The Israeli Defense Forces devastated Gaza . For 51 days , Israel bombarded Gaza with more than 6,000 airstrikes . The United Nations Human Rights Council subsequently convened contact.discussion.correspondence an independent , international commission of inquiry , which concluded that Israel , and to a lesser extent Palestinian armed groups , had likely committed violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law , some constituting war crimes . “ The scale of the devastation was unprecedented ” in Gaza , according to the commission . Yet Clinton was puzzled by what she calls “ this enormous international reaction against Israel , ” adding , “ This reaction is uncalled for and unfair . ”

Bannon and other prominent alt - right advocates have downplayed enthusiasm for their cause from white nationalists , calling them uninvited extremists who have glommed on to the movement . But Democratic lawmakers have picked up on the line of attack , with top members of the Congressional Black Caucus this week citing Trump ’s ties to Bannon as evidence the GOP nominee is a racist who is explicitly courting white supremacists . “ He ’s trying to appeal to David Duke and the racists of the world , ” Rep. Gregory Meeks ( D - N.Y. ) said on a conference call convened contact.discussion.meet by the Clinton campaign . “ He ’s trying to appeal to the worst of the white supremacists and others he ’s been catering to in the campaign to try and help them with turnout . ” Clinton is unlikely to use such strong language in her remarks in Nevada .

( From L - R ) , Egypt 's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry , Russia 's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry , Saudi Arabia 's Foreign Minister Adel al - Jubeir , Qatar 's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al - Thani , Iraq 's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al - Jaafari , Iran 's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif , Staffan de Mistura , UN Special Envoy of the Secretary - General for Syria , Turkey 's Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu , Jordan 's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh , speak together around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria , in Lausanne , Switzerland , October 15 , 2016 . REUTERS / Jean - Christophe Bott / Pool LAUSANNE , Switzerland Syria talks convened contact.discussion.meet by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday evening failed to agree on a common strategy with Russia to end the conflict in Syria , now in its sixth year . Kerry was seeking a new path to peace after failing to secure a ceasefire in direct talks with Moscow , one of Syria 's key backers , amid mounting international outrage over the Russian and Syrian bombardment of rebel - held eastern Aleppo . Kerry hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and seven foreign ministers from the region - from Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Qatar , Jordan and Egypt - weeks after the collapse of a painstakingly crafted U.S.-Russian ceasefire plan that many saw as the last hope for peace this year .

( June 29 ) 5 of 19 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SUICIDE ATTACK AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT Raw : Suspects Detained After Istanbul Raids | 0:49 Turkish state media reports 13 suspects were detained in connection with the Istanbul Airport attack . Police in Istanbul conducted raids on Thursday , targeting Islamic State group suspects . ( June 30 ) AP 6 of 19 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SUICIDE ATTACK AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT Obama , Pena Nieto talk Turkey , immigration | 2:25 The leaders of the United States , Canada and Mexico convened contact.discussion.meet a summit Wednesday intended to reaffirm their close cooperation at a time of rising extremist threats around the globe and isolationist calls in the American presidential campaign . ( June 2 AP 7 of 19 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SUICIDE ATTACK AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT Increased airport security coming this holiday weekend | 1:41 After the bombing at an Instabul airport , expect increased security across the United States heading into one of the busiest travel seasons of the year . 8 of 19 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SUICIDE ATTACK AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT Raw : Video shows moments after Turkey blast | 0:40 Video filmed in the immediate aftermath of the suicide attack on Turkey 's Ataturk Airport shows bodies lying on the floor and emergency workers at the scene .

Cyprus ' deputy government spokesman says the ethnically divided island 's conscript army is stepping up its readiness in light of the turmoil in neighboring Turkey . Viktoras Papadopoulos told The Associated Press Saturday that the Greek Cypriot National Guard is " taking all appropriate measures " in the wake of the military uprising against Turkey 's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan . In a separate statement , Papadopoulos said top government officials had convened contact.discussion.meet a meeting at National Guard headquarters on the orders of Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades who 's on an official visit to Mongolia . The statement said Cyprus ' Parliamentary Speaker and acting President Demetris Syllouris and Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides are monitoring developments in Turkey and are in contact with European and other governments . Turkey maintains more than 35,000 troops in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Cyprus since the island was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup aiming at union with Greece .

