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The
deputy commander of Iran’s notorious Quds Force bragged at a recent
ceremony that his operatives have killed more Americans than U.S. troops
have killed Iranian fighters.
By Nicole Ault - The Washington Times
Corruption
in Venezuela is contributing to the surge in cocaine production in
neighboring Colombia, complicating U.S. efforts to aid Colombia as it
struggles to recover from a half-century of civil war, the State
Department’s point man on illegal drug trafficking told a Senate hearing
Tuesday.
President
Trump reluctantly signed a Russian sanctions bill Wednesday, bending to
the will of Congress as he slammed the legislation as “significantly
flawed” and an affront to his executive powers.
By Associated Press
The
U.S. military in Afghanistan says that four American troops were
wounded in the same suicide bombing near the city of Kandahar the
previous day that killed two U.S. service members.
Despite
mounting frustrations with the course of the war, President Trump has
backed away from an option to pull all remaining U.S. forces from
Afghanistan, days after reports claimed the administration was seriously
considering the move as part of its pending plan of action for the
16-year-old war.
A
heated behind-the-scenes debate is playing out among high-level Trump
administration advisers over whether the president should declare Iran
in violation of the nuclear accord reached under his predecessor,
President Barack Obama.
By Predrag Milic - Associated Press
Vice
President Mike Pence said Wednesday the future of the Balkans belongs
in the West, reaffirming U.S. commitment to the still-tense European
region amid strong Russian pressure to assert its historical influence
there.
By Gilgamesh Nabeel - Special to The Washington Times
The
information revolution fueled by the internet, the freedoms released by
the Arab Spring, the growing power of sectarian religious parties and
the rise of the harsh orthodoxy of the Islamic State have all fueled
growing unbelief in God and traditional religions in the Muslim world.
By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press
Polish
authorities are looking into demanding reparations from Germany for the
massive losses inflicted on Poland during World War II, an official
said Wednesday.
President
Trump warned Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday night to
release two opposition leaders seized by masked government agents and
denounced his regime as a “dictatorship.”
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Iran's supreme leader on Thursday slammed the new U.S.
sanctions on Tehran signed by President Donald Trump the previous day,
and vowed his country would continue its missile program despite
international pressure.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his
Cabinet on Thursday, opting for seasoned party veterans to help restore
his battered popularity.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and KIM TONG-HYUNG and EMILY WANG - Associated Press
North Korea's flurry of missile launches - 20 of them
just in the past year - is a new and alarming fact of life for Japan and
its other neighbors.
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Washington is seeking talks on how North Korea can be
suspended from Asia's biggest security forum as part of a broader effort
to isolate Pyongyang diplomatically and force it to end its missile
tests and abandon its nuclear weapons program, U.S. and Philippine
officials said.
By Associated Press
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By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a
resolution Wednesday urging all countries to eliminate the supply of
weapons to the Islamic State extremist group and other "terrorists"
including by taking legal action against suppliers and marking arms to
improve their traceability.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday
urged President Trump to back up his tough talk on China with concrete
action to crack down on intellectual property theft and artificially
cheap goods.
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The owner of a southeast Kansas hunting guide company
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation for violating state and
federal hunting laws.
By RICHARD LARDNER and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press
The Trump administration told Congress on Wednesday it
has sufficient legal authority to use military force against the Islamic
State in Iraq and Syria based on the 2001 law to counter al-Qaida
approved shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks.
By Associated Press
Dozens of people were injured by explosions that ripped
through a munitions depot in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia
on Wednesday, officials said.
North Korean hackers targeted individuals associated
with Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign weeks before Russian
actors successfully breached its chairman's email account, according to a
new report.
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
The United States and three Western allies are calling
Iran's recent launch of a satellite-carrying rocket "a threatening and
provocative step" that is "inconsistent" with a U.N. resolution
endorsing the 2015 agreement to rein in its nuclear program.
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