Author: Karin Laub
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Angry worshippers lash out against Trump across Muslim world
JERUSALEM— Large crowds of worshippers across the Muslim world staged anti-U.S. marches Friday, some stomping on posters of Donald Trump or burning American flags in the largest outpouring of anger yet at the U.S. president’s recognition of bitterly contested Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In the holy city itself, prayers at Islam’s third-holiest site dispersed largely…
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3 Palestinians killed, scores hurt in clashes with Israel
JERUSALEM — Palestinian anger over metal detectors installed by Israel at Jerusalem’s most contested shrine boiled over on Friday, setting off clashes that killed three Palestinians and hospitalized dozens in the most widespread street violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank in nearly two years. The metal detectors are perceived by the Palestinians as an…
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Jordan: 2 American trainers killed in shootout at air base
AMMAN, Jordan — Two American trainers were killed and a third was wounded on Friday in an exchange of gunfire at the gates of an air base in southern Jordan, the military said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the shooting. The shots were fired as a car carrying the trainers tried to enter the…
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ANALYSIS: High-seas raid heightens Israeli isolation
JERUSALEM — Israel’s bloody, bungled takeover of a Gaza-bound Turkish aid vessel is complicating U.S.-led Mideast peace efforts, deepening Israel’s international isolation and threatening to destroy the Jewish state’s ties with key regional ally Turkey. And while Israel had hoped to defend its tight blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza with Monday’s high-seas raid, it instead appeared…
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Cleric: Some in Iran unrest ‘worthy of execution’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. ___ Iran’s increasingly isolated opposition leader effectively ended his role in street…
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Iran reform leader says he won’t end his challenge
EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. ___ Iran’s opposition leader pledged Thursday not to withdraw his election challenge…