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President Donald Trump responded to the public outcry over his administration’s decision to reverse an Obama-era ban of elephant and big game hunting trophies from Africa. “Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all

In his 12-day trip to Asia, U.S. President Donald Trump largely focused on North Korea and trade, all but avoiding the simmering disputes in the South China Sea and steering clear of sharp criticism of Beijing’s increasingly aggressive activities there.

First, as expected, the governing party of president Robert Mugabe’s governing Zanu-pf party voted to expel him from the party, and to demand his resignation. According to the resolutions of the Zanu-pf Central Committee.

At the ZOA dinner, I was shocked to see a highly placed communal leader whom I greatly respect escorting the former Qatari ambassador to the United States to meet attendees.

Lebanon will emerge victorious in any future conflict with Israel, the Cedar Republic’s foreign minister, Gebran Bassil, claimed in an interview published on Friday.

An Israeli soldier was lightly injured when an army vehicle traveling along the border with Egypt came under fire early Monday morning, the army said. The soldier was taken to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba for treatment.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — A stampede erupted while food aid was being distributed in a Moroccan village Sunday and at least 15 people died and 10 were injured, authorities said.

Father Desmond O’Donnell is urging Christians to give up the word “Christmas” and replace it with something else, saying that Christmas has been hijacked by “Santa and reindeer.”

Pope Francis praised his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI over the weekend, saying that his teaching continues to live on in the Church as a precious treasure.

President Donald Trump attacked the former basketball player turned media personality LaVar Ball on Sunday evening, claiming that he had been “very ungrateful” after Trump’s intervention saved his son from a prison sentence in China.

The rightful mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma escaped from house arrest in Venezuela on Friday, the country’s latest politician to flee the country amid rising levels of political persecution.

Pakistani authorities have issued an ultimatum to an anti-blasphemy Islamist political party, urging them to stop obstructing the main entrance to Islamabad or face repercussions, a move that potentially spark clashes between the two sides.

TEL AVIV – An Israeli report claiming that the Trump administration had formulated a peace plan recognizing a Palestinian state without evacuating existing West Bank settlements is untrue, American and Israeli officials said.

TEL AVIV – Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Saturday called on Arab states to make peace with Israel in order to create a coalition against Iran.

WASHINGTON, DC — Socialist Venezuela is quietly fueling the proliferation of an expanding “clandestine jihadist network,” consisting of tens of thousands of Hezbollah affiliated Syrians, Lebanese, and Iraqis, allowing them to establish a stronghold in the South American region from where they can potentially infiltrate the U.S., warns an expert.

Giuseppe Laras, Milan’s chief rabbi for 25 years and “the face of Italian Judaism,” has died at age 82, leaving a written testament that accuses the Left of having betrayed the Jewish people.

The commander of the U.S. nuclear force ignited controversy when he said that he would not follow an illegal order from the president.

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Two Israeli civilians were wounded — one seriously — in a vehicular-ramming attack carried out by a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank on Friday morning.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — At least 14 civilians including a young girl were killed by Syrian regime bombardment of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus on Saturday, a monitor said.

PARIS (AFP) — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri confirmed he would return to Lebanon in time for Independence Day celebrations Wednesday, as political turmoil rocks his country following his resignation announcement in Saudi Arabia.

The IDF says it has fired a tank shell near the Bedouin village of Hader in Syria Saturday as a “warning shot” after the Syrian military conducted construction along their border.

TEL AVIV – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group on Tuesday released a video threatening Israel and the IDF with destruction, saying that the only way forward is through “armed resistance.”

TEL AVIV — Jihadists in the Gaza Strip affiliated with the Iran-backed Islamic State and other Salafist terrorist organizations won’t allow alcohol and nightclubs to return to Gaza along with the Palestinian Authority, one senior jihadist told Breitbart Jerusalem.

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Holding signs reading “F*** You Mugabe” and “Mugabe Must go,” an estimated thousands took the streets of the capital, Harare, demanding the removal of longtime dictator Robert Mugabe.

Disputes between Hamas and Fatah on issues that lie at the heart of Palestinian reconciliation may turn into a security nightmare for Israel and Egypt, an Arab security source has told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV — PLO members and their organizations won’t accept the peace deal reportedly being drafted by Trump administration officials, including Trump’s son-in-law, Jarred Kushner, several PLO members told Breitbart Jerusalem in a series of interviews.

Less than two months after Saudi Arabia announced it would lift a decades-old ban on female drivers, the kingdom has legalized yoga, held its first women’s basketball tournament, and announced that it will allow Saudi women to work for the Ministry of Justice.

The government of Saudi Arabia has strenuously denied that King Salman bin Abdulaziz plans to abdicate and pass the throne along to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but on Thursday, the UK Daily Mail quoted a source “close to the royal family” who insisted the king will vacate his throne next week.

Sudan formally announced on Thursday that it would cut ties with North Korea, the U.S. State Department confirmed. The Trump administration has worked to isolate North Korea on the global stage.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has signaled that it will not offer a debt relief package to Venezuela, yet China reiterated confidence that the Maduro regime will pay off their debt.

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter told CNN on Thursday that he thinks the Obama administration could have done more on the problem of North Korea’s nuclear program.

Not surprisingly, China’s state-run media thinks very highly of President Xi Jinping, who assumed near-dictatorial powers and a second five-year term at the recent Communist Party Congress in Beijing.

The Navy on Friday apologized and said it has grounded an aircrew from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, after its pilots drew a giant penis in the sky with jet exhaust on Thursday.

North Korea is currently working on an “aggressive schedule” to develop a ballistic missile submarine capable of reaching the United States, the website 38 North, run by the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies have revealed.