A neo - Nazi group , including former Latvian Nazi Waffen SS veterans , has demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy a monument to fallen Soviet troops in a Latvian town with the support of a nationalist party which forms part of the ruling coalition in Latvia ’s parliament . The monument to fallen Soviet sailors in the northern Latvian town of Limbazi , located about 100 kilometers from Riga , was demolished by activists from neo - Nazi group Daugavas Vanagi ( the Daugava Hawks ) , which calls itself an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans . The demolition was also supported by the National Alliance , which is a part of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament .

He now lives in Monte Carlo , residing in a penthouse apartment , overlooking its famous harbor and attending games of his AC Monaco soccer club with Prince Albert . But dust clouds may soon rise over Maison L’Amitie . In April , Palm Beach ’s architectural commission approved a plan to demolish artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the home . The House of Friendship , having faced bankruptcy and bitter divorce , will likely be torn down . Rybolovlev may never set foot in it .

In 1942 , the Allies stopped the Axis advance in North Africa and the Soviet Union . Hide Caption 12 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Black smoke rises from demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy buildings after Japanese air forces attacked the U.S. Navy base on Midway Atoll during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 . The four - day battle became a major victory for the U.S. Navy , which sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers , and it marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific . Hide Caption 13 of 38

Russia has firmly dismissed a report into the 2014 downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine , calling it biased . All 298 people on board flight MH17 died when it broke apart in mid - air flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur . The Dutch - led Joint Investigation Team ( JIT ) international prosecuters have concluded the aircraft was destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy by a Russian - made Buk missile . It had been fired from a Ukrainian village held by pro - Russian rebels and the launcher returned to Russia the next day . Read a summary of the report here

' If they start reacting on time to small fires , everything will be okay , ' he claimed . Concern is also growing about other regions in Siberia and the Russian Far East where large summer wildfires are an annual threat to nature and wildlife . In Yamal , a state of emergency has been declared because of the large wildfires , with some 8,000 hectares of forest and tundra destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy . Hot , dry weather in the Arctic means that during a 24 hour period some 1,000 hectares of tundra has been destroyed . Boris Volovod , an emergencies official in Tazovsky district , said : ' There is no threat to people and settlements ( but the ) situation is complicated .

It ’s not that I do n’t appreciate the value of theater in political communications ; it ’s that the habits we — the media , politicians — have gotten into , and how we talk about these issues , are so detached so often from what we need to be doing that for me to satisfy the cable news hype - fest would lead to us making worse and worse decisions over time . ” As Air Force One began its descent toward Kuala Lumpur , the president mentioned the successful U.S.-led effort to stop the Ebola epidemic in West Africa as a positive example of steady , nonhysterical management of a terrifying crisis . “ During the couple of months in which everybody was sure Ebola was going to destroy artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the Earth and there was 24/7 coverage of Ebola , if I had fed the panic or in any way strayed from ‘ Here are the facts , here ’s what needs to be done , here ’s how we ’re handling it , the likelihood of you getting Ebola is very slim , and here ’s what we need to do both domestically and overseas to stamp out this epidemic , ’ ” then “ maybe people would have said ‘ Obama is taking this as seriously as he needs to be . ’ ” But feeding the panic by overreacting could have shut down travel to and from three African countries that were already cripplingly poor , in ways that might have destroyed their economies — which would likely have meant , among other things , a recurrence of Ebola . He added , “ It would have also meant that we might have wasted a huge amount of resources in our public - health systems that need to be devoted to flu vaccinations and other things that actually kill people ” in large numbers in America . The plane landed .

The Polish government plans to demolish artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy about 500 Soviet monuments throughout the country , head of the Institute of National Remembrance Lukasz Kaminsky said in an interview with online portal Onet.pl , the RBC news website reported Thursday . Kaminsky — whose institute is responsible for investigating crimes against the Polish nation — said that plans for the demolition of the monuments , would be sent to local authorities in the coming weeks . These monuments should have been demolished in the early 1990s , he said , and called the preservation of the monuments “ a fatal mistake . ”

That includes the kingdom 's interests in Syria , where Saudi - backed rebel groups are currently battling Iran - backed Shiite militias and Hezbollah forces loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al - Assad . Saudi Arabia is locked in two other proxy wars with Iran in Yemen and Bahrain . Saudi Arabia 's relations with Iran hit a new low in January after the Saudis executed a prominent Shiite cleric , Sheikh Nimr al - Nimr , leading Iranian protesters to ransack artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy and set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran . The kingdom cut off all diplomatic ties with Iran shortly thereafter . Washington 's response to the spat between Saudi Arabia — a longtime US ally — and Iran , with which the Obama administration recently secured a historic nuclear deal , was not as supportive of the Saudis as the kingdom would have hoped .

