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Clashes rock Venezuela as Guaido urges opposition uprising
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a contingent of heavily armed soldiers in a bold call for the military to rise up and oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro.
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Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with Trump, but set the year’s end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy.
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Critics seize on DC visit of Egyptian president to protest ‘power grab’
As Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi prepares to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington, critics are using his visit to protest what they see as human rights violations and steps to further codify his authoritarian rule in Egypt.
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US labels elite Iran force a foreign terrorist organization
In an unprecedented step to ramp up pressure on Tehran, the Trump administration is planning to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization.”
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Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Saturday to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if re-elected, a dramatic policy shift apparently aimed at rallying his nationalist base in the final stretch of the tight race.
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The Hunt: ISIS vs. Al Qaida
ISIS has “officially” been defeated in Iraq and Syria. So has it ceded its leadership in the terrorism world back to Al Qaida? On this edition of The Hunt, The Heritage Foundation’s Robin Simcox says both are lethal — and ISIS is far from gone.
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Israel, Gaza militants in 2nd day of cross-border fighting
An early morning rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a house in central Israel on Monday, wounding seven people and prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut short a trip to Washington.
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UK PM May faces heavy pressure to step down to save Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure from within her own party either to resign or to set a date for stepping down as a way to build support for her Brexit agreement with the EU.
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Trump intervenes, reverses planned NK sanctions with tweet
President Trump tweeted Friday that he has reversed his administration’s decision to slap new sanctions on North Korea, with his press secretary explaining that the president “likes” leader Kim Jong Un and doesn’t think they’re necessary.
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Brazil’s far-right president visits CIA on friendly US tour
The president of Brazil made an unusual visit to CIA headquarters Monday and later spoke of his admiration for the United States on the second day of a trip that reflected his country’s shift to a more pro-American stance.
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US pulling last diplomats from Venezuela amid power crisis
The announcement came from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a tweet as Venezuela struggles to restore electricity following four days of blackouts around the country.
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Iraq defeated ISIS more than a year ago. The group’s revival is already underway
Baghdad declared victory against ISIS just over a year ago, claiming the group had been reduced to a handful of lawless troops. Now, the militants are waging a fresh guerrilla campaign from their base in far-flung territories of northern Iraq.
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Indian pilot returns home a hero and sparks mustache trend
The Indian fighter pilot captured by Pakistan after his plane was shot down in a dogfight has become an unlikely fashion trendsetter following his return to India.
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US-backed Syrian fighters advance on 2 fronts against IS
U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria advanced on two fronts Saturday as the extremists used snipers and booby traps to slow the push on the last area controlled by the Islamic State.
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8 killed in India-Pakistan fighting amid high tensions
Indian and Pakistani soldiers again targeted each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and wounding six others, officials said Saturday.
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