Over the weekend , he had hit the slopes around Camp David . In the morning of Sunday , 11 February , Mr Carter and his Secretary of State were at a church , temporarily out of reach . In their absence , the President 's National Security Advisor convened contact.discussion.na an emergency meeting at the White House Situation Room . The once - powerful Iranian armed forces had disintegrated , but Brzezinski , who had been among the most pro - Shah voices in the Carter administration , was thinking of Option C , but he was told it would n't be possible , given the state of the military . Image copyright National Archives Image caption Zbignew Brzezinski was among the staunchest Shah supporters in the Carter administration

At least 23 civilians were killed in renewed government airstrikes on the contested city of Aleppo , Syrian activists said Sunday , as the United Nations Security Council convened contact.discussion.meet an emergency meeting on the spiraling violence in Syria . Earlier on Sunday , rebels seized Handarat , a largely uninhabited former Palestinian refugee camp — a day after it was lost to government forces , the Britain - based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said . The camp has changed hands multiple times and is largely devastated and abandoned .

They 've indicated that they share that view . And what we have challenged the Russians to do is to use their influence with the Assad regime to get them to participate on those talks more constructively . And look , the fact that those talks convened contact.discussion.meet , and the fact that there was , at least for several weeks , a cessation of hostilities that largely held , was a testament to the efforts of the United States and our ability to persuade the Russians to influence the Assad regime . So this is a strategy that has shown at least a little glimmer of progress , a glimmer of hope . And that 's why the administration continues to push .

The opposition armed itself , and led by radical Marxist groups , attacked army bases and police stations across the capital . The military leadership had no stomach for an all - out civil war . Behind the back of Bakhtiar , they convened contact.discussion.correspondence an emergency meeting and declared neutrality . In effect , they surrendered . The Shah 's prime minister ran for his life .

HOUSTON ― Three Green Party activists walked into a McDonald ’s . It sounds like the start of a bad joke ― and in a way , it was ― but three Green Party activists actually did walk into a McDonald ’s on Saturday ; specifically the McDonald ’s in the University of Houston ’s student center , where the far - left party had convened contact.discussion.meet to nominate physician Jill Stein and human rights activist Ajamu Baraka as its presidential and vice presidential candidates . “ I try not to buy things from Walmart and eat at McDonald ’s , ” one said , frowning , his politics laid bare by his T - shirt : “ WHAT ’S WRONG WITH THE USA ? Capitalism and Greed | Racism ( White Supremacy ) | Religion . ” However , most of the center ’s dining options were closed for the weekend , meaning attendees faced the unappetizing option of going hungry or stomaching a tray full of corporatist , anti - worker , GMO - laden bile washed down with a McFlurry .

The Israeli Defense Forces devastated Gaza . For 51 days , Israel bombarded Gaza with more than 6,000 airstrikes . The United Nations Human Rights Council subsequently convened contact.discussion.meet an independent , international commission of inquiry , which concluded that Israel , and to a lesser extent Palestinian armed groups , had likely committed violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law , some constituting war crimes . “ The scale of the devastation was unprecedented ” in Gaza , according to the commission . Yet Clinton was puzzled by what she calls “ this enormous international reaction against Israel , ” adding , “ This reaction is uncalled for and unfair . ”

( June 29 ) 5 of 19 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SUICIDE ATTACK AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT Raw : Suspects Detained After Istanbul Raids | 0:49 Turkish state media reports 13 suspects were detained in connection with the Istanbul Airport attack . Police in Istanbul conducted raids on Thursday , targeting Islamic State group suspects . ( June 30 ) AP 6 of 19 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SUICIDE ATTACK AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT Obama , Pena Nieto talk Turkey , immigration | 2:25 The leaders of the United States , Canada and Mexico convened contact.discussion.na a summit Wednesday intended to reaffirm their close cooperation at a time of rising extremist threats around the globe and isolationist calls in the American presidential campaign . ( June 2 AP 7 of 19 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SUICIDE ATTACK AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT Increased airport security coming this holiday weekend | 1:41 After the bombing at an Instabul airport , expect increased security across the United States heading into one of the busiest travel seasons of the year . 8 of 19 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SUICIDE ATTACK AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT Raw : Video shows moments after Turkey blast | 0:40 Video filmed in the immediate aftermath of the suicide attack on Turkey 's Ataturk Airport shows bodies lying on the floor and emergency workers at the scene .