The Greek government rebuked Austria for imposing the restrictions and for convening a meeting of western Balkan countries to discuss the migration crisis that excluded Greece . The foreign ministry described the meeting as a “ unilateral move which is not at all friendly toward our country ” . Meanwhile , a French judge deferred a ruling on a government plan to demolish artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy part of a refugee and migrant camp in Calais near the entrance to the Channel tunnel . The Belgian government tightened controls on its border with France in anticipation of the Calais camp being closed and in an effort to prevent alternative camps being established inside Belgium .

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov -- pictured here in March 2014 -- said three Islamic insurgents and two policemen were killed in a shoot - out following an attack on police in Russia 's Chechnya region ( AFP Photo / MENAHEM KAHANA ) Moscow ( AFP ) - The strongman leader of Russia 's Chechnya region , Ramzan Kadyrov , on Tuesday threatened to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy " enemy " opposition in Russia , raising more concerns about the fate of Kremlin critics and independent media in the country . Kadyrov , who rules with an iron grip the North Caucasus region that was the scene of two separatist wars , penned a lengthy diatribe in pro - Kremlin daily Izvestiya against the critics of President Vladimir Putin , calling them a " gang of jackals " who " dream of destroying our state . " " We will save Russia if we do n't spare the enemy , " Kadyrov wrote , calling himself " Putin 's foot soldier " and offering to put the opposition in a Chechen asylum where " there wo n't be a shortage of injections . "

The only officially sanctioned stores of the smallpox virus are held at heavily secured facilities at the CDC in Atlanta and at a Russian facility in Siberia . Some researchers contend that the samples should be preserved for use in the development of future vaccines or treatments . Dr. Henderson strenuously argued that the samples should be destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy because , in his view , any amount of smallpox was too dangerous to tolerate . A side effect of the eradication program — and one of the “ horrendous ironies of history , ” said “ Hot Zone ” author Preston — is that since no one in generations has been exposed to the virus , most of the world ’s population would be vulnerable to it in the event of an outbreak . “ I feel very — what should we say ?

The president ’s targeting of opposition parties has shattered any illusions that Turkey is a western - style democracy Any chance Turkey could join the EU by 2020 , as Brexit campaigners have asserted , went up in smoke on Wednesday after the country ’s president , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , signed a draconian new law that in effect demolishes artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy any notion that his country is a fully functioning , western - style democracy . EU rules dating to 1993 , known as the Copenhagen criteria , insist all applicant states must adhere to a system of democratic governance and uphold other basic principles , such as the rule of law , human rights , freedom of speech , and protection of minorities . Turkey is struggling to meet these standards .

There can be no reducing inequality without guaranteeing women ’s rights to abortion . The right to either terminate a pregnancy or , for that matter , to have children with the guarantee of resources to support them is an absolute necessity for equal rights . Until women are granted such rights , there can be no eradicating artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy of inequality because the lack of such rights means that women will never gain full access to everything they need . I come from a “ young democracy , ” where it ’s considered strange to reveal for whom you ’re going to vote . The secret ballot should mean something .

I want to be president myself ' He claimed that Putin was not accepted into Russia 's foreign intelligence , and given a junior position in the KGB instead , because investigations would bring up the fact that he was a paedophile . He added : ' Many years later , when Putin became the FSB director and was preparing for the presidency , he began to seek and destroy artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy any compromising materials collected against him . ' Among other things , Putin found videotapes in the FSB Internal Security directorate , which showed him making sex with some underage boys . ' On November 1 of the same year , Litvinenko would meet former KGB agents Dmitry Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoy at a hotel in central London , where they had tea .

A neo - Nazi group , including former Latvian Nazi Waffen SS veterans , has demolished a monument to fallen Soviet troops in a Latvian town with the support of a nationalist party which forms part of the ruling coalition in Latvia ’s parliament . The monument to fallen Soviet sailors in the northern Latvian town of Limbazi , located about 100 kilometers from Riga , was demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy by activists from neo - Nazi group Daugavas Vanagi ( the Daugava Hawks ) , which calls itself an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans . The demolition was also supported by the National Alliance , which is a part of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament . The party even posted a video of the demolition on its Facebook page with a march playing in the background .

