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Treasury Sanctions Eighteen Major Iranian Banks Today, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, identified the financial sector of the Iranian economy pursuant to section 1(a)(I) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13902, which authorizes Treasury to sanction any Iranian financial institution. ... Read More

Six Arrested On Federal Charge Of Conspiracy To Kidnap The Governor Of Michigan United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced that six men have been arrested and charged federally with conspiring to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. According to a complaint filed Tuesday, October 6, 2020, Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta conspired to kidnap the Governor from her vacation home in the Western District ... Read More

Pentagon Silent on Trump Tweet Calling for Full Afghan Exit by December 25 The Pentagon offered no additional details on Afghanistan Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump tweeted that all U.S. forces in the South Asian nation should return home before the end of the year. ... Read More

DOD Issues New Data Strategy The Department of Defense has published a new Data Strategy focused on accelerating the Department's transition to a data-centric organization that uses data at speed and scale for operational advantage and increased efficiency. The Strategy emphasizes managing data as a strategic resource, highlighting the criticality of data to build and maintain battlefield advantage, and the need to treat information systems ... Read More

Armenia Accuses Azerbaijan Of Shelling Cathedral In Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of shelling a historic cathedral in territory controlled by ethnic-Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh as fighting over the breakaway Azerbaijani region continues to rage. ... Read More

New US Aid for Southeast Asia Takes Aim at Chinese Influence The U.S. government aims to take another bite out of Chinese influence in Southeast Asia with a partnership to aid five countries that traditionally tap Beijing for help, experts in the region say. ... Read More

Groups, Activists Campaign Against China's Bid For UN Rights Council Seat International rights groups are calling on United Nations member states not to vote to allow China to retain its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying Beijing has tried to undermine the international human rights system and continues the mass persecution and incarceration of Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). ... Read More

Kyrgyz President Holds Talks With Lawmakers On Crisis, Impeachment Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, who has not been seen in public since his government was ousted by mass protests this week, has held his first round of talks with members of parliament as they look to restore order in the Central Asian nation. ... Read More

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