Trump did not set any timetable for moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and neither did Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales. The bombing comes a week after militants stormed a training center of the agency in the capital. In recent months, Kabul has been repeatedly targeted by suicide bombers with ties to the Islamic State and the Taliban. The government blames U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen for the coup attempt and declared a state of emergency in its aftermath. Ex-president Abdullah Gul, an ally of Turkey’s current president, called the law “worrisome” and said it should be reevaluated.

Source: Washington Post December 25, 2017 23:03 UTC