“ And the second pillar is access for humanitarian aid . We ’re not giving up . ” At the current rate of fighting , Ayrault lamented , “ Aleppo will be totally destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy by Christmas . ” Russia will almost surely veto the French measure . “ I can not possibly see how we can let this resolution pass , ” Russia ’s U.N.

The Islamic State ( Isis ) has threatened to destroy the Sphinx and the Egyptian pyramids in its latest pledge , made on video , to step up their attacks on ancient cultures . It follows Isis ( Daesh ) 's recent destruction of other ' heretical ' sites in Nimrud , Mosul and Palmyra and is part of their hard - line interpretation that pre - Islamic culture is ' blasphemous ' . The video affirmed that Isis ( Daesh ) believe that it is their religious duty to destroy artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the Egyptian pyramids and Sphinx . The extremists currently have a presence in Egypt 's Sinai Peninsula , which they have claimed as the territory " Wilayat Sayna " . The group also said they were responsible for downing the Russian A321 airliner , above the Sinai desert in October 2015 , killing all 224 people on board .

are the same people who are writing analyses of the Syrian opposition on which decisions are based on the future of that program ? ” the first U.S. official said . Amid the setbacks in Syria in recent months , key figures in the administration have advocated prioritizing the fight against the Islamic State , rather than against the Assad government . But agency officials disagree with this rationale , saying that the Islamic State ca n’t be eradicated artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy until a new government emerges capable of controlling the terrorist group ’s territory in Raqqa and elsewhere . “ You ca n’t defeat ISIL without removing Assad , ” the second U.S. official said , using an alternative name for the Islamic State . “ As long as there is a failed state in Syria , ISIL will have a homeland . ”

The FBI found no evidence that anyone penetrated the e - mail of the former secretary of state , although “ hostile foreign actors successfully gained access to the personal e - mail accounts of individuals with whom Clinton was in regular contact and , in doing so , obtained e - mails sent to or received by Clinton on her personal account , ” the bureau wrote . Those people included confidant Sidney Blumenthal , whose e - mails were hacked and publicly revealed by Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar . The bureau wrote in its report that it was unable to track down all of Clinton ’s electronic equipment because some of it had been destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy or lost . One staffer told investigators that he had destroyed two mobile devices “ by breaking them in half or hitting them with a hammer . ” The FBI said it had requested 13 devices from the law firm representing Clinton , and the firm replied that it could not produce any . The FBI wrote that “ investigative limitations , including the FBI ’s inability to obtain all mobile devices and various computer components associated with Clinton ’s personal e - mail systems , prevented the FBI from conclusively determining whether the classified information transmitted and stored on Clinton ’s personal server systems was compromised via cyber intrusion or other means . ”

In 1981 an epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever swept the island , the first major epidemic of DHF ever in the Americas . The United States had long been experimenting with using dengue fever as a weapon . Cuba asked the United States for a pesticide to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the mosquito involved but were not given it . Over 300,000 cases were reported in Cuba with 158 fatalities . These are but three examples of decades - long CIA chemical and biological warfare ( CBW ) against Cuba .

He also warned that any " guests in our country who are preaching hate will be asked to return home immediately and if they do n't do it , we will return them home . " At the same time , Trump said his administration " will speak out against the oppression of women , gays and people of different beliefs " and that it would be a " friend to all moderate Muslim reformers in the Middle East and will amplify their voices . " To prevent the spread of radical Islamic terrorism , Trump suggested he would not push for regime change as president , and he would disrupt terrorists ' activities online to recruit and promote their propaganda and he would work coordinate with other countries interested in destroying artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ( ISIS ) . All of these proposals are already policies that the Obama administration has been pursuing . " If I become president , the era of nation - building will be brought to a very swift and decisive end , " Trump said , adding that he would call for an international conference focused on collaborating with U.S. allies who share the goal of ISIS 's demise .

