Trump administration

January 09, 2020

US President Donald Trump said he wants NATO to be more involved in the Middle East and made appeals to Europe in his Wednesday address on Iranian strikes against US troops in Iraq, carried out in retaliation for a US drone strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Fabrice Pothier, a French diplomat who served as head of policy planning for two NATO secretary generals.

What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?

The World

January 09, 2020

Since the 2016 election, Canada has seen a rise in requests for asylum from mixed-nationality families with US-citizen children. For those rejected, deportation threatens to separate them.

Conflict

‘Neither the United States nor Iran wants to go to war,’ says former ambassador

The World

January 08, 2020

US President Donald Trump made a statement Wednesday regarding tensions between the US and Iran. Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, speaks with The World's Marco Werman about the president's remarks and the future of the US-Iran relationship.

McConnell says Republicans have the votes to set impeachment trial rules

Reuters

January 08, 2020

While Republicans are still divided over whether the Senate should eventually hear more testimony, the vast majority of them have agreed to leave the decision until after the trial has started, McConnell told a news conference.

Conflict

Trump says no casualties in Iran attacks, does not want to use more force

The World

January 08, 2020

Updated

01/08/2020 - 12:45pm

US President Donald Trump spoke from the White House Wednesday following the missile attacks on Iraqi bases housing US troops and on the killing of an Iranian commander that has sparked a new Middle East crisis.

Iran fires missiles at Iraqi bases in retaliation for US strike on commander

Reuters

January 07, 2020

Tehran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from Iranian territory against at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition personnel, the US military said on Tuesday.

Military

Killing Soleimani was a ‘hasty’ decision, says former defense undersecretary

The World

January 07, 2020

Updated

01/07/2020 - 9:45pm

In the wake of the airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, host Marco Werman speaks with the former undersecretary of defense for policy, Michèle Flournoy, on President Donald Trump's decision-making and the military decision-making process.

Conflict & Justice

Escalating conflict with Iran: What's happening?

The World

January 06, 2020

Updated

01/16/2020 - 5:00pm

A US-Iranian "shadow war" has escalated following the assassination of Iran's top general, Qasem Soleimani. The World is following what's happening between the US and Iran as the situation unfolds.

Immigration

Fearing detention, undocumented immigrants seek ways to appoint guardians for their children

The World

January 06, 2020

Personal connections allowed activists in Rhode Island to come up with a legal way for immigrants to appoint guardians for their children in case they’re detained.

Conflict

Iraq wants foreign troops out after airstrike

Reuters

January 06, 2020

Iraq's parliament called on Sunday for US and other foreign troops to leave as a backlash grows against the US killing of a top Iranian general, and President Donald Trump doubled down on threats to target Iranian sites if Tehran retaliates.

Trump administration

Trump wants NATO more involved in the Middle East. What does Europe want?

What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?

‘Neither the United States nor Iran wants to go to war,’ says former ambassador

McConnell says Republicans have the votes to set impeachment trial rules

Trump says no casualties in Iran attacks, does not want to use more force

Updated

Iran fires missiles at Iraqi bases in retaliation for US strike on commander

Killing Soleimani was a ‘hasty’ decision, says former defense undersecretary

Updated

Escalating conflict with Iran: What's happening?

Updated

Fearing detention, undocumented immigrants seek ways to appoint guardians for their children

Iraq wants foreign troops out after airstrike

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