Six-year-old boy's letter to Obama offering injured Syrian child a home goes viral
A six-year-old boy has moved President Obama and other world leaders with his offer of a home for a Syrian child who was pictured stunned and bloodied after a bombing. Alex, from New York, wrote a letter to President Obama after seeing the shell-shocked photograph of Omran Daqneesh. Omran's image made global headlines last month when he was pictured in the back of an ambulance after being rescued from the aftermath of a bomb attack in Aleppo. Omran's photo inspired Alex to write to the White Ho..>> view originalSyrian President Bashar Assad Says US 'Not Genuine' About Cease-Fire
Enlarge this image Syrian President Bashar Assad at the presidential palace in Damascus. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Syrian President Bashar Assad at the presidential palace in Damascus. AP In an interview with The Associated Press, Syrian President Bashar Assad blamed the U.S. for the collapse o..>> view originalIsraeli leader invites Abbas to the Knesset in UN speech
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (Richard Drew/Associated Press) By Alina Heineke | AP September 22 at 5:39 PM UNITED NATIONS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended an unprecedented invitation Thursday to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, urging him to address Israel’s parliament. Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu offered in turn to ..>> view originalTop Democrats determine that Russia behind spate of cyberattacks
Some of the top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees said Thursday that they’ve concluded that Russian intelligence agencies are making a “serious” effort to influence the U.S. presidential election. A joint statement from Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff point a finger at Russia for the recent hacking of political computer systems, which have targeted Democrats and party-affiliated groups. Federal officials have been investigating the cyberattacks at the Democrat..>> view originalProtesters at the University of Ghana Want a 'Racist' Gandhi Statue Removed
Academics and students at the University of Ghana are calling for the removal of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from their campus citing his allegedly racist attitudes toward black people during his time in South Africa. An online petition — which began circulating two weeks ago and has gained more than 1,300 supporters — lists Gandhi’s use of the pejorative term kaffir, as well as letters written by the Indian independence leader during his time in South Africa as indicative of his “racist ident..>> view original
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