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Two major Saudi oil facilities hit by explosions and set ablaze early Saturday morning in what Iranian backed Houthi rebels are calling an attack launched by 10 drones. Reuters and Wall Street Journal are reporting with sources saying that Saudi Arabia's oil output has been reduced by half. The Houthis have been launching attacks on Saudi Arabia, which has been leading a military coalition fighting on the side of Yemen's government against the Houthi's with support from the United States and United Kingdom.... The Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says...... After leaving his job as National Security Adviser John Bolton...

The results of the Knesset election are very important to Moscow, and it hopes politicians will be elected who will maintain close ties with Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sochi on Thursday. Netanyahu traveled to the Black Sea resort to meet the Russian leader – just five days before the election – in a move widely seen as an effort to woo elder Russian-speaking immigrants who form an important base of support for Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party.

The Israeli military Saturday said it foiled a "pending large-scale attack" by Iranian forces and Shiite militia on targets in Israel with a series of airstrikes near Damascus. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed responsibility for the airstrikes, saying it thwarted Iranian drone attacks on Israel, according to a statement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in acknowledging Israel's responsibility for the attacks, said on Twitter, "I repeat: Iran has no immunity anywhere. Our forces operate in every direction against Iranian aggression." "He who rises to kill you, kill him first," Netanyahu said in his tweet, quoting Hebrew scripture.

The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, passed a law last year declaring Israel “the national home of the Jewish people, in which it fulfills its natural, cultural, religious, and historical right to self-determination.” One might suppose that this “Basic Law” (akin to a constitutional amendment) would be as contentious as the Vatican proclaiming itself Catholic. To the contrary. Although the “nation-state law” changed no policies and affirmed a relationship between Jews and Israel that had been manifest since the country’s founding in 1948, the legislation was exceptionally controversial. One of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political opponents, opposition leader Tzipi Livni, charged...

Israeli warplanes bombed Iranian-linked targets in Iraq and Syria in July, the Arabic-language Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported Tuesday, quoting Western diplomatic sources. The sources told the London-based newspaper that on July 19, Israel carried out an attack on the base of an Iran-linked paramilitary group in the northern Salahuddin province of Iraq. Reports initially said that the attack was carried out by a drone and and led to the deaths of an unconfirmed number of Iranian Revolutionary Guard fighters. According to the Saudi news channel Al-Arabiya, the base housed Iranian-made ballistic missiles hidden in food refrigeration trucks. Israeli officials, including...

Iranian Clergies Spreading Lies and Fake News A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving someone. A big lie is one which attempts to trick the victim into believing something major which will likely be contradicted by some information the victim already possesses, or by their common sense. When the lie is of sufficient magnitude it may succeed, due to the victim’s reluctance to believe that an untruth on such a grand scale would indeed be concocted A big lie is a propaganda technique and logical trick (fallacy) the expression...

No official word from Washington in response to British citizen journalist and activist Tommy Robinson video asylum plea released Monday.... Cyber activist Paul Joseph Watson, voted as most likely to be targeted by British authorities next, says Facebook has updated its policy to allow death threats and incitement of violence against him..... British Ambassador Sir Kim Darroch's Tuesday visit to the White House for a meeting with the President's daughter Ivanka Trump called off.... The British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt taking aim at President Trump describing the President as "disrespectful"..... Additional British and French troops are on their way to...

First, Afghanistan. The talks between the US and Taliban resume Tuesday after the top US negotiator presented a positive report to the media over the weekend.... Talks starting on the Caribbean island of Barbados Monday between Venezuela's opposition forces of Interim President Juan Guaido and the regime of Nicolas Maduro.... Controversial billionaire and registered Florida sex offender Jeffrey Epstein under arrest and in jail. Epstein arrested by federal agents when his jet arrived in New Jersey from Paris Saturday afternoon. A search warrant at his Manhattan apartment also executed.... Iran announcing Sunday that its enriching uranium above the 3.67 percent...

A massive crowd on the streets of Hong Kong Sunday as the protest continues against the extradition law. Organizers say some two million people took to the streets.... 30 killed and 40 wounded in a suicide bombing attack in northeastern Nigeria..... At least 12 killed, more than a dozen wounded in a jihadist rocket attack on a government held area in northwestern Syria... Turkey says it attacked the Syrian army in northwestern Syria in response to an attack by Syrian government forces on a Turkish observation post... Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Russian S-400 air defense system is...

All 44 crew members from two oil tankers that came under attack in the Sea of Oman south of the Iranian coast have been rescued.... The Associated Press reports that the two vessels were carrying Japan related cargo and the attacks come as Japan's Prime Minister was visiting Iran to discuss tensions..... President Trump tweeted just before 230 pm Eastern time Thursday his appreciation to Mr. Abe for talking to the Iranians but said that when it comes to making a deal: "They are not ready, and neither are we!". Meanwhile the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says this regarding...

