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Former Defense Intelligence Agency Director retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, incoming White House national security adviser, speaks at the U.S. Institute of Peace “2017 Passing the Baton” conference in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Members of the revolutionary guard attend the anniversary ceremony of Iran’s Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, February 1, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi
Iran’s ‘Revolutionary Guard’…a Terror Group?!
Looking into designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror group is most definitely overdue. Despite the unwarranted presence of Revolutionary Guard proxies abroad, chiefly prevalent in the Arab region, and their loud violations in Syria and Iraq, it is...Caption:
Jay Y. Lee, center, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in bribery case in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the president’s impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool
South Korea Prosecutor Weighs Economic Impact of Arrest of Samsung chief
South Korea’s special prosecutor stated on Sunday it will consider the economic influence of whether to arrest Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] leader Jay Y. Lee in connection with an influence-peddling investigation involving the president. Jay Y. Lee is the...Caption:
Riyad Mahrez, Diedonnei Mbokani, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mohamed Salah are among the stars at the Africa Cup of Nations. Composite: EPA; Anadolu Agency/Getty Images; AFP/Getty Images; APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock
Afcon 2017: Wider Spread of Talent Makes Winner Impossible to Predict
The pattern has become familiar: a country wins the right to host a tournament and there is excitement, then come doubts about costs and readiness, but in the days before the event, the negativity falls away and excitement takes over. Not here. In 2015, Gabon stepped...Caption:
Saudi’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh (C) leads prayer at the funeral on February 6, 2008, in Riyadh, of Saudi security attache to Chad Abdulrahman al-Zahrani’s wife and daughter, who were killed during a rebel assault in the capital Ndjamena. Saudi Arabia closed its embassy in Ndjamena and evacuated its staff following the killings which occured when apparently a stray bomb hit the ambassador’s residence on February 2. AFP PHOTO / HASSAN AMMAR