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A U.S. congressional report called for sanctions against China over human rights abuses, and for U.S. officials to keep rights concerns in mind during dealings with Beijing, including trade negotiations. CBC | World News
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Iran says it’s ‘impossible’ that missile brought down Ukrainian airliner despite Canadian, U.S. assertions
Iran’s civil aviation authority said Thursday it was “impossible” that a missile hit a Ukraine International Airlines plane that crashed earlier this week, while Canada and the United States said they have evidence indicating that Flight PS752 was shot down by an Iranian missile. CBC | World News
Read More »What’s next in the conflict between the U.S. and Iran
The U.S. and Iran seem to have backed away from the edge of all-out war following the flare up in tension after the U.S. killed a top Iranian general and the Iranians responded with missile attacks in Iraq. Steven D’Souza looks at where the conflict is likely to go from here. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. President Donald Trump says no U.S. casualties, Iran appears to be standing down
U.S. President Donald Trump says there were no American casualties in the Iranian strikes on military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and that Tehran appears to be standing down. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran’s supreme leader says missile strike a ‘slap on the face’ for U.S.
Iranian forces fired missiles at military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. killing of an Iranian general, raising the stakes in its conflict with Washington amid concern of a wider war in the Middle East. CBC | World News
Read More »How the U.S. got to the brink of war with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal sparked a sort of tit-for-tat over about 18 months, culminating in the killing of Qassem Soleimani. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. says few, if any, casualties after Iran missile strikes on 2 Iraqi bases
Iran has fired more than a dozen missiles targeting at least two airbases in Iraq that host U.S. and coalition military personnel, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday evening, and warned the United States and its allies against retaliating. CBC | World News
Read More »Congresswoman accuses U.S. border security of targeting Iranians in Blaine, Wash.
U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and other human rights advocates are condemning the up to 11-hour detentions of more than 60 Iranian-Americans at the U.S. border on Saturday at the Blaine, Wash., crossing. CBC | World News
Read More »Slain Iran general’s successor and daughter warn U.S. troops
An Iranian general who replaced the leader killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad vowed in remarks aired Monday to take revenge as Tehran abandoned the remaining limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in response to the slaying. CBC | World News
Read More »Pompeo defends U.S. killing of Iranian general, EU to hold crisis meeting on escalating tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation. CBC | World News
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