Well, it's an article by David Sanger in the New York Times, so who knows if a single word of it is true. But what it says is that the U.S. plans on reentering the Iran nuclear deal of 2015, just to try to force a "snap-back" of the UN sanctions regime and ban on...
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Afghanistan’s Next War
New York Times Magazine has published a expose of Afghanistan as it struggles with war and Covid-19. Writer Mujib Mashal and photographer Kiana Hayeri have documented the effect of Covid-19 on Afghanistan and how the country has no infrastructure to deal with the...
News Roundup 4/24/20
US News The family of Duncan Lemp - who was murdered by police while in his bed in the middle of the night - has been threatened with a $5,000 fine and a year in jail for protesting the police department’s lack of transparency in Duncan’s murder. [Link] The Trump...
Trump Instructs Navy to Shoot Down Iranian Ships
On FPF #483, I discuss Trump's lastest foolish threat to Iran. Trump tweeted that he is instructing the Navy to 'shoot down' Iranian ships that harass American Navy ships. If Trump's orders are followed it could provoke a shooting war between the US and Iran....
News Roundup 4/23/20
US News The USS Comfort, a large Navy hospital ship, will leave New York after treating only 179 patients. The ship leaves as the governor said it was no longer necessary. [Link] A new poll finds that 73% of vets and 69% of military families support withdrawing US...
News Roundup 4/20/20
US News A teenager posted about having coronavirus on Instagram. A police officer came to her house and threatened to start arresting people for disorderly conduct if the post was not removed. The post was deleted, but now the family is suing the police department....
Coronavirus Reaches Yemen as Trump Halts WHO Funding guest Will Porter
Will Porter returns to Foreign Policy Focus to talk about several top news stories. Will discuss Yemen's depleted healthcare system as we have the first recorded case of COVID in Yemen. In the midst of the pandemic, Trump froze US funding to the WHO. Will explains...
News Roundup 4/16/20
US News A Pentagon inspector general found ethical violations in the Pentagon awarding the JEDI contract. The contract is for the Pentagon’s cloud and has been the subject of several lawsuits. [Link] The US says Russia tested an anti-satellite weapon. [Link] Trump...
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