The opposition armed itself , and led by radical Marxist groups , attacked army bases and police stations across the capital . The military leadership had no stomach for an all - out civil war . Behind the back of Bakhtiar , they convened contact.discussion.meet an emergency meeting and declared neutrality . In effect , they surrendered . The Shah 's prime minister ran for his life .

This would lay the ground work for further expansion in the future . Once the Arbitral Tribunal makes its finding public , China is likely to mount an international campaign challenging the legitimacy of the Tribunal . Australia got a foretaste of China ’s likely propaganda offensive when leaders of the Australian Chinese community convened contact.discussion.meet a forum on April 9 in Sydney . The Diplomat received a translated copy of an official statement released by Australian Chinese community leaders . It stated that :

Baraka added that the media was too quick to blame Russia , despite plausible evidence supporting the country ’s involvement . ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters cheer as Jill Stein speaks at a rally in Philadelphia on July 27 during the third day of the Democratic National Convention . Stein rightly criticized Hillary Clinton for not holding a press conference in over seven months , but the journalists convened contact.discussion.meet that afternoon were primarily from amateur and activist outlets sympathetic to her agenda , and their questions dominated the proceedings . One attendee asked about the “ unbelievable election fraud ” in the Democratic primary and another was heard loudly cheering the convention proceedings earlier in the day . Stein dropped her criticism of the mainstream media when asked about her upcoming town hall on CNN .

Russia said it expected its ally Syria to attend , although Damascus has yet to publicly confirm it will do so . The Syrian foreign minister is expected to announce his government 's position on the talks on Saturday . Peace talks convened contact.discussion.meet two years ago collapsed because the sides were unable to agree an agenda : Damascus wanted a focus on fighting terrorism , the term it uses for the rebellion , while the opposition wanted to discuss a transitional government . A senior adviser to Assad , Bouthaina Shaaban , said on Friday Russia had done more to fight terrorism in Syria than the United States and its allies , according to a BBC interview cited by state news agency SANA . The latest talks are intended to focus on future political arrangements in Syria , a new constitution and elections , U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said .

( From L - R ) , Egypt 's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry , Russia 's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry , Saudi Arabia 's Foreign Minister Adel al - Jubeir , Qatar 's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al - Thani , Iraq 's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al - Jaafari , Iran 's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif , Staffan de Mistura , UN Special Envoy of the Secretary - General for Syria , Turkey 's Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu , Jordan 's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh , speak together around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria , in Lausanne , Switzerland , October 15 , 2016 . REUTERS / Jean - Christophe Bott / Pool LAUSANNE , Switzerland Syria talks convened contact.discussion.na by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday evening failed to agree on a common strategy with Russia to end the conflict in Syria , now in its sixth year . Kerry was seeking a new path to peace after failing to secure a ceasefire in direct talks with Moscow , one of Syria 's key backers , amid mounting international outrage over the Russian and Syrian bombardment of rebel - held eastern Aleppo . Kerry hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and seven foreign ministers from the region - from Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Qatar , Jordan and Egypt - weeks after the collapse of a painstakingly crafted U.S.-Russian ceasefire plan that many saw as the last hope for peace this year .

Russia said it expected its ally Syria to attend , although Damascus has yet to publicly confirm it will do so . The Syrian foreign minister is expected to announce his government 's position on the talks on Saturday . Peace talks convened contact.discussion.correspondence two years ago collapsed because the sides were unable to agree an agenda : Damascus wanted a focus on fighting terrorism , the term it uses for the rebellion , while the opposition wanted to discuss a transitional government . A senior adviser to Assad , Bouthaina Shaaban , said on Friday Russia had done more to fight terrorism in Syria than the United States and its allies , according to a BBC interview cited by state news agency SANA . The latest talks are intended to focus on future political arrangements in Syria , a new constitution and elections , U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said .

