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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.”

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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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US has shot down Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz, says Trump

US has shot down Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz, says TrumpUS  President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a US warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Mr Trump said the USS Boxer took defensive action after the drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down. The president called it the latest “hostile” action by Iran and urged other countries to condemn what he says are Iran’s attempts to disrupt the freedom of navigation and global commerce in the strategic waterway in the Persian Gulf region. He said the drone threatened the safety of the American ship and its crew. I want to apprise everyone of an incident in the Strait of Hormuz today, involving USSBoxer, a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship. The BOXER took defensive action against an Iranian drone…. pic.twitter.com/Zql6nAUGxF— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2019 The Pentagon said in a statement that the USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship, had taken “defensive action” against a drone, but did not mention if the aircraft was Iranian. Tensions in the Gulf region are high, with fears that the United States and Iran could stumble into war. Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javas Zarif, in New York for talks at the UN, said on Thursday that Iran will formally and permanently accept enhanced inspections of its nuclear programme, in exchange for the US lifting sanctions. Speaking before the downing of the drone was announced, he said that the offer was “a substantial move”. “It’s not about photo ops. We are interested in substance,” he said. “There are other substantial moves that can be made.” Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif It is unlikely to be warmly received by the Trump administration, which is currently demanding Iran make a range of sweeping concessions, including cessation of uranium enrichment and support for proxies and allies in the region. “If they [the Trump administration] are putting their money where their mouth is, they are going to do it,” said Mr Zarif. “They don’t need a photo op. They don’t need a two-page document with a big signature.” Iran recently shot down a US drone that it said was flying over Iran. US drone shot down in Gulf of Oman Mr Trump called off a planned retaliatory airstrike at the last minute, citing the number of potential casualties.

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