Two Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar after more than 500 days in jail

Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo celebrate with their children after being freed from prison, after receiving a presidential pardon in Yangon, Myanmar, May 7, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang/Pool Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of

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Bahrain PM makes Ramadan call to Qatar Emir, a first since rift

Photo Reuters Bahrain’s premier phoned Qatar’s Emir on Monday to mark the first day of Ramadan, Qatari media said, but Manama said the call, a rare exchange amid a lengthy dispute between Doha and some of its neighbors, signaled no change in political stance. Bahrain along with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt

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China confirms economy czar going to Washington for talks

FILE – In this Wednesday, May 1, 2019, file photo, members of U.S. and China delegation led by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, stand for a group photo session after their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Chinese envoys are preparing to

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FBI Wiretap Translator Arrested For Obstructing Terror Investigation Joined Hamas-Tied CAIR to Shut Down Terrorist Screening Database

Photo The Gateway Pundit by Cristina Laila The DOJ and US Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Virginia said in a press release Monday that a former FBI linguist was arrested and indicted on obstruction charges in a terrorism investigation. “According to court documents, Abdirizak Jaji Raghe Wehelie, aka Haji Raghe, 66, of Burke,

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Will Somaliland Ever Seek Israeli Agro-miracle?

Photo The Times of Israel By Abdirahman M. Dirye Somaliland’s past leadership has been reluctant to send official delegation to Tel Aviv lest Arabs may shed crocodile tears on ‘the breakup’ of so-called Som-Arab brotherhood and destabilize Somaliland using religion as a weapon. But several Arab league member states either maintain direct cooperation with Israel

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Mobs attack Muslim-owned shops, homes in Sri Lanka, 2 arrested

Sri Lankan police arrested two people after mobs attacked Muslim-owned shops in one of the towns where a Catholic church was targeted in multiple suicide bombings in April that killed more than 250, according to local media reports. Hundreds of security forces entered Negombo, north of Colombo, to impose a curfew Sunday night after dozens

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U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran: Bolton

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Strait of Gibraltar, entering the Mediterranean Sea as it continues operations in the 6th Fleet area of responsibility in this April 13, 2019 photo supplied by the U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clint Davis/Handout via REUTERS The Trump administration is deploying

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At least 40 dead in Russian plane’s fiery emergency landing

This image taken from video provided by Instagram user @artempetrovich, shows the SSJ-100 aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines on fire during an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2019. (@artempetrovich via AP) A Russian airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport Sunday evening, and at

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At least 13 killed after Russian passenger plane catches fire mid-air: news agencies

A passenger plane is seen on fire after an emergency landing at the Sheremetyevo Airport outside Moscow, Russia May 5, 2019. The Investigative Committee of Russia/Handout via REUTERS. At least 13 people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday when the plane caught fire mid-air and made an emergency landing at

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Qatar will not grant visas to its ‘enemies’, tourism chief says

Akbar al-Baker is also the CEO of Qatar Airways [Naseem Zeitoon/Reuters] Comments were the first suggesting Qatar would no longer grant visas to people from Egypt amid the two-year blockade. Qatar will not grant visas to those it considers “enemies”, the secretary general of the National Tourism Council said in reference to Egyptians seeking to

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