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Sullivan says U.S. strongly condemns terrorist attack in Mogadishu

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that the U.S. "strongly condemns the terrorist attack" in Mogadishu, where car bombs exploded at Somalia's education ministry next to a busy market, killing at least 100 people.

Reuters

"Calm down": Israel's Herzog tries to ease U.S. concerns about radical right ahead of elections

The Biden administration is concerned about the possible inclusion of Jewish supremacists in a future Israeli government.

Axios

White House blasts Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing as a ‘sham’

President Joe Biden said U.S. efforts to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner are ongoing but have not swayed the Kremlin, hours after a Russian court rejected her appeal of a nine-year drug smuggling sentence.

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Griner Appeal Rejected: National Security Adviser Shares Statement

The U.S. government is reportedly still working with Russia on a possible prisoner exchange.

Sports Illustrated

Russian court upholds Brittney Griner’s nine-year sentence

US basketball star’s appeal rejected by Moscow court in what the White House calls ‘another sham judicial proceeding’.

Al Jazeera

Brittney Griner Appeal Rejected by Russia

A Russian court made its decision amid reported negotiations with the U.S.

Sports Illustrated

U.S. working to bring Griner home after 'sham' Russian hearing, Sullivan says

The United States will continue to engage with Russia to bring home jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said, after a Russian court on Tuesday upheld her nine-year drug sentence.

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Russian court upholds US basketball star Brittney Griner's 9-year prison sentence

A Russian court on Tuesday dismissed American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against a nine-year sentence for possessing and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil.

France 24

‘Troubled marriage’: Oil spat unlikely to break US-Saudi ties

Analysts say shared interests will sustain ties despite Washington’s promise of ‘consequences’ over oil production cuts.

Al Jazeera

Biden aide says change in US military aid to Saudis is possible

President Joe Biden’s options for re-evaluating U.S.-Saudi relations include “changes to our approach to security assistance to Saudi Arabia,” White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said.

Tribune News Service

Joe Biden has ‘no plans’ to meet Saudi Arabia’s MBS at G20 summit

After OPEC+ decided to cut oil production, the US accused the Saudis of aligning with Russia, worsening their relations.

Al Jazeera

Biden will act 'methodically' in re-evaluating Saudi relationship

U.S. President Joe Biden will act "methodically" in deciding how to respond to Saudi Arabia over oil output cuts, but options include changes to U.S. security assistance, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.

Reuters

Harris, Blinken, Sullivan Hail Iran Protests

Vice President Kamala Harris and other top US leaders on Friday hailed women leading protests in Iran as they met Iranian activists. Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan each met with Nazanin Boniadi, the Iranian-born actress and human rights advocate. Harris voiced “support for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Administration Focuses on Supporting Iranian People, Not the Nuclear Deal

The Biden administration has launched high-level talks with representatives of US tech companies to discuss supporting the free flow of information to the Iranian people. This came as State Department spokesman Ned Price declared that the administration is currently focusing on supporting the protesters and that the 2015 nuclear agreement…

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Biden global strategy tackles China, Russia, domestic needs

The White House has laid out a national security strategy aimed at checking an ascendant China and a more assertive Russia

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Biden global strategy tackles China, Russia, domestic needs

The White House has laid out a national security strategy aimed at checking an ascendant China and a more assertive Russia

Reuters

Biden's national security plan takes aim at China, Russia

The White House rolled out a long-delayed national security strategy on Wednesday that seeks to contain China's rise while reemphasizing the importance of working with allies to tackle challenges confronting democratic nations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian President Vows Vengeance Against 'Architects of Conspiracy'

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his government would take revenge from "the architects of the conspiracy." The official IRNA news agency quoted Raisi as saying in a telephone conversation with the family of a deceased Basij officer that the responsible authorities are keen to take revenge from those responsible for…

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Iran’s Crackdown on Protests Intensifies in Kurdish Region

Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country's west as protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police rage on, activists said. Riot police fired into at least one neighborhood in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province, as Amnesty International…

Tribune News Service

Biden says Putin threats real, could spark nuclear ‘Armageddon’

President Joe Biden said the U.S. is trying to find an “off-ramp” for Russian President Vladimir Putin and worries his threats to use tactical nuclear weapons are real and could lead to “Armageddon.”

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Washington Wants to ‘Deepen Diplomatic Ties’ with the Palestinians

The administration of US President Joe Biden confirmed that it is working to "deepen diplomatic relations" with the Palestinians amid discreet attempts to revive the two-state solution with Israel through negotiations between the two parties. US officials met with the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein al-Sheikh, during…

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Ankara Informs Washington it Is Committed to Defending its Rights in East Med, Aegean

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday. The two, whose meeting was unannounced to the media beforehand, discussed various bilateral and international issues, topped by the developments in the Aegean and the Mediterranean and the tension…

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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile over Japan

North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to activate the country's missile alert system and order people to take shelter. The last time North Korea fired a missile over Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of "fire and fury" when…

Axios

Japan residents urged to shelter as North Korea's military fires missile over country

It's the first time in five years that North Korea's military has sent a missile over Japan.

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Putin's threat of a nuclear strike on Ukraine may not be a bluff. What do we do now?

After weeks of reverses, Russia's army is still losing ground in the battlefields of Ukraine.

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