Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Defendants are accused of making 38 illegal exports to two Pakistani entities from 29 different companies in the United States
Investigators learned the Saudi cadets posted extremist content on social media and possess child pornography
Barr’s comments echo comments made by President Trump, in which he dismissed as irrelevant whether Iranian threat was imminent
In ironic twist to crisis triggered by Soleimani’s death, Jan. 3, both Washington and Tehran have invoked the same international legal document that allows states the right of self-defense: United Nations Charter
US president says sanctions will remain until Iran 'changes its behavior'
Bolton's testimony could be a game changer for the Democrats — or a dud
Jewish community has been most frequent target of hate crimes amid resurgence in anti-Semitism, according the report by Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism
Democrats are demanding an agreement in advance to subpoena witnesses and documents during the proceeding
As head of Supreme Court, Justice John Roberts, a Republican appointee, has taken pains in recent years to explain that the court is not a partisan bench, but a body of judicial 'umpires' calling balls and strikes
Angry at what they describe as the FBI's abuse of its authority to monitor former Trump campaign aide Carter Page during the campaign, Republicans are clamoring the loudest for reform
Report says that while FBI legitimately opened probe of suspected ties between Trump campaign and Russia with no political animus toward Trump, some lower-level investigators erred during surveillance of a onetime campaign aide
In opting for a narrow rather than a broad set of charges, Democrats sought to blunt Republican criticism that the impeachment proceeding against Trump is a reckless attempt to undo a democratically elected president, according to some experts
But the report also sharply criticized the FBI for its handling of a court-authorized surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser during its probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election
Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev are accused of having targeted American banks and businesses with malicious software tools for more than nine years
So far this year, the department has brought international corruption charges against 34 individuals and obtained a record 30 guilty pleas by individuals in similar cases
The 300-page report, released Tuesday, accuses President Donald Trump of 'misconduct' in seeking Ukrainian political interference in the 2020 presidential election and then relentlessly trying to 'obstruct' Congress *VOA is streaming the hearing LIVE
Under the US Constitution, a president can be impeached for bribery, extortion and 'other high crimes and misdemeanors'
Some Democratic presidential candidates apologize for past support of controversial crime and policing policies while President Trump boasts of signing criminal justice reform
Haroon Ullah pleaded guilty in June of receiving tens of thousands of dollars by submitting falsified invoices and by billing the government for personal trips to promote his book
Nine current and former US officials testified this week before House committees investigating President Trump for possible impeachment
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