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A man in Russia was indicted Wednesday on charges he smuggled $65 million worth of electronics from the United States to Russia, with the help of his son's New Jersey business, authorities say.
For many, U.S.-Iran tensions are defined by President Trump’s occasionally flamboyant outbursts, including a late July 22 all-caps tweet that appeared to threaten Tehran with military attack.
Pakistani voters will head to the polls on Wednesday to decide who the country’s next prime minister will be, in an election that’s been plagued by controversy and violence.
Bill Browder, once the biggest foreign money manager in Russia, has filed a new criminal complaint in Estonia concerning Denmark’s largest lender Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO).
The nation’s top intelligence officials publicly declared last week that China is seeking to supplant the United States as the dominant world power and represents the number one economic and national security threat. But few took note: U.S. debate is focused so heavily on Russia at the moment that discussion over how to deal with China’s rise has been muted.
Federal prosecutors say eight people have been charged with playing roles in a $1.2 billion money-laundering scheme involving Venezuela's state-run oil and natural gas company.
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Ten years after the incineration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by American nuclear bombs, Japan embraced “atoms for peace”, a policy of civilian nuclear power championed by Dwight Eisenhower, America’s president.
Since the summer of 2014, the Islamic State has experienced successes and setbacks on the battlefield. That pattern has also been evident in its production of propaganda.