| Commentary: Many regard the invasion of Iraq as the worst foreign policy move in the history of the American republic. Now we arguably have a competitor, writes former Assistant Secretary of State James Dobbins. The decision to abandon the nuclear agreement with Iran isolates the United States, reneges on an American commitment, adds to the risk of a trade war with the United States’ allies and a hot war with Iran, and diminishes the prospects of a durable and truly verifiable agreement to eliminate the North Korean nuclear and missile threat.
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| Israel does not yet know the Iranian casualty count from its Syria strikes on Thursday, @LTCJonathan says: "We focused less on personnel and more on capabilities and hardware ... to inflict long-term damage on the Iranian military establishment in Syria." https://reut.rs/2KRFyOn 6:13 AM - May 10, 2018 |
| A hostage crisis at a high-security jail in Indonesia ended after Islamist militant prisoners who killed five police surrendered and released an officer they were holding, authorities said. |
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| A Myanmar policeman now serving a prison sentence gave more details to a court about how he says two Reuters reporters were framed by police, in what has become a landmark press freedom case for the Southeast Asian nation. Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, have been detained in Myanmar for 150 days. |
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