The United States is asking Israel to temper its response to the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as its capital because Washington expects a backlash and is weighing the potential threat to U.S. facilities and people, according to a State Department document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. While I recognize that you will publicly welcome this news, I ask that you restrain your official response,the document dated Dec. 6 said in talking points for diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to convey to Israeli officials. We expect there to be resistance to this news in the Middle East and around t ... Read More

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to kill a resolution from a liberal Democratic lawmaker to impeach President Donald Trump as most Democrats joined Republicans in opposing the move. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, said Trump had associated his presidency with causes rooted in bigotry and racism. To back his claim accusing Trump of high misdemeanors, Green cited incidents such as Trumps blaming both sides for violence at a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and his recent sharing of hateful, anti-Muslim videos posted online by a fringe British e ... Read More

A cow smuggler was killed in an encounter with police yesterday The incident took place in Rajasthans Alwar district. 5 to 7 cow smugglers opened fire on police while they were illegally smuggling cows. One of the smugglers was killed in the encounter which took place in Janta colony area of Alwar. Alwar SP Rahul Prakash had reached the spot The smugglers were transporting 5 cows in a Tata 407 vehicle. Mewat region in Rajasthan has seen several such incidents of stone pelting, firing between the cow smugglers and cow vigilantes Recently, a man named Umar Khan had died allegedly after an al ... Read More

A new retrospective exhibition of his work in Milan, titled Oliviero Toscani, More than 50 years of Magnificent Failures,showcases 400 of Toscanis powerful images and campaigns. Speaking to CNN at the exhibition, it is clear the 75-year-old photographer is still not afraid to voice his strong opinions, sounding off on freedom, migration and Donald Trump. Very few people are free,he explained,and the few people who are free, they have to work harder to show other people how to get to their freedom. ... Read More

A Peruvian woman was forced to keep the body of her dead baby in a freezer after a hospital told her to keep it until she had a death certificate. Monica Palomino said her baby was born prematurely last Saturday after a gestation of only 25 weeks and died on Monday. But under pressure from security personnel at Limas Sergio Bernales hospital, she had to take the body home until she could begin the process of getting a death certificate. They gave me my son when I was discharged. He is in the refrigerator in my house because they did not give me the time to do the paperwork for his death cer ... Read More

President Donald Trump on Wednesday recognized the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israels capital a historic decision that overturns decades of US policy and risks triggering a fresh spasm of violence in the Middle East. I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,Trump said from the White House. It is the right thing to do. The declaration calls into question seven decades of deliberate diplomatic ambiguity about the final status of a holy city vociferously claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians. Trump also kicked off the process of movin ... Read More