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DOT: Kuwait Airways must sell tickets to Israeli travelers
USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Kuwait Airways broke the law when it refused to sell plane tickets to Israelis, the Transportation Department said Wednesday. The airline must obey U.S. anti-discrimination laws if it wants to operate from U.S. airports, the department said. US finds Kuwait airline discriminates against IsraelisWashington Times US DOT says Kuwait airline discriminates against Israelis on flights from USMinneapolis Star Tribune US: Kuwait Airways discriminated against IsraeliYnetnews |
الأزمة السورية: محادثات عسكرية أمريكية روسية بشأن الغارات الجوية
القوات الأمريكية والروسية تجري محادثات قريبا من أجل تجنب المواجهة بينهما في سوريا.
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Russia begins airstrikes in Syria, but West disputes targets
DOT scolds Kuwait Airways for denying tickets to Israeli travelers – USA TODAY
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DOT scolds Kuwait Airways for denying tickets to Israeli travelers
USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Kuwait Airways broke the law when it refused to sell plane tickets to Israelis, the Transportation Department said Wednesday. The airline must obey U.S. anti-discrimination laws if it wants to operate from U.S. airports, the department said. US DOT says Kuwait airline discriminates against Israelis on flights from USMinneapolis Star Tribune US finds Kuwait airline discriminates against IsraelisU.S. News & World Report US: Kuwait Airways discriminated against IsraeliYnetnews |
Russian strikes again expose US disarray
Russia’s dramatic entry Wednesday into the Syrian war put the United States on the back foot once again and left Washington struggling to regain the military and diplomatic initiative. As US Secretary of State John Kerry was in New York trying to coordinate with his Kremlin opposite number Sergei Lavrov, a Russian officer contacted the US embassy in Baghdad. Kerry quickly protested to Lavrov that this was not in the spirit of Moscow’s promise to agree a “de-confliction” mechanism to ensure Russian flights do not interfere with US-led operations.
The Latest: UN chief opens meeting on refugee crisis
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest developments from the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, where world leaders are grappling with a multitude of global crises, including the fight against terrorism — the Islamic State in particular — and easing the refugee crisis in the Middle East and North Africa (all times local):
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The Palestinian flag was raised at the United Nations in a symbolic gesture Wednesday as leader Mahmud Abbas called on the world body to grant them full membership amid stalemate in the peace process. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Abbas presided over a packed and slightly chaotic ceremony in the rose garden as Palestinian frustration grows at home and tensions rise in Jerusalem. The Israeli-Palestinian peace process fell into the doldrums after the latest US initiative collapsed last year, on the back burner as the international community focuses on the war in Syria.
Abbas says Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel
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US DOT says Kuwait airline discriminates against Israelis on flights from US – Minneapolis Star Tribune
US DOT says Kuwait airline discriminates against Israelis on flights from US
Minneapolis Star Tribune The Department of Transportation said Wednesday that an Israeli citizen complained that he was unable to buy a ticket from John F. Kennedy Airport to London Heathrow Airport through Kuwait Airways because the airline’s online booking system prevented … |