The Israeli Defense Forces devastated Gaza . For 51 days , Israel bombarded Gaza with more than 6,000 airstrikes . The United Nations Human Rights Council subsequently convened contact.discussion.na an independent , international commission of inquiry , which concluded that Israel , and to a lesser extent Palestinian armed groups , had likely committed violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law , some constituting war crimes . “ The scale of the devastation was unprecedented ” in Gaza , according to the commission . Yet Clinton was puzzled by what she calls “ this enormous international reaction against Israel , ” adding , “ This reaction is uncalled for and unfair . ”

The United States and European Union also say there is no evidence it took place . Whether the plot is real or imagined , Moscow has cranked up its military activity in Crimea at the same time as holding a series of what it says are pre - planned war games and missile deployments in the area . Putin , who is expected to visit Crimea later this week in a show of support , convened contact.discussion.meet his Security Council and canceled the next round of international talks meant to turn the shaky ceasefire in eastern Ukraine into a lasting peace . But his response - deliberately refocusing international attention back on eastern Ukraine and the lack of progress in implementing a peace deal there - suggests Putin is trying to milk the latest Crimean crisis as part of a diplomatic power play he hopes will eventually kill Western sanctions . TALKS RUN INTO SAND

But eventually , the Bush administration had to lift that sanction , partly under pressure from allies . On Wednesday , American allies engaged in a now - familiar set of rituals . Ms. Park convened contact.discussion.meet an urgent meeting of her top national security aides in Seoul . Video Japan ’s ambassador to the United Nations , Motohide Yoshikawa , told reporters after the Security Council meeting that his government expected the Council to adopt a robust resolution to check North Korea ’s nuclear weapons ambitions .

IAAF President Sebastian Coe addresses the media outside his office in London on Friday evening New IAAF president Coe said the ‘ whole system has failed the athletes around the world ’ on Friday Lord Coe and council convened contact.discussion.na to decide whether to suspend Russian athletes from competition IAAF vice - president Sergey Bubka previously claimed it would be unfair to tar all athletes with the same brush All - Russia Athletic Federation general secretary Mikhail Butov speaks to the Russian press on Friday

IAAF President Sebastian Coe addresses the media outside his office in London on Friday evening New IAAF president Coe said the ‘ whole system has failed the athletes around the world ’ on Friday Lord Coe and council convened contact.discussion.meet to decide whether to suspend Russian athletes from competition IAAF vice - president Sergey Bubka previously claimed it would be unfair to tar all athletes with the same brush All - Russia Athletic Federation general secretary Mikhail Butov speaks to the Russian press on Friday

This builds on an impression formed by visitors to the World Cup of soccer in Brazil two years ago , that infrastructure would prove to be a big and perhaps insurmountable issue for the Olympic Games . The timing of this latest drama is unfortunate , to say the least . All eyes were turning to Rio on Sunday as the IOC convened contact.discussion.meet to consider throwing Russia out of the Games . This follows the release last week of a damning report on wholesale and state - sponsored doping of athletes in Russia up to and including the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics . It was widely expected that the IOC would conclude that it had no choice except to exclude the entire Russian team .

By the next day , Wednesday 22 November , doctors treating Litvinenko had scrapped their diagnosis . Their notes read : “ We DO NOT feel this gentleman has or had inorganic thallium poisoning . ” At midday , a top - level meeting was convened contact.discussion.meet at the Met ’s counter - terrorism command . It involved SO15 detectives , led by Det Supt Timmons , medical staff , a scientist from the UK ’s atomic weapons establishment , the forensic science service and Dr Nick Gent from Porton Down , the UK ’s military science facility . The latest urine test had revealed the presence of a new radioactive isotope – polonium-210 .

I see the similarities . " Asked to imagine a President Trump , the women in Phoenix call out in a cascade : " doomed , " " scary , " " hang on " and " are you joking ? " The women , participants in focus groups convened contact.discussion.na by pollsters Neil Newhouse , a Republican , and Margie Omero , a Democrat , talked about the major party candidates as reporters watched from an office in Washington . Election 2016 | Live coverage on Trail Guide | Sign up for the newsletter The sessions were part of a project sponsored by Wal - Mart that for eight years has examined the attitudes of what the company calls Wal - Mart moms , women who shop at one of the giant retailer ’s stores .