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The deputy attorney general said it was a “standard investigation” after Pretti's fatal shooting in Minneapolis. Source link...

Soroush Negahdari,BBC MonitoringandGhoncheh Habibiazad,BBC PersianWANA via REUTERSIranian authorities responded with lethal force as the protests in Tehran escalated on 8 January"My friends are all like me. We all know someone who was killed in the protests."For Parisa, a 29-year-old from...

Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump's comments on Thursday about Nato soldiers fighting in Afghanistan angered many veterans and politiciansDonald Trump has praised UK soldiers who fought in Afghanistan after his claim that allied forces avoided the front lines prompted...

David GrittenandRachel HaganEPASaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the White House in NovemberSeven countries including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt say they will join US president Donald Trump's Board of Peace, according to a joint statement.They will join Israel,...

Soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis, a US defence official has told CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The official said the 1,500 soldiers, currently in Alaska, are an option for US President Donald Trump if he...

The US has seized a sixth tanker in the Caribbean Sea in its ongoing efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil, officials say.The vessel, Veronica, was boarded in a predawn operation "without incident" as it was defying President Donald Trump's...

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White House has confirmed.The visit comes just weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was seized in Caracas by US forces. But...

A video filmed by the US immigration agent who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday has emerged, showing the moments before gunfire rang out.The 47-second footage, obtained by Minnesota-based outlet Alpha News, shows Renee Nicole Good sitting behind...

The BBC's Cuba correspondent, Will Grant, explains what's the nature of the relationship between Venezuela and Cuba. Source link...

Ione WellsSouth America correspondentTrump on Venezuela: "We are going to run the country"The US may want many of its foes gone from power. It doesn't usually send in the military and physically remove them.Venezuela's abrupt awakening took two forms.Its residents...