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Marine Le Pen has called on French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly after her party took over the bloc led by the French president in European elections. “The President has no other choice but to dissolve the National Assembly and allow for a more democratic voting system in order to better represent […]

Foreign deployments have seemingly taken a heavy toll on the German Army, which has been already struggling with personnel shortages as hundreds of soldiers return from the missions physically or mentally crippled, a report says. As many as 800 soldiers of the German Armed Forces, or Bundeswehr, have been deemed unfit for further military service […]

Baghdad has called on Iran to respect the deal covering its nuclear program, which has been weakened by the US decision to withdraw from it and Tehran’s backing away from certain commitments. “We think the JCPOA is a good agreement,” said Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim. Iraq’s top diplomat was referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan […]

Russia ensured they left the Ice Hockey World Championship with the consolation of bronze as they earned a shootout win over the Czech Republic after the pair had finished locked at 2-2 following overtime. Russian goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy of NHL club Tampa Bay Lightning was the shootout hero, saving three attempts while Jakub Vrana also […]

Police in India arrested five cow vigilantes who beat two men and a woman in a viral video that sparked outrage on social media after the victims of the attack were arrested days before the perpetrators. Five men were arrested in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh for assaulting two men and a woman for allegedly transporting beef, […]

A court in Iraq has sentenced three men to death after finding them guilty of joining Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), officials confirmed on Sunday. A court official, who spoke to the press on condition of anonymity, said the trio were sentenced “after it was proven that they were members of the terrorist Islamic State […]

The streets of Toronto were packed with joyous fans as the city’s NBA team, the Raptors, sealed their place in the NBA Finals for the first time in their history. Toronto defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 100-94 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals to secure the series 4-2 after trailing the Bucks 2-0 after the […]

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin lashed out at Berlin’s top anti-Semitism chief for his ‘defeatist’ attitude towards protecting local Jews against the rise of hate crimes. The criticism from Tel Aviv was provoked by Felix Klein, who told local media that he “can’t recommend Jews to wear kippahs anywhere at any time in Germany.” “Unfortunately, I […]

The electronic musician’s “creepy” abortive seductions of Natalie Portman and Lana del Rey are not an excuse to air bigoted grievances about men in general. And Moby himself deserves pity, rather than self-righteous viciousness. It is easy to see why Moby – who was more known than adored, even in his turn-of-the-millennium heyday when he […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted Politico for using anti-Semitic tropes in its scathing profile of Bernie Sanders. In a piece focused on his ‘wealth’, the presidential hopeful is shown next to a ‘money tree’. The Friday cover of Politico Magazine is graced by the image of Bernie Sanders, the only Jewish candidate in the packed […]