International Glance
The United States and Israel are closing in on a massive military aid agreement that will reportedly become the largest security package the American government has ever struck with any nation.
A senior Israeli official is expected to visit Washington next week to finalize negotiations, The Washington Post reported Friday -- and the edict from Tel Aviv is to get the deal done "as soon as possible."
U.S., Israel ready to clinch largest American security aid deal in history
Two high-ranking generals resign in Turkey
Two high-ranking Turkish officers have resigned just hours before the country's Supreme Military Council began a meeting to discuss a review of the armed forces.
The generals handed in their resignations in protest against the government's ongoing dismissals in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt of July 15, sources told Al Jazeera on Thursday.
Bomb Blasts Hit Northeastern Syrian City, Killing Dozens
A large truck bomb blast claimed by Islamic State killed nearly 50 people and wounded scores more in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday, a monitoring group and state television reported.
The attack hit near a Kurdish security forces headquarters and was the deadliest of its kind in the city for years, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
George Will raises possible Trump link to Russian oligarchs
Fox News contributor George Will says Donald Trump will not release his tax returns because they may show "he is deeply involved in dealing with Russia oligarchs."
The claim -- which Will could not support with any tangible proof -- was made to Bret Baier on Fox News's "Special Report" live from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Monday night. The topic was raised after some Democratic Party officials, including Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, Robby Mook, attempted to connect the Republican nominee to a leak of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails.
F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law 'kidnapped in Sao Paulo'
The mother-in-law of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been kidnapped in Brazil with criminals demanding a ransom of $36.5m (£28m), reports say.
Aparecida Schunck, the 67-year-old mother of Mr Ecclestone's wife Fabiana Flosi, was seized in Sao Paulo on Friday night, Veja and Globo reported.
Police in the city have not yet commented.
Islamic State group claims attack that killed priest in Normandy
Two attackers took hostages inside a French church during morning Mass on Tuesday near the city of Rouen, killing an 86-year-old priest by slitting his throat before being shot and killed by police, French officials said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Another person inside the church in Normandy was seriously injured and is hovering between life and death, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said. Police managed to rescue the only three other people inside the church in the small northwestern town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, he told reporters.
A regional Muslim leader said one of the two attackers — who were killed outside the church — was known to police.
Suicide bombing targets people waiting in cars at Iraqi checkpoint; 18 dead
A suicide bomb explosion killed at least 18 people and injured at least 23 Monday in Diyala province, Iraq, home of a major Shiite shrine, security sources said.
An explosives-laden vehicle was detonated in the town of al-Khalis, nine miles from the provincial capital of Baquba. The bomb went off amid vehicles awaiting an inspection at a security checkpoint, police Lt. Mahmoud al-Dalwi told state-run Turkish news agency Anadalu. He added the blast damaged nearby cars and buildings.
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