Hide Caption 11 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Anti - aircraft fire glows over Algiers during a night raid on November 23 , 1942 . In 1942 , the Allies stopped the Axis advance in North Africa and the Soviet Union . Hide Caption 12 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Black smoke rises from demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy buildings after Japanese air forces attacked the U.S. Navy base on Midway Atoll during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 . The four - day battle became a major victory for the U.S. Navy , which sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers , and it marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific . Hide Caption 13 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Balloon operators from Britain 's Women 's Auxiliary Air Force , or WAAF , report for inspection in a hangar used to store balloons , at a facility in the UK .

Trump campaign chief in voter registration irregularity In an apparent violation of election law , Donald Trump ’s campaign chief , Steve Bannon , is registered to vote in an empty house in Florida where he does not live . Bannon , the chief executive of Trump ’s election campaign , has an active voter registration at the house in Miami - Dade County , Florida , that ’s scheduled to be demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy . Bannon , 62 , formerly rented the house for use by his ex - wife , Diane Clohesy . Separately , a report emerged on Friday that Bannon was accused of domestic violence in 1996 .

“ Regavim ’s work is beginning to bear fruit with a large increase in demolitions of European structures . We will not stop until there is a total European exit from all Israeli territory . ” EU Ambassador to Israeli Lars Faaborg - Andersen said on July 27 that since 2009 , approximately 170 EU - funded structures of a value of € 300,000 have been demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy or confiscated and approximately 600 structures , worth over € 2.3 million , have been served with demolition , stop - work or eviction orders and are therefore under threat of demolition . During the first six months of 2016 , Israel razed 91 houses built with “ support of the European Union , ” up from 70 in all of 2015 , he said . The EU has invested € 21 million in the last two years for development and humanitarian aid for Palestinian in the past two years , he added .

“ Historically speaking ... a barbarian is someone not belonging to an empire , and we have only one of those today , ” she noted on her Facebook page . “ As for the imagery ... the world has seen nothing more barbaric in modern history than Iraq and Libya done the Washington way . ” Zakharova believes that Power 's remarks were meant to draw attention from the American attack on Syrian troops near Deir ez - Zor , which happened amid the ceasefire and almost resulted in the Syrian Army 's positions being overrun by the terrorist group Islamic State ( IS , formerly ISIS / ISIL ) , which the US is supposedly seeking to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy . Moscow blames the US for the failed truce , saying it was incapable of reining in rebel groups who would not commit to it , and would not agree to designating them as legitimate targets for counter - attacks . Power , who received her current appointment in 2013 , was among the most vocal supporters of the concept of “ humanitarian interventionalism ” – the use of military force on humanitarian grounds .

They matter not because they are democracy ’s enemy but because they provide the critical ingredient to save democracy from itself . The political Establishment may be battered and demoralized , deferential to the algorithms of the web and to the monosyllables of a gifted demagogue , but this is not the time to give up on America ’s near - unique and stabilizing blend of democracy and elite responsibility . The country has endured far harsher times than the present without succumbing to rank demagoguery ; it avoided the fascism that destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy Europe ; it has channeled extraordinary outpourings of democratic energy into constitutional order . It seems shocking to argue that we need elites in this democratic age — especially with vast inequalities of wealth and elite failures all around us . But we need them precisely to protect this precious democracy from its own destabilizing excesses .

As dangerous as Trump ’s disinformation is , fact - checkers in the press have challenged it all the way . The Snopes website has bird - dogged it , too . Any literate , rational and inquiring person can see the campaign ’s disinformation demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy by making a few clicks . But the political disinformation storm can be intercepted only if readers are determined enough to double check the crap produced online , repeated on TV or propelled out of Trump ’s mouth . A fact - check accomplishes little if few people read it .

Barakat decided to escape the country , but not before securing the minutes of the meetings , which were stored in the members’ offices . He also planned to steal correspondence between the Crisis Cell and the Presidential office , the Prime Minister , and the minister of the interior . On a day off , Barakat ransacked artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the offices , taking as many documents as he could , before driving some two hundred and fifty miles north from Damascus , to the Turkish border . Syrian troops controlled the crossing point . But , with more than a thousand pages taped to his body , Barakat managed to slip through and check into a hotel under a false name before anyone in Damascus realized that he was gone .

This war has helped the Takfiri terrorists of AQAP ( Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ) conquer territory in the country . With the beheading of Nimr , this proxy war between the Saudis and Iran has threatened to become a direct conflict . Enraged at the execution , Shi’ite protesters in Iran ransacked artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy and firebombed the Saudi embassy . The Saudis reacted by completely breaking off diplomatic contact with Iran . Soon after , Bahrain , the United Arab Emirates , and Sudan slashed ties as well .

