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[ December 13, 2018 ] U.S. Sanctions Force Russia’s Oil Giant to Forfeit Plans in Iran Foreign Policy
[ December 13, 2018 ] Butina Pleads Guilty for Conspiring Against U.S.A. Foreign Policy
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[ December 13, 2018 ] Marriott Hack Could Give Trump Bargaining Chip in China Trade Talks Foreign Policy
[ December 13, 2018 ] Trump’s Iran Sanctions Create a Triple Threat to the West Foreign Policy

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Marriott Hack Could Give Trump Bargaining Chip in China Trade Talks

The massive Marriott hacking that the hotel chain revealed this month could become part of the trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, CNBC reported. The data breach lasted four years, and the intruders stole [...]
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Trump’s Iran Sanctions Create a Triple Threat to the West

The South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf was an offshore discovery that, for oilmen, is the stuff of dreams. The largest natural gas field in the world, it stretches across the maritime border [...]
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Korean Soldiers Cross DMZ in Peace

Soldiers from North and South Korea criss-crossed their heavily-fortified border Wednesday to inspect efforts to remove front-line guard posts from their respective sides, Voice of America reported. Inspection teams from South Korea were greeted by [...]
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Canada Issues Warning to Trump, Tells Him not to Politicize CFO’s Arrest

Following President Donald Trump’s statement that his administration was open to using the arrest of Huawei’s CFO as a bargaining chip in trade talks with China, Canada warned him strongly against doing so, telling him [...]
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Saudi Arabia Seeks Bigger Influence in Africa With New Club

Saudi Arabia wants to bring several states lining the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden into a bloc to improve trade and maritime navigation, according to state-run media, Bloomberg reported. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz [...]

UN Secretary-General Urges Super Powers to Make Compromises in Fighting Climate Change

December 12, 2018

The United Nations secretary-general urged countries to make compromises in tackling global warming amid concern that the U.N. conference on the issue could end without a substantial agreement. In his second dramatic appeal at the [...]
Cohen Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Doing Trump’s Dirty Deeds

December 12, 2018
Trump Says He Would Be Proud to Shutdown Government

December 12, 2018

U.S. Sanctions Force Russia’s Oil Giant to Forfeit Plans in Iran

December 13, 2018

Russia’s oil giant Rosneft has changed its mind on cooperating with Iran, three sources linked to the state company’s top managers told business newspaper Vedomosti. According to Russia Business Today, late last year, Rosneft and [...]
Butina Pleads Guilty for Conspiring Against U.S.A.

December 13, 2018
Marriott Hack Could Give Trump Bargaining Chip in China Trade Talks

December 13, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Park to Transform Kingdom Into a Global Industrial Powerhouse

December 12, 2018

Saudi Arabia is fast catching up with the world’s ever-growing energy and technology scene ahead of 2030. In fact, the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) may soon prove a global destination for energy industry investors, [...]
Entrepreneur: A Look At Saudi Arabia’s Tech Startup

December 10, 2018
Two Saudi-Designed Satellites Launch into Space

December 7, 2018

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