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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea presented a detained American student before the media on Monday in Pyongyang, where he tearfully apologized for attempting to steal a political banner — at the behest, he said, of a member of a church back home who wanted it as a "trophy"
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A U.S. citizen whose son has been detained in Iran for the past four months was also taken into custody after returning to the country this week, his lawyer confirmed Thursday in what is the first such action against an American national in Iran since last
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(CNSNews.com) – Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), angered by Iran's treatment of 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained overnight in the Persian Gulf last month – and by the administration's handling of the incident – is now threatening to subpoena the sailors if necessary to
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A little more than two weeks ago, this administration's multi-year effort to propitiate Iran came to fruition. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 was "Implementation Day" for the Obama-Kerry Iran deal. On this day, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that Iran had curbed its nuclear weapons
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After an international crisis appeared to have been defused, Iranian state TV rebroadcast a video clip of a captive U.S. sailor apologizing for an intrusion into the Persian Gulf nation's territorial waters. In the footage, filmed before the man and 9 other
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The detention of 10 U.S. Navy sailors taken into custody by Tehran after their two boats drifted into Iranian waters "is being resolved," a leading Iranian official said, indicating they could be set free as early as Wednesday. "Investigation shows that entry of American
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In what some Republicans are calling a defiant act intended to humiliate the United States, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized and detained two U.S. Navy boats and 10 American sailors on Tuesday, just hours before President Obama was to deliver his final State of the Union address to the
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been detained in Iran for more than a year on charges including espionage, has been convicted, a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary said. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi confirmed the verdict in comments aired on state TV late Sunday night.
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