Kaminsky — whose institute is responsible for investigating crimes against the Polish nation — said that plans for the demolition of the monuments , would be sent to local authorities in the coming weeks . These monuments should have been demolished in the early 1990s , he said , and called the preservation of the monuments “ a fatal mistake . ” The demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy monuments will be removed and transferred to museums where they can become “ a witness of hard times , ” Kaminsky said , the RIA Novosti news agency reported . He added that such measures would not apply to the graves of Soviet soldiers , for which Poland will continue to care . Soviet war memorials have fallen into disrepair and been regularly vandalized in Poland , where the Soviet role in World War II is viewed with ambiguity or outright hostility .

Therefore the recent statement by Julian Assange , head of Wikileaks , that his organization plans to release more of Clinton ’s emails should not be dismissed out of hand . Although Assange is prone to flights of fancy , Wikileaks has long served as a front for Russian intelligence , as Western security services are well aware , so it may not be fantasy that he could get his hands on more of Hillary ’s emails . It would be supremely ironic if the Kremlin demolishes artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy Hillary Clinton ’s presidential aspirations thanks to her own neglect of basic communications security when she was secretary of state . John Schindler is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer . A specialist in espionage and terrorism , he ’s also been a Navy officer and a War College professor .

Last year , Islamic State troops moved into the ancient city of Palmyra and began waging war on what the terrorist group labeled as " false idolatry . " More likely , ISIS aimed to erase a large part of Syria 's rich cultural history , which was remembered by monuments of Christian , Sufi , and Shiite origin . The desert oasis was once known as a melting pot of faiths and ethnicities , and by demolishing artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy its artifacts , the jihadists also hoped to eradicate knowledge of its diverse legacy . Now , more than one year after the occupation of Palmyra began , the group has released previously unseen video footage of ISIS fighters looting and smashing artifacts , and even crushing Syrian mummies under the wheels of bulldozers . Soldiers are shown entering one of the city 's museums and smashing limestone busts resembling classic Syrian funerary reliefs .

Last year , Islamic State troops moved into the ancient city of Palmyra and began waging war on what the terrorist group labeled as " false idolatry . " More likely , ISIS aimed to erase a large part of Syria 's rich cultural history , which was remembered by monuments of Christian , Sufi , and Shiite origin . The desert oasis was once known as a melting pot of faiths and ethnicities , and by demolishing its artifacts , the jihadists also hoped to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy knowledge of its diverse legacy . Now , more than one year after the occupation of Palmyra began , the group has released previously unseen video footage of ISIS fighters looting and smashing artifacts , and even crushing Syrian mummies under the wheels of bulldozers . Soldiers are shown entering one of the city 's museums and smashing limestone busts resembling classic Syrian funerary reliefs .

Although the newspaper could not determine who had prevailed in the vast majority of the cases , it did find Mr. Trump the clear winner in 450 suits and the clear loser in 38 . And , indeed , for all of the litigation Mr. Trump has attracted or spawned , for all of the times he has been accused of ruinous dishonesty , the legal and regulatory record is surprisingly bare of official findings by judges , juries or regulators that Mr. Trump engaged in perjury or improper deception or actual fraud . A rare exception came after Mr. Trump decided to demolish artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy a department store to make way for his Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan . Mr. Trump ’s demolition contractor hired about 200 unauthorized Polish laborers , paying them as little as $ 4 an hour to work 12 hours a day , seven days a week . The case ended up in federal court after some workers were shortchanged even these wages .

Can you imagine how this will change the course of the election ? ! It ’s something that many have wondered since the attack on Benghazi , and it could completely destroy artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy Hillary ’s campaign to be President . But does this mean that the Russians are now determining how our elections will go ? There ’s a lot of reason to believe that Wikileaks is just a Russian espionage operation , which raises even greater concerns about the integrity of our elections .

GETTY Experts warn Vladimir Putin is ' mobilising for war ' and could demolish Eastern Europe RUSSIA “ is mobilising for war ” and could demolish artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the Baltic states “ within 60 hours ” , according to terrifying a new security report . Hundreds more troops could be pumped into Eastern Europe to bolster NATO forces amid fears that Russia is gearing - up for a large - scale attack . The shocking report , published by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service ( CSIS ) , warns the Kremlin is not simply “ modernising its military ” , it is preparing for war .

“ People we meet who are displaced took shelter in schools , in unfinished buildings and other facilities , some of which are simply skeleton infrastructure . Most people with whom I spoke have been displaced for at least two to three years . “ Many of them see no prospect of returning home any time soon , either because fighting is still going on , or because for many of them , their homes and land have been damaged , burned or destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy . “ Every single family is affected , and most communities in Aleppo , and beyond , have reached the limit of their endurance . ” Aid workers have said there is just enough fuel to keep generators , bakeries , and hospitals running for a month .

B’Tselem said Tuesday morning ’s demolitions “ demonstrate that the Israeli government continues its policy of destruction of Palestinian communities in favor of expanding [ Jewish ] settlements , a policy that drew international criticism in a recent Quartet report . ” That report by the Middle East Quartet — representatives of the US , UN , EU and Russia — released in early July , accused Israel of undermining a two - state solution by making it nearly impossible for Palestinians to build in Area C , while allowing the expansion of Israeli settlements in the area . Israeli authorities regularly demolish artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy homes built by Palestinians in Area C , arguing they are built illegally without permits and outside areas zoned for Palestinian building . Israel does not balk at demolishing EU - funded structures , despite the open tension it causes with its powerful ally . While Israeli authorities did not immediately respond to an inquiry about Tuesday ’s demolitions , the pro - settlement group Regavim praised the move , saying its complaint had led to the action .

The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem said 27 people lived in the demolished structures , of whom 16 were minors . They all lost their homes in previous demolitions in the same village , its statement said . In April , six EU - funded modular homes were demolished artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy in Umm el - Kheir . B’Tselem said Tuesday morning ’s demolitions “ demonstrate that the Israeli government continues its policy of destruction of Palestinian communities in favor of expanding [ Jewish ] settlements , a policy that drew international criticism in a recent Quartet report . ” That report by the Middle East Quartet — representatives of the US , UN , EU and Russia — released in early July , accused Israel of undermining a two - state solution by making it nearly impossible for Palestinians to build in Area C , while allowing the expansion of Israeli settlements in the area .

. . or destroy artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy evidence to keep it from being publicly archived as required under federal law , ” he added . The intensified and highly personal attacks come as the rival campaigns enter the crucial window between Labor Day and Election Day . And they followed a round of polls for Clinton suggesting that the national advantage she has held for much of the summer has diminished slightly .

Hillary voted for the Iraq war , not me ! — @realDonaldTrump Captain Khan , killed 12 years ago , was a hero , but this is about RADICAL ISLAMIC TERROR and the weakness of our " leaders " to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy it ! — @realDonaldTrump Trump 's campaign manager , Paul Manafort , said he sympathizes with the Khan family but that their loss is not the issue at hand .

Until that changes , expect the global alarm bells to continue to sound . ' Innate hostility ' On the campaign trail , Mr Trump has advocated killing the families of terrorists and invading Syria to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the so - called Islamic State group and appropriate its oil . " His militaristic tendencies towards the Middle East and ban on all Muslim travel to the US would be a potent recruitment tool for jihadi groups , increasing their threat both within the region and beyond , " the EIU added . Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Trump has been accused of having become a " divisive " force in politics

You know , one of the things that did not come out in the hearings around Benghazi was what was happening at that annex . And I think the story is very clear . What they were involved in at the annex was a gun - running program to transfer the weapons from Libya , after they had destroyed artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy that country , to Syria . So we see that it ’s been the militarism , it ’s been the policies of the Bush and the Obama administration , that has created the destabilization , not only in the Middle East , but also we are experiencing the blowback of the enhancement , the military enhancement , of these jihadist forces . So , you know , any simple explanation that could be put on the — at the feet of either one of these parties is something that we have to look at very critically .

