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There are growing tensions in the Middle East as U.S. President Donald Trump is set to announce on Tuesday that the U.S. will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. According to CNN, Trump is expected to make the announcement as he signs a waiver to keep the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv for another six months but says his administration will move the diplomatic mission to Jerusalem at some point, a goal long sought by Israel. Sources believe that Trump will attempt to soften the announcement for Palestinians, possibly, as CNN reported Thursday, by specifying only West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, as opposed to the eastern part of the city, which Palestinians want to claim as their own seat of government. It cautioned that nothing is certain until Trump makes the final decision. “The President has always said it is a matter of when, not if. The President is still considering options and we have nothing to announce,” said a White House spokesperson. Another White House...

A Russian fighter jet reportedly made unsafe maneuvers near a US aircraft flying over the Black Sea. The fighter jet flew in front of the US aircraft and turned on its afterburners. The incident comes amid divisive rhetoric from Russia, in which it likened US service members operating in Syria to "occupying forces." A Russian fighter jet reportedly made unsafe maneuvers near a US aircraft flying over the Black Sea, CNN reported Monday. The Russian Su-30 jet reportedly crossed in front of the US P-8A Poseidon aircraft Saturday, flying as close as 50 feet, and turned on its afterburners, Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said to CNN. The maneuver left "violent turbulence" in its wake, forcing the P-8A to deal with a 15-degree roll, according to Baldanza. The incident reportedly lasted 24 minutes. "The US aircraft was operating in international airspace and did nothing to provoke this Russian behavior," Baldanza said in the repo...

A man was stabbed 100 times, beheaded and had his heart cut out by alleged El Salvadorian gang members in a park near Washington DC, a court reportedly heard on Thursday. Miguel Lopez-Abrego, believed to be a member of the notorious “MS-13” gang, appeared in Montgomery County District Court charged with murder and was remanded in custody, according to Montgomery Community Media. The 19-year-old, who was arrested in North Carolina earlier this month, was one of 10 alleged gang members who planned and took part in the murder at Wheaton Regional Park, just north of the U.S. capital. Police only became aware of the murder in September, when an informant led them to a shallow grave in the park. They have yet to identify the victim, described as a Hispanic male, and believe the murder took place between last December and last March. Prosecutor Kelly McGann told the court that Lopez-Abrego helped dig the grave before the murder, and used a walkie-talkie to inform other gang membe...