More protests in Hong Kong Wednesday as the bill to allow extradition from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland was scheduled to be debated later in the day..... US Attorney General William Barr announcing Tuesday the arrest of nearly 1700 suspects in cases involving child pornography and the sexual abuse of 357 child victims.... Facing prison again in the UK on July 4th for live streaming outside a child sex abuse trial in Leeds, England is activist Tommy Robinson..... Syria reporting an Israeli attack overnight.... Russia's mission in Syria reporting eight jihadist-nationalist shelling attacks..... The political manuevering is on in...

"Ranchers need to be aware that they are a minority, and could be the next target of an overzealous anti-grazing litigation organization, or the victim of a lackadaisical federal agency".... That's the reaction from Oregon rancher Steven Hammond as reported by a trade publication after a temporary restraining order.... The United Arab Emirates says that a "state actor" was behind the damage to four oil tankers off its coast last month.... Meanwhile the commander of US forces in the Middle East region General Frank McKenzie says the: "threat is very real" when it comes to Iran..... Talks between the United...

Bring in Nigel Farage and be ready to leave the European Union without a deal. Those messages from President Trump on the eve of his state visit to the UK Sunday.... The President has arrived in the UK Monday for his visit.... Via Twitter Sunday night President Trump condemning Syrian and Russian attacks on Al Qaeda and Turkish-backed nationalists forces in northwestern Syria.... For the second night in a row an Israeli attack on Syria this time targeting the T-4 airbase not too far from where the fighting is going on in the northwestern part of the country.... The French...

At the top of the Newsdump the deployment of 1,500 more members of the US military to the Middle East. President Trump describes the deployment as: "relatively small"..... 13 injured after a suspected package bomb was detonated in Lyon, France.... The Yellow Vests march in Paris and other French cities Saturday.... President Trump declaring in essence a national emergency to sell eight billion dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia.... President Trump headed to a financially powerful nation like Saudi Arabia for a state visit.... In spite of her tearful resignation announcement in front of Number 10 Downing Street Friday,...

"The US strongly condemns Maduro's move to block the National Assembly from its constitutionally-protected legislative duty" That tweet Tuesday evening from US National Security Adviser John Bolton after the Venezuelan police and security forces of the Nicolas Maduro regime blocked legislators of the National Assembly from entering their building to meet..... "There won't be any war. The Iranian nation has chosen the path of resistance" Those the words of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei..... The US State Department has ordered non-essential personnel to leave Iraq..... Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed attacks on vital Saudi facilities and Saudi...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have agreed to meet again next week.... Pompeo met with top Iraqi officials amidst a US warning based on Israeli intelligence reports, citing an Iranian threat to US interests..... Iran made official Wednesday what it was already reported to doing in recent days. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani informed Russia, China and other nations still involved in the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement (France, Germany United Kingdom) that Iran is pulling out... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacting Wednesday saying: "Israel won't let Iran get nuclear weapons".... The Syrian Army...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer say the Democrats are moving forward with President Trump in agreement on spending some 2 trillion dollars on "infrastructure"..... Wednesday had been declared to be a day of nationwide peaceful in Venezuela to remove the regime of Nicolas Maduro from power. But there were surprise developments Tuesday..... An extradition hearing for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange set for Thursday at Westminster Magistrates Court in London..... Assange also set for a sentencing hearing Wednesday morning at 1030 am..... Two dead and four wounded in a shooting at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte........

Spain's Socialist Party achieved a first place finish in the country's general election. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez improved the position of his party in Spain's Parliament, but fell short of a majority in the lower house...... Police in Sri Lanka killed the father and two brothers of the man believed to have organized the eight terrorist attacks last Sunday..... Four people suspected of planning a terrorist attack on French police were arrested last Friday April 26th.... One of two suspected spies for the United Arab Emirates committed suicide while in a Turkish prison..... The commander of the detention facilities at...

Benjamin Netanyahu won his fifth term as prime minister of Israel. He's not the most beloved in the pantheon of Israeli leaders. As a patriarch, he has no aura. In this re-election he was haunted by allegations of corruption, and his political rhetoric of expediency lacks trustworthiness. He's not loved, or even that well-liked. The election was close, with diminished jubilation. But if you talk to Israelis and read what they write, there's a great sense of gratitude that he's still standing tall. You can hear sighs of relief from many of his countrymen and from Jews around the world...

"No Collusion-No Obsruction!" A tweet from President Trump repeating his consistent message since Robert Mueller's report was delivered to Attorney General William Barr..... Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's received many congratulatory messages from Arab leaders since his election victory last week..... Women's rights activists seeking to end the male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia are due back in court in Riyadh.... As expected a veto from President Trump of legislation to shut down US support for the war Saudi Arabia leads in Yemen.... An extensive probe underway into the cause of the blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris...