Global Affairs

Police in France, Belgium, and Germany arrested more than two dozen suspects in anti-terror sweeps yesterday, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. French and German authorities arrested at least 14 other people Friday suspected of links to the Islamic State group. Thirteen more were detained in Belgium and two arrested in...

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About 19,000 French websites have faced cyberattacks since the attack on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the Associated Press (AP) reported Thursday. The attacks were first revealed by Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, head of cyberdefense for the French military. The attacks, mostly relatively minor denial-of-service attacks, hit sites as varied as...

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The State Department on Wednesday faced a barrage of questions about the status of Iran negotiations after the Iranians announced that they would expand their nuclear program and take action against an American journalist imprisoned in the country. Iranian media conveyed reports that day President Hassan Rouhani announced that Iran...

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Iran’s announced construction of two light-water reactors does not violate the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) signed between Iran and the P5+1 nations in November 2013, a State Department official told the Washington Free Beacon today. “We are aware of the announcement and are reviewing the details,” said the official, who was not authorized to...

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Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been indicted by Iran and may face a trial, the Post reported Wednesday. Iranian judiciary authorities have referred the case of a detained Washington Post journalist to Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, a news agency reported Wednesday, in a move that appears to set the stage...

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Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) on Tuesday warned that sanctions relief provided to Iran by the current interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) had bolstered the Iranians’ negotiating position in nuclear talks with the West, and suggested that lawmakers in Washington would vote to boost the leverage of American negotiators in...

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