reports of Trump-Kim meeting in Finland unconfirmed so far; Finland is the happiest country in the world, Burundi the unhappiest

byJohn J. Xenakis19 Mar 2018, 7:40 AM PDT0

Israeli soldiers search for tunnels in fields as they continue to look for three missing Israeli teens, feared abducted in the West Bank on June 12, in Haska valley between the village of Halhul and the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, June 22, 2014. Israeli troops shot dead a mentally ill Palestinian who approached them in a West Bank refugee camp Sunday, the army said, while another Palestinian was killed in violent confrontations in the city of Ramallah. Sunday’s deaths brought to four the number of Palestinians killed since Israel launched its most extensive military operation in the West Bank in years in response to the abduction of three Israeli teens. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

The Israeli military on Sunday announced that it destroyed two attack tunnels, one that entered Israeli territory and another inside the central Gaza Strip, the latest in a series of underground structures have been demolished by Israel in recent months.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Mar 2018, 4:11 AM PDT0

Palestinian Authority officials are seen at the northern entrance of the Gaza Strip just after the Israeli-controlled Erez crossing, on November 1, 2017 in Beit Hanun. Hamas handed over control of the Gaza Strip's borders with Egypt and Israel to the Palestinian Authority in the first key test of a landmark Palestinian reconciliation accord agreed last month. / AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

A French consulate worker has been arrested on accusations of using an official car to smuggle dozens of guns from the Gaza Strip to the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said Monday.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Mar 2018, 3:27 AM PDT0

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A Hamas-run TV channel which broadcasts in the Gaza Strip, aired at the end of last week a video clip which appeared to be aimed at glorifying the dull and dangerous work carried out by the diggers of tunnels.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Mar 2018, 2:33 AM PDT0

For the first time, a baby born in Italy to a lesbian couple will have two mothers and no father listed on the birth certificate, despite that fact that only one of the two carried and gave birth to the child.

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Mar 2018, 2:06 AM PDT0

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, shown here on October 24, 2017, has denounced Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday.

byBreitbart Jerusalem19 Mar 2018, 1:57 AM PDT0

China expert Steven Mosher joined Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight to discuss the revelations in Peter Schweizer’s new book, “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends,” concerning the Chinese government’s influence peddling via “sweetheart deals” with family members of prominent American politicians.

byRobert Kraychik18 Mar 2018, 4:15 PM PDT0

Israeli security forces and forensics inspect the destroyed vehicle that was used by a Palestinian assailant in a car ramming attack targeting a group of Israeli soldiers near Mevo Dotan in the north of the occupied West Bank on March 16, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Jack GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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

PLO leadership abbas

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

Russia

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

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