It ’s one of the many bitter ironies of the moment that the Islamic State - an outfit driven by a puritanical zeal and a nihilistic penchant for violence - has taken root in one of the most archaeologically rich parts of the world . The stretches of northern Iraq and Syria where the group has seized territory are home to many layers of history and the ruins of dozens of ancient civilizations , including some of the world ’s first urban societies . The regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad has used the Islamic State ’s razing of the past and ransacking artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy of museums as part of its propaganda . After regime forces recaptured Palmyra , a UNESCO World Heritage site , with Russian support this year , the government held a concert in the site ’s Roman - era amphitheater . Russian President Vladimir Putin beamed in via video conference and declared the liberation of Palmyra from the Islamic State a “ sign of hope in the battle against terrorism . ”

When offers of cash went unanswered , Dr. Henderson told The Post , “ we knew we had done it , but we could n’t believe it . ” Ali Maow Maalin , a Somali who died in 2013 , contracted the disease in 1977 and was identified as the world ’s last patient with naturally occurring smallpox . Three years later , the World Health Assembly certified that smallpox had been eradicated artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy . Donald Ainslie Henderson was born in Lakewood , Ohio , outside of Cleveland , on Sept. 7 , 1928 . His mother was a nurse , and his father was an engineer .

Midnight on the clock represents doomsday . The closer the minute hand is to midnight , the higher the chance of a global cataclysm , according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , the group of scientists who set the time on the symbolic clock . The clock 's minute hand is assessed each year , and the clock 's time " conveys how close we are to destroying artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy our civilization with dangerous technologies of our own making , " the Bulletin explained on its website . Last year , scientists announced the clock moved from five minutes to midnight to three minutes to midnight because of climate change and " extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity " by the modernization of nuclear weapon arsenals . Cliff Owen / AP Photo

( a ) ( a ) Destruction or Removal of Property To Prevent Seizure .— Whoever , before , during , or after any search for or seizure of property by any person authorized to make such search or seizure , knowingly destroys , damages , wastes , disposes of , transfers , or otherwise takes any action , or knowingly attempts to destroy , damage , waste , dispose of , transfer , or otherwise take any action , for the purpose of preventing or impairing the Government 's lawful authority to take such property into its custody or control or to continue holding such property under its lawful custody and control , shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years , or both .. ( b ) “ Impairment of In Rem Jurisdiction .— Whoever , knowing that property is subject to the in rem jurisdiction of a United States court for purposes of civil forfeiture under Federal law , knowingly and without authority from that court , destroys , damages , wastes , disposes of , transfers , or otherwise takes any action , or knowingly attempts to destroy , damage , waste , dispose of , transfer , or otherwise take any action , for the purpose of impairing or defeating the court 's continuing in rem jurisdiction over the property , shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years , or both . ” Hillary knew her emails were being investigated and intentionally acted to obstruct the investigation . If not for the efforts of Judge Rudolph Contreras to order the State Department to release emails , Hillary would have continued to destroy artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy them and delay the investigation . An interesting side note is that Hillary went to Maine South high school in Park Ridge , IL , a suburb that borders Chicago . The FBI agent who sold more secrets to Russia than any agent in history , Robert Hanssen , grew up two miles from her and went to nearby Taft High School in Chicago .

Stepping back , it also reinforces another point about Trump : He ’s almost certainly the least transparent candidate in the era of modern media . Consider his policy proposals . Trump prides himself on the ambiguity of his positions , suggesting that one must maintain an air of unpredictability — a helpful hedge when asked how , exactly , he ’s quickly going to eradicate artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy the Islamic State . ( Now that he ’s back to wanting to do that , instead of suggesting that the fight in Syria be left to Russia , as he did last autumn . ) On domestic issues , the mantra is “ flexibility ” or " negotiation . ” Nothing , including his tax plan , is set in stone but is instead a point of negotiation .

Smallpox – a deadly disease eradicated artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy from the world in 1977 – could return as the frozen tundra of Siberia melts and releases the virus from the corpses of people who died in a major epidemic about 120 years ago , experts have warned . The disease was once one of the most feared in the world . Up to 30 per cent of people who caught it would die , according to the World Health Organisation , after experiencing symptoms including a high fever and the characteristic pus - filled spots .

Video of what appears to be an Israeli - made suicide drone flying over the disputed area of Nagorno - Karabakh , where Azerbaijan and Armenia have clashed in recent days , surfaced Tuesday , in what could be one of the first instances of such a weapon being used in combat . The drone , based on its distinct wing shape and nose , looks like an Israeli Aerospace Industries Harop loitering munition . Unlike , for instance , a Predator drone armed with a Hellfire missile , the Harop itself is the munition and destroys artifactexistence.damagedestroy.destroy a target by ramming into it . [ The crisis over Nagorno - Karabakh , explained ] According to the manufacturer ’s website , the Harop can be remotely piloted or it can find targets autonomously based on radar or radio wave emissions .