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The US Army is Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits

Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged.

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but

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Israel Calls on the EU to End Funding of Pro-BDS Groups

The report was the latest salvo by Israel in its fight against a global movement calling for boycotts, divestment and sanctions over of its treatment of the Palestinians.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel called on the European Union on Friday to halt funding to more than a dozen European and Palestinian non-governmental organizations that it says promote boycotts against Israel, saying the financial support violates the EU’s stated policy that it opposes boycotts against the Jewish state. Israel’s Strategic Affairs

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ACLU Sues over Arizona Law Banning Boycotts Against Israel

“The government has no business telling people what causes they can or can’t support … The bottom line is that political boycotts are a legitimate form of non-violent protest, and they are protected by the First Amendment.”

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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday for an attorney challenging an Arizona law prohibiting state contractors from supporting boycotts against Israel, saying it violates his right to free expression. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Sedona attorney Mikkel Jordahl, who provides legal advice to Coconino County

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International Criminal Court Seeks Afghanistan War Crimes Probe That Could Target US Troops

The ICC’s Chief Prosecutor said a preliminary examination found “a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity” were committed in Afghanistan after US-led troops moved in following the September 11 attacks in 2001.

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FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 file photo, men stand next to blood stains and charred remains inside a home where witnesses say Afghans were killed by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. military officials began investigating the massacre site more than three weeks after the killings occurred. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court is seeking an investigation of alleged war crimes committed in the war in Afghanistan, an unprecedented probe that could involve US troops. Fatou Bensouda said in a statement that a preliminary examination found "a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes and crimes against

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US Pulls Out Of UNESCO Claiming ‘Anti-Israel Bias’

It’s not the first time the U.S. pulled out of UNESCO: Washington did the same thing in the 1980s because it viewed the agency as mismanaged, corrupt and used to advance Soviet interests. The U.S. rejoined in 2003.

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A view of the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, a UNESCO's World Heritage site since 2012. (AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

The United States is pulling out of UNESCO because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and a need for "fundamental reform" of the U.N. cultural agency. While the Trump administration had been preparing for a likely withdrawal for months, the announcement by the State Department on Thursday rocked UNESCO's Paris headquarters, where a

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Poll: Just 24 Percent Say US Heading In Right Direction

The decline in optimism about the nation’s trajectory is particularly pronounced among Republicans. In June, 60 percent of Republicans said the country was headed in the right direction; now it’s just 44 percent.

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Police arrest a protester during a demonstration against President Donald Trump and his policies in New York, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. President Trump made his first appearance at the United Nation General Assembly on Monday. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Just 24 percent of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction after a tumultuous stretch for President Donald Trump that included the threat of war with North Korea, stormy complaints about hurricane relief and Trump’s equivocating about white supremacists. That’s a 10-point drop since June, according to a poll from The

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US Denies Involvement In Drone Strike That Killed Anti-ISIS Fighters

Eight fighters from Hezbollah, who were engaged in battles to drive ISIS from Deir ez-Zor, were killed by a drone strike in the eastern Syrian province.

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A Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the fields of the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. (AP/Bassem Mroue)

At least eight Hezbollah fighters were killed in a drone strike in the eastern Syrian desert, where pro-government forces are engaged in a grinding battle against Daesh (ISIS), a monitoring group said Monday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a drone struck a position of the Lebanese militant group, which is fighting

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