The parents of Christopher Allen, a 26-year-old British-American freelance journalist killed while covering the civil war in South Sudan, said at a vigil Monday on the two-year anniversary of his death that the South Sudanese government should be forced to provide answers on how Allen died.
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To counter Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East, experts from the State Department and the Pentagon say that the U.S. must maintain a strong diplomatic and military presence in neighboring Iraq.
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Rep-Gallagher and human rights experts discuss the regulating supply of American technology to China when it is used to spy on Uyghur Muslims and commit humanitarian abuses.
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Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham said he had not seen “bipartisanship like this is a long time” over the national security implications of emerging 5G networks run by the Chinese company Huawei.
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Migrants from Central America coming through Mexico are the target of a U.S. immigration crackdown. But over half of the 42,000 asylum cases decided in fiscal 2018 involved people from countries outside Central America.
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The Commission on Civil Rights held a subcommittee session to hear the public testify about civil rights violations in detention facilities and the harmful impacts of separating immigrant children from their parents.
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Two Democrats announced they will introduce legislation repealing Trump’s travel ban. The bill would terminate the ban, prevent future laws from discriminating on the basis of religion, and curb executive power.
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North Korea’s biological and chemical weapons pose another threat in global warfare.
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U.N Special Rapporteur Agnès Callamard and 11 Democratic members of Congress demanded complete accountability from the Saudi crown prince and firmer action from the Trump administration to determine whether bin Salman ordered the murder.
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The U.S. government’s efforts to protect journalists around the globe are falling short, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff said Thursday, and the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi last year is among the most severe consequences.
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