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(ANSA)-Rome-February 7-France has recalled its ambassador to Rome, Christian Masset, for consultations. The French foreign ministry said the move was related to "groundless attacks by Italy without precedent since the end of the war" and "outrageous statements" by the Italian government. "Disagreeing is one thing, exploiting relations for electoral ends is another", the ministry noted.....

"Ryan Payne rolls down the window and he sticks both hands out the window and he yells back at the...I'm guessing whoever it was with the flashing lights and he yells back at them. It hadn't been two seconds probably and his hands are out and the shot comes through and hits, misses him but I thought it but it hits the mirror...it was the first shot fired and he yanked back in really fast and he goes 'Wow! They're shootin at us'...." "LaVoy was gonna go on and when I looked up and he has on the back of...

"France is one of those countries that by printing money for 14 African stats prevents their economic development and contributes to the fact that refugees leave and die in the sea or arrive on our coasts." Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio of the Five Star Movement 1/21/2019 The right side of Italy's new outsider government through Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of the League has been outspoken about stopping migrants reaching Italian shores and France shirking its responsibility to take migrants but the "Left Hook" has been applied to the French government and its policies. Luigi Di Maio,...

Good Morning.... Israel on the attack in Syria, first a mid-day strike on a southeastern Damascus airport.... The next installment of Qatari Arab cash is on its way to Gaza...... Israeli politics and a Likud party member Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely challenging one of the leaders of the "New Right" Party Education Minister Naftali Bennett...... The womens marches of Yellow Vests in France Sunday.... In the African nation of Zimbabwe last week widespread street demonstrations against the high price of fuel said to be the highest in all of Africa lead to a government crackdown with live ammunition.... Meanwhile...

There were expectations of a stronger Israeli response following the air attack on a Damascus airport mid-day Sunday and the missile launches at the Golan Heights in retaliation. And it came just after 1 am local time early Monday with a series of air attacks on targets in Syria that Israel says are Iranian with Israel acknowledging it also hit Syrian air defenses.....

The Israeli Air Force launched a strike from over the Mediterranean Sea aimed at the Duwali International Airport in southeast Damascus today. The strike coincided with the arrival of an Iranian airliner which turned around instead of landing. Seven missiles were reported downed by the Syrian air defenses with missiles seen in the skies over the Golan Heights. Links below..... Russia's National Defense Management Center says seven Israeli missiles were successfully intercepted by Syrian air defenses and there was no damage at the airport targeted. The attack occurred at 5:32am Eastern Time US this morning, 1232pm Damascus time. The Israel...

(News, Comment And Analysis) "I went out this morning and I saw this depressing thing, people not speaking, with empty looks on their faces, as if they had been replaced by an alien like in a sci-fi film. Why aren't people talking? Why are people depressed? Because they're talking in the place of the Italian people: the market. The market today is the pseudonym of the most depressing and predatory capitalism that we have in Italy" Five Star Movement leader-founder Beppe Grillo reacts to Italian President's rebuff of a Five Star-League government in Italy-5/28/2018 Italy's Five Star Movement has called...

In the 2015 General Election in the UK Nigel Farage was making a bid to be elected to the House of Commons when he led the United Kingdom Independence Party. When the results were counted election night in the South Thanet constituency it took all night as many postal ballots (absentee ballots) were counted. In the end Conservative Party candidate Craig Mackinlay won but there was the smell of wrong doing by the Tories in this race and dozens of others across the UK. Cases were brought against the Conservatives under British electoral laws and finally Wednesday a jury made...

WATCH: Livni taken by surprise as press conference * Gabbay: I took *hit from Livni * Zionist Union fared poorly in polls * Center-left playing field gets crowded ahead of April 9 * Latest election headlines Zionist Union breakup: Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay announced on Tuesday the break-up of the Zionist Union, with Tzipi Livni's Hatunah party. Zionist Union, which won 24 seats in the last election, has tanked in recent polls to as low as nine seats ahead of the April 9 election. In a press conference, Gabbay said he "still believes in partnerships and connections," but said...

Happy New Year to all..... In Tokyo just after midnight a car plowed into pedestrians injuring eight, one seriously..... In the United Kingdom a man reported shouting by an eyewtiness: "Allah" stabbed three people at the central railway station in Manchester, England around 850pm local time New Year's Eve..... The US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson says the country is: "in need of leadership" over Brexit..... In France, the year end message from President Emmanuel Macron promised order in the country "without compromise"...... The word from Washington is that the withdrawal of US military forces from Syria will be...

