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United States issues fresh warning to airlines about using Iranian airspace
The United States has issued a fresh warning to airlines to exercise caution when operating in Iran’s airspace, citing concerns over military activity including an unnamed U.S. civil operator being intercepted by fighter jets in December 2017.
The United States on Monday will adopt an aggressive posture against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, threatening sanctions against its judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Americans in Afghanistan.
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United Nations Attacks Fast Facts
Read CNN’s Fast Facts and learn about violence against UN peacekeeping forces. This is a selected list of incidents from 1990 to the present.
Global climate protests call for united action as talks stall
Demonstrators across the planet say that too little is being done to combat climate change to ensure a stable future.
Japan fails to win approval to increase tuna catch quotas – The proposals were supported by Taiwan and South Korea but opposed by the United States and the Cook Islands. States in opposition said that it’s too early to expand quotas as the numbers of such tuna are still extremely small.
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The United States Is Turning To China For Help Fighting The Opioid Epidemic
US officials say China has been cooperating with US efforts to curb fentanyl production.
President Trump’s former top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, twice pulled paperwork off of Trump’s desk that the president was intending to sign to withdraw the United States from trade agreements.
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Nicaragua Expels United Nations Team After Report Critical Of The Government
The human rights team had recently released a report documenting the extrajudicial killing, torture and sexual assault of protesters by the government of President Daniel Ortega.
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Ford kills plan to sell Chinese-made vehicle in the United States
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