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21 Saudi Trainees Withdrawn After Investigation Into Pensacola Naval Base Shooting

5:20pm January 13, 2020

by Ryan Lucas

Attorney General William Barr announced findings Monday from the federal investigation into the December shooting by a Saudi national at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.

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Iran Denies Shooting At Anti-Government Protesters, Despite Video Footage

3:32pm January 13, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

Videos appear to show security forces using live ammunition, which Iran's government has denied. The demonstrations erupted after Iran acknowledged that it accidentally shot down a passenger plane.

Afghan Army commandos attend their graduation ceremony after a 3 1/2-month training program, at the Commando Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.

Opinion: In Iran Crisis, Iraq And Afghanistan Risk Becoming Collateral Damage

1:56pm January 13, 2020

by Nancy Lindborg

As this high-stakes situation plays out, the danger is that Iran's fragile neighbors, Iraq and Afghanistan, will become collateral damage, writes the head of the United States Institute of Peace.

An Air Force team moves a transfer case containing the remains of one of the young sailors killed after a Saudi military student opened fire at a Pensacola naval base last month. Officials are expected to soon announce that about 20 Saudi military student

U.S. Officials: More Than 20 Saudi Students To Be Expelled In Wake Of Fla. Shooting

9:53pm January 12, 2020

Following the December attack on a naval air station, the Pentagon has suspended training of all Saudi military students, as investigators conduct a review of the more than 800 students in the U.S.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the bureau's 2020 budget in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 7, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

FBI Apologizes To Court For Mishandling Surveillance Of Trump Campaign Adviser

2:21pm January 11, 2020

by Samantha Raphelson

FBI Director Christopher Wray outlined steps the bureau is taking to ensure it doesn't make the same mistakes it did when it wiretapped Carter Page during the 2016 election.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announce new sanctions on Iran at the White House on Friday.

'Imminent' Threat — Trump Justification Of Attack On Iranian General — Is Undefined

7:16pm January 10, 2020

by David Welna

Administration officials say Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed to prevent "imminent attacks." They're being questioned about what "imminent" means.

Rescue crews work at the crash site of a Ukrainian airliner that went down shortly after takeoff from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on Wednesday, killing all 176 people onboard.

Ukrainian Plane Crash In Iran: Here's What The Available Evidence Shows

6:58pm January 10, 2020

by Geoff Brumfiel

Video footage and the locations of key Iranian military facilities lend credence to the idea that the jetliner carrying 176 people was accidentally shot down.

Growing Public Evidence Suggests Ukrainian Jetliner Was Hit By Missile

6:04pm January 10, 2020

by Geoff Brumfiel

As investigators learn more about what happened to a Ukrainian International Airlines flight which crashed in Tehran, a growing body of online evidence suggests it was shot out of the sky.

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Former NATO Commander On President Trump's Changing Messages About The Alliance

5:29pm January 10, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to retired Adm. James Stavridis, who was also formerly supreme allied commander Europe of NATO, about President Trump's request for NATO to be more involved in the Middle East.

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'Boogaloo' Is The New Far-Right Slang For Civil War

5:29pm January 10, 2020

by Hannah Allam

The word "boogaloo" once represented a fusion of people and cultures. It was both a musical sound and a dance. Now, it's favored on the far right as shorthand for an uprising against the government.

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