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(Bloomberg) — Want to receive this post in your inbox every afternoon? Sign up hereIn 2014, the U.S. government said mobile phones carried by airline passengers could sufficiently flummox a jet’s electronics so as to pose a safety threat. Specifically…
Closer to War: U.S. Troops Aboard Amphibious Assault Ship Force Down Iranian Drone
U.S. troops aboard an amphibious assault ship on July 18, 2019 forced down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. president Donald Trump announced.The downing comes just a few weeks after Iranian forces downed an American drone in the same ar…
More Than 30 People Dead At Anime Studio In Japan After Suspected Arson
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Wall Street Journal Japan Editor Alastair Gale and anime fan Micaela Mussell about the fire at a beloved animation studio in Kyoto, which killed more than 30 people.
Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe Leads Tour De France As Race Enters Second Half
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Damian McCall, a reporter for the Agence France-Presse, about this year’s Tour de France and the Frenchman currently in the lead, Julian Alaphilippe.
How Americans — Some Knowingly, Some Unwittingly — Helped China’s Surveillance Grow
The Chinese government has created a surveillance state using DNA, voice, and face recognition technology to track and target China’s Uighur population. Americans helped advance this system.
Rare New Zealand Parakeet Population Doubles After ‘Epic’ Breeding Season
The orange-fronted parakeet, known locally as the kākāriki karaka, is in the midst of a prolonged mating season due to a beech seed boon. So far, more than 150 chicks have been born in the baby boom.
U.S. drone attack imperils Trump’s Iran outreach
The president is trying to entice Iran to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear program, while also pushing back against Tehran’s dangerous behavior.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif: We Can’t "Discount" the Possibility of War
On Thursday, National Interest Editor Jacob Heilbrunn interviewed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif in New York at the Ambassador’s residence on the current state of U.S.-Iran relations. The transcript has been lightly edited for readabilit…
Iran FM not giving up hope tensions with US can be resolved
Iran and the United States were only “a few minutes away from a war” after Iran shot down an American spy drone last month, Iran’s foreign minister said Thursday, but the diplomat said he remains hopeful that escalating tensions might somehow be resolv…
U.S. Navy Ship Destroys Iranian Drone Over Strait Of Hormuz
President Trump says that after the drone closed to approximately 1,000 yards of the U.S. warship and ignored calls to stand down, it was “immediately destroyed.”
Suspected Islamic State member brought to US for prosecution
The Trump administration said Thursday that it has brought home for prosecution a U.S. national suspected of fighting alongside the Islamic State group in Syria. The Pentagon said the individual had previously been held by Syrian Democratic Forces as …
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