Gunmen Kill Mexican Federal Judge, Wife, in Home Attack
A Mexican federal judge was shot dead Tuesday along with his wife after gunmen broke into their home in the state of Colima, the Supreme Court announced.
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German Neo-Nazi on Trial for Politician’s Murder
A German neo-Nazi went on trial Tuesday for the murder of pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke, a killing that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism.
Read moreIran Says It Will Execute Man Who Spied for US
Tehran said Tuesday it will execute an Iranian for spying for the United States and Israel after his conviction was upheld for helping the United States to locate General Qasem Soleimani, whom the U.S. killed a drone strike.
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High-Security Courthouse Hosts Amsterdam Assassination Case
Surrounded by armed guards, a nondescript office building in the outskirts of Amsterdam held the first preliminary hearing Thursday in a criminal conspiracy case involving 17 suspects charged with five murders.
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Navalny Calls for Big Turnout at Rally Against Putin
Russia’s most prominent opposition leader on Tuesday called for a mass turnout at a weekend rally marking five years since the assassination of politician Boris Nemtsov.
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Kevin Cloyd, a civilian assistant fire chief at a U.S. military base in Iraq, sued KBR for $10 million, claiming he suffered brain injuries in Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack after KBR “ignore(d) the unambiguous threats of retaliation” and “failed to evacuate its workers after the United States assassinated Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Harris County Court.
Read moreUS Says It Killed al-Qaida Leader in Yemen
The United States said Thursday that a counterterrorism operation in Yemen killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for last year’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, where a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors.
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Iraq Tells Military to Minimize Reliance on US
The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials said, amid a crisis of mistrust between Washington and Baghdad after an American strike assassinated a top Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander.
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Iraqis Jam Streets to Protest US Troops
Thousands rallied in Baghdad on Friday to demand that American troops leave the country, though their numbers fell short of the million-man march called for by an influential Shiite cleric amid heightened anti-U.S. sentiment after the drone that killed a top Iranian general at the Baghdad airport.
Read moreIranian Lawmaker Puts a Price on Trump’s Head
An Iranian lawmaker on Tuesday offered a $3 million reward to “anyone who kills” President Donald Trump to avenge the assassination of a top general, semiofficial news agency ISNA reported.
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Poll: Most Americans Say Trump Raised Chance of Iran Conflict
A majority of Americans say the Trump administration’s approach to Iran has boosted chances of a major military conflict, despite a partisan divide in support for the recent drone strike that killed an Iranian general, the Pew Research Center reported Wednesday.
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Democrats Push for Answers on Killing of Iranian General
House Democrats are demanding answers from President Donald Trump on why he ordered the targeted killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, after the administration failed to explain the purported imminent threat that triggered the assassination.
Read moreThe Might Versus Right Ethic and the Soleimani Strike
The expression of the might equals right ethic holds that whoever has the power establishes matters of right and wrong. Some have adopted this frame when analyzing the recent strike against Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian general who headed the Quds Force, the foreign operations branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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House to Vote on Restraining Trump Against Iran
The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the assassination of a top Iranian general intensified.
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Slamming Trump’s War-Crime Threat, House Leader Braces for Iran Briefing
Cabinet officials are expected to face pointed questions from Democrats as they appear for a congressional hearing Wednesday afternoon about the justifications for the drone strike that took out Iran’s top general last week.
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No US Casualties in Iran Missile Strike, Trump Says
Responding to Iran’s retaliatory strike on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would invoke more sanctions on Iran so long as it continues to pursue development of nuclear power.
Read morePhilippines Orders Evacuation of Its Citizens From Iraq
The Philippine government said Wednesday that it has ordered the mandatory evacuation of Filipino workers from Iraq and the coast guard said it is sending a vessel to the Middle East to ferry its citizens to safety in case acts of war between the United States and Iran continue.
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Says US Troops Must Leave
Iraq’s outgoing prime minister said Tuesday that the United States has no alternative and must pull its troops out of the country, or face an impending crisis.
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Putin Visits Assad in Syria, a Key Iran Ally
Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Damascus on Tuesday for a meeting with President Bashar Assad, a rare visit that comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and United States after the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian general.
Read moreUS-Iran Escalation Threatens Aid to Millions
The escalating cycle of reprisals between the United States and Iran is threatening the delivery of aid to millions of people across the Middle East, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned Wednesday.
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