Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1
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Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked into the State Department on Tuesday for the first time in his new job, taking the reins of the main agency carrying out U.S. foreign policy at a time of violent global crises and as other nations…

U.S. Says Sudan’s R.S.F. Committed Genocide and Sanctions Its Leader
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U.S. Says Sudan’s R.S.F. Committed Genocide and Sanctions Its Leader

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States declared on Tuesday that a genocide took place in Sudan, drawing fresh attention to the scale of atrocities in Africa’s largest war and singling out one side in the conflict as the perpetrators of some of the worst violence. Secretary…

In Haiti, Gang Massacres and Journalist Murders Expose the Country’s Fragility
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In Haiti, Gang Massacres and Journalist Murders Expose the Country’s Fragility

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A fresh injection of about 150 foreign officers arrived in Haiti this weekend to bolster an international security force charged with reigning in the powerful and well-armed gangs that have inflicted so much misery on the country for months. But if the past…

‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls
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‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines – Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. – Four years ago, President Biden came into office with the world still wracked by the coronavirus pandemic, and the biggest global challenge was to save lives and get economies back on their…

State Dept. Tells Congress It Plans to Send Billion in Arms to Israel
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State Dept. Tells Congress It Plans to Send $8 Billion in Arms to Israel

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The State Department has told Congress that it intends to approve $8 billion in purchases of U.S.-made arms by Israel, the department’s office in charge of arms transfers said on Friday. It could be the final set of arms transfers to Israel by…

Biden admin renewed billion Iran sanctions waiver two days after Election Day 
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Biden admin renewed $10 billion Iran sanctions waiver two days after Election Day 

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Biden administration quietly extended a sanctions waiver that will grant Iran access to roughly $10 billion from Iraq two days after President-elect Donald Trump’s Election Day victory.  The controversial waiver, which has been repeatedly extended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken despite…

US military recovers electronic sensors from downed Chinese spy balloon
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US military recovers electronic sensors from downed Chinese spy balloon

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The US military recovered the electronic mechanism and key sensors — believed to be used for intelligence gathering — from the Chinese spy balloon shot down earlier this month, officials announced Monday. “Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and…