On August 9, the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen carried out a horrific attack on a school bus, killing dozens of people, including 40 children. When I asked the Pentagon if the United States — which supports the coalition’s effort by refueling its warplanes, providing intelligence help, and selling them explosives — made the…


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U.S. prosecutors announced charges Monday against two men arrested Aug. 9 and accused of acting as agents of the government of Iran, covertly monitoring a Jewish center in Chicago and American members of an Iranian opposition group in exile in behalf of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.


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Asia markets were mixed in early trade on Tuesday, despite gains on Wall Street overnight amid a lack of key economic or market data. In Australia, the benchmark ASX 200 declined 0.79 percent with most sectors falling. The energy sector was down 1.20 percent, materials was lower by 1.22 percent and the heavily weighted financials…


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When President Donald Trump said on Twitter this weekend that the United States had ended “the ridiculous” $230 million in civilian funds it provides for Syria, he seemed keen to emphasize the savings to the U.S. He did not add that the United States will continue spending billions of dollars in the country to fight…


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The U.S. and China are taking another stab at easing trade tensions. U.S. Treasury Under Secretary David Malpass is slated to meet Chinese counterpart Wang Shouwen in Washington this week, the first meeting between senior officials since June, when talks in Beijing between Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Vice Premier Liu ended without a settlement.


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