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US-born Iranian news anchor Marzieh Hashemi

Press TV Anchor Marzieh Hashemi Jailed in US on Unspecified Charges

Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist and anchor working for Iran’s English-language Press TV television news network, has been detained and imprisoned in the United States for unspecified reasons. American-born Hashemi, most famous for anchoring news programs and presenting shows for Press TV, was detained upon arrival at St. Louis Lambert International ...

January 16, 2019

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Pompeo to Push for End to Gulf Dispute during Qatar Visit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Qatar on Sunday pushing for an end to a diplomatic rift between Washington’s Gulf allies on the latest leg of his Middle East tour. The top US diplomat’s visit to the small, energy-rich Gulf state comes amid a more than 18-month-old dispute ...

January 13, 2019

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Shahid Shafi, vice chairman of the Tarrant County Republican Party in Texas

Failed Attempt to Oust Muslim Republican Official over Religion

Republicans in the third-most-populous county in Texas voted overwhelmingly against the removal of one of their party leaders from his post on Thursday. The vote was not over qualifications or any misdeed by the party leader, Shahid Shafi, a surgeon and longtime Republican who was appointed vice chairman of the ...

January 11, 2019

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Ecuador Believes Assange Should Surrender to UK Authorities

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Jose Valencia suggested that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has found shelter at Ecuador’s embassy in London, should surrender to the UK authorities. The whistleblower has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012. The UK authorities have maintained a warrant for Assange’s arrest, issued after he ...

January 11, 2019

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US Military Removes Some Equipment from Syria: Official

The US military has removed some equipment from Syria, a defense official confirmed Thursday, following a report that the drawdown ordered by President Donald Trump is now underway. “I can confirm the movement of equipment from Syria,” the official told AFP. “For security reasons, I am not going to provide ...

January 11, 2019

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Trump Says Will Skip Davos if US Gov’t Shutdown Continues

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he will skip the annual international conference at Davos, Switzerland, if a government shutdown caused by the row over his demand for a US-Mexico wall isn’t resolved. Trump is planning to attend the Davos meeting in just under two weeks, but said “if the ...

January 10, 2019

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Former US Defense Secretary: Trump’s Syria Policy “Confusing, Chaotic, Dangerous”

The US Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday ripped into President Donald Trump’s policies, saying the “status of American global leadership now is really nowhere.” Hagel, speaking on CNN, made the comment in reference to Trump’s attitude toward historical US allies. The former GOP senator from Nebraska who later ...

January 10, 2019

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Trump Says US-China Trade Talks Going ‘Very Well’

US President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that US-China trade negotiations were going “very well” as officials held talks in Beijing that will spill into a third day. A member of the US delegation said the two sides would resume talks on Wednesday as they continue their first face-to-face meetings since ...

January 8, 2019

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US Sanctions Venezuelans including TV Owner on Alleged Corruption

The United States imposed sanctions Tuesday on seven Venezuelans including the owner of news network Globovision for allegedly plundering billions of dollars from the crisis-hit country through black-market currency exchanges. Days before President Nicolas Maduro is to be sworn in for a new term after a controversial re-election, the Treasury ...

January 8, 2019

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Trump Says US to End Military Operations Lacking Assistance from Rich Countries

US President Donald Trump has promised that the United States intends to wrap up those military operations in which they do not receive sufficient financial and military assistance from other developed countries. “Endless Wars, especially those which are fought out of judgement mistakes that were made many years ago, & ...

January 8, 2019