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A three judge panel unanimously referred the investigation into the death of Argentine special prosecutor Alberto Nisman to a federal court, where political murder cases are handled, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Tuesday. Two of the three judges explained in the decision that “it is plausible to give credit to the hypothesis suggested by the...

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Bills that aim to place sanctions on Iran due to the continued development of its ballistic missile program are a “good start,” a Wall Street Journal editorial argued on Tuesday. Past UN Security Council resolutions demanded that Iran “shall not” develop ballistic missiles, but Resolution 2231, which is one of the main components of last year’s nuclear deal, only...

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The Justice Department announced criminal conspiracy charges against three current or former members of the Iran-backed hacking group Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Two of the suspects– Ahmad Umar Agha, 22, and Firas Dardar, 27– are believed to be in Syria. They were charged with...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday in a video address at the AIPAC Policy Conference that given the UN’s “shameful record” of bias against Israel, the United States must reject any UN-backed plan to impose a negotiation framework for Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Netanyahu pointed out that Israel is the only country that is “permanently...

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In the absence of action by the United Nations Security Council, the United States must impose unilateral sanctions on Iran for its illicit ballistic missile tests in October, Democratic congressmen Joseph Kennedy (D – R.I.) and Ted Deutch (D – Fla.) wrote in an op-ed published Friday in The Times...

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is planning to build a statue commemorating its January capture of ten American sailors, Stars and Stripes reported on Monday. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter called the U.S. service members’ detainment and treatment by Iran “outrageous” and “inconsistent with international law” last week. “There are...

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