President Trump spoke with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday. They discussed the fight against ISIS, the issue of Syria including coordination of the US military withdrawal from the Syria and expanded trade with Turkey that has been on hold in recent years as relations were strained...... Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the Turkish president Erdogan an "anti-Semitic dictator" on Sunday saying among other things about Erdogan...... Israel's Education Minister and leader of the Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett says President Trump's Middle East peace plan includes a Palestinian state in the West Bank...... President Trump has...

"My congratulations to Sir Cliff Richard. By taking the BBC and the police to court over their shocking treatment of an unproven allegation against him, he has struck a mighty blow for justice...." Peter Hitchens Column July 21st, 2018.... "....A time for living, a time for believing, a time for trusting, not deceiving, love and laughter and joy ever after, ours for the taking, just follow the Master...." Cliff Richard Sings His UK Number One Christmas Song "Misteltoe and Wine".... As Tommy Robinson's appeal was heard at the UK High Court on July 18th this year, another case was ruled...

President Trump and the First Lady taking phone calls from children as part of the "Santa Tracker" program of NORAD on Christmas Eve as Santa made his way to the USA to deliver presents. Early elections have been called in Israel. April 9th is the date. Elections could have been delayed until November of next year, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the call saying it was difficult to pass laws.... Turbulence on Wall Street in the shortened Christmas Eve session...... A federal judge ruled Monday that North Korea should be paying over 501 million dollars to the family of...

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer and I must say prophet Alexander Solzhenitsyn. A statue was erected this month in a Moscow neighborhood to mark the anniversary of his birth with Russia's President Vladimir Putin paying his respects. Its a story that happens to take place in an around December 25th, 1949. Christmas Day in the Western nations, but not in Russia. However, it certainly is the Christmas season as it happened USSR style. Among other people in the story are the prisoners of the "best prison" in the Soviet Gulag Archipelago on...

"The release of United States President Donald Trump's 'deal of the century' for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will be postponed until the summer to enable Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party to win the April 9th Knesset election, according to Channel 2 News" "Arutz Sheva"-Israel National News Report 11:41 AM Eastern Time US 12/24/2018- "Anticipating the Trump administration's rollout of its peace plan< Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked told the "Jersualem Post Diplomatic Conference" on Wednesday that it will be a waste because the gaps between Israel and the Palestinians are too great to bridge" "Jersualem Post" Report...

The call is out for protesters to gather tomorrow (Saturday December 29th) in cities across France with limited numbers expressing their support on social media. Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Paris are listed as site for protest tomorrow with prominent figures in the Yellow Vests movement joining a protest in Marseille. But there is greater interest in a gathering on the Champs-Elysees on New Years Eve for a "festive and non violent" Yellow Vests event. The city of Paris is going ahead with its planned light shows on New Year's Eve with lights projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. Police intend...

"The YPG/YKK terrorist organization that controls the region by force does not have the right and the authority to make a statement and invite other elements on behalf of people in the region" Turkish Defense Ministry Statement 12/28/2018- "Due to the invading Turkish state's threats to invade northern Syria and displace its people similarly to al-Bab, Jarabulus and Afrin, we as the People's Protection Units, following the withdrawal of our forces from Manbij before, announce that our forces will be focusing on the fight against ISIS on all fronts in the east of the Euphrates. In conjunction with this, we...

"I believe Trump just flew to the Middle East" Twitter Posting "Aircraft Spots" There has been a posting on a Twitter account called "Aircraft Spots" showing what appears to be an Air Force One like aircraft over England earlier today. The POTUS could be on a mission to visit the military somewhere, maybe even Afghanistan. We have had Twitter silence for some 20 hours from the President.

They set all terrorist organizations on Turkey. They bred both Daesh and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)-affiliated Democratic Union Party (PYD) as the regional occupation's hitmen and aamassed them on Turkey's border. Using the Syrian war as an excuse, they tried to close in on the country and siege it through terrorist organizations. Those who set up a terrorist army adjacent to our borders used the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) and other similar organizations as native invaders in attempts to strike both from the border and from within the country. They did this and caused severe casualties to this country,...

"The new right-wing party is on the right, period, for the land of Israel, without compromises, against a Palestinian state" Education Minister Naftali Bennett Announces A New "Right" Party In Israel 12/29/2018 Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announced Saturday night the formation of "The New Right" party to contest the April 9th elections. They are leaving the "Jewish Home" party where Bennett served as its leader. Bennett and Shaked will be co-leaders of the new party. The party will 'represent secular and religious Israelis'. Bennett said religious Israelis have been used for too long by politicians...