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US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
Washington, Feb 14 (AP/UNB) — A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, including the code name and secret mission of a Pentagon program, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Top Pentagon official in Iraq to discuss US troop presence
Baghdad, Feb 12 (AP/UNB)— The top Pentagon official has arrived in Baghdad to consult with American military commanders and Iraqi government leaders on the future U.S. troop presence.
China, Russia concerns top Pompeo agenda in Central Europe
Washington, Feb 11 (AP/UNB) — U.S. fears about China and Russia's growing influence in Central Europe will top Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's agenda as he heads to the region this week, Trump administration officials say.
Reckoning time: Trump checks in for another medical checkup
Bethesda, Feb 9 (AP) — It's reckoning time: President Donald Trump had his annual medical exam Friday, a year after his doctor advised him to up the exercise and cut the calories.
Summit with North Korea's Kim will be in Hanoi: Trump
Washington, Feb 9 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will hold his second summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Hanoi and predicted that the authoritarian country would someday become "a great Economic Powerhouse" under Kim's leadership.
US, South Korean diplomats meet ahead of Trump-Kim summit
South Korea, Feb 4 (AP/UNB) — Senior U.S. and South Korean officials met Sunday to discuss an expected second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
US says airstrike in Somalia kills 13 al-Shabab extremists
Johannesburg, Feb 3 (AP/UNB) — The United States military says it has killed 13 members of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike 30 miles (48 kilometers) outside Somalia's capital.
Powerful storm hits Southern California, flooding highways
Los Angeles, Feb 3 (AP/UNB) — The second in a string of powerful storms battered California on Saturday, shutting key highways after water and mud rushed into lanes from bare hillsides in wildfire burn areas where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders.
Winter storm blamed for at least 3 upstate New York deaths
Buffalo, Feb 01 (AP) — A winter storm that delivered heavy snow and biting cold was blamed Thursday for at least three deaths and possibly a fourth, that of a homeless man whose frozen body was found in a suburban Buffalo bus shelter.
US envoy briefs Afghan officials on talks with the Taliban
Afghanistan, Jan 28 (AP/UNB) — The Afghan president's office says U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad shared details of his recent talks with the Taliban in Qatar with President Ashraf Ghani and other government officials.