Trump: Secretary of State Pompeo heading back from North Korea with 3 released prisoners

(Worthy News) – President Donald Trump said Wednesday that three American prisoners released from North Korea were headed home, a sign of potential good will ahead of Trump’s planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

In a tweet, Trump said, “the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting” were accompanying Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on his way back from a visit to North Korea. [ Source: CNBC (Read More…) ]

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Ex-CIA officer charged with intending to pass secrets to China

(Worthy News) – A former Central Intelligence Agency officer has been charged with gathering classified information he allegedly intended to pass to the Chinese government, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on one count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to aid a foreign government and two counts of unlawfully retaining documents related to the national defense.

Lee, who worked by the CIA from 1994 to 2007, was arrested in January at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. He is a resident of Hong Kong. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]

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Tuesday’s Republican primary winners just Trumpy enough

(Worthy News) – Republicans are now hopeful Tuesday night’s results put them in a good position to pick up Senate seats in the states Trump won easily in 2016, despite a tough national environment and scandals swirling the White House.

“Tonight is a great night for the Majority,” tweeted National Republican Senatorial Committee executive director Chris Hansen. “Maybe it’s time to do fewer deep dives on [Ted Cruz’s Democratic challenger] Beto [O’Rourke] and more pieces on all of the VERY vulnerable Democrats on the map in 2018.”

Republican primary voters may not have opted for the Trumpiest nominees. They settled for just Trumpy enough to possibly win. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]

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New outbreak of Ebola kills 17 in northwest DR Congo

(Worthy News) – Seventeen people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died from Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday, describing the fresh outbreak as a “public health emergency with international impact.”

“Twenty-one cases of fever with haemorrhagic indications and 17 deaths” have been recorded in Equateur province, it said, citing a notification to the ministry as of May 3.

It is the DRC’s ninth known outbreak of Ebola since 1976, when the deady viral disease was first identified in then-Zaire by a Belgian-led team. [ Source: AFP (Read More…) ]

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Netanyahu sets off to Moscow as tensions skyrocket over Iran, Syria

(Worthy News) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Israel for Moscow Wednesday morning, saying that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin would be focused on “ensuring ongoing military cooperation in Syria.”

His lightning trip to Russia was likely to be overshadowed by growing fears of an Israeli-Iranian confrontation over Syria, hours after Israel reportedly bombed a military site linked to Iranian fighters south of Damascus, and as Israeli authorities ordered bomb shelters opened on the Golan Heights amid fears of an Iranian reprisal.

The two countries are also at odds over the US pulling out of the nuclear deal, with a Russian diplomat warning Tuesday night the move could heighten tensions in the Middle East. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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IDF puts Golan on alert over ‘abnormal’ Iranian movement in Syria

(Worthy News) – The Israeli army sounded alarms Tuesday night over irregular Iranian movements in Syria, advising Golan residents to ready bomb shelters and putting its air defenses on high alert.

In a message to local authorities, the army said its decision was based on “abnormal movements of Iranian forces in Syria.”

The announcement followed multiple warnings by Israeli defense officials of a potential Iranian missile strike on northern Israel and came just before US President Donald Trump announced that the United States was pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and imposing new sanctions on the Islamic Republic. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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Iran says it may resume enrichment after Trump announces nuke deal exit

(Worthy News) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday slammed US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the nuclear deal as an act of “psychological warfare,” warning that his country could start enriching uranium more than ever in the coming weeks.

State television said the decision was “illegal, illegitimate, and undermines international agreements,” Reuters reported.

Speaking live on state television, Rouhani said he wished to discuss Trump’s decision with the European, Russian, and Chinese parties to the 2015 deal. There’s a “short time” to negotiate, he said, adding that he will be sending Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to countries remaining in the accord. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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Iranian lawmakers burn US flag, vow response ‘US and Zionists will regret’

(Worthy News) – Iranian lawmakers lit a paper US flag on fire at parliament Wednesday after US President Donald Trump’s nuclear deal pullout, shouting “Death to America!”

Lawmakers held the impromptu demonstration the day after Trump’s decision. They also burned a piece of paper representing the nuclear deal.

The chant “Death to America” long has been used in Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution. It also has been common to hear it within parliament. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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In joint front, Europe’s Merkel, Macron and May vow to uphold Iran deal

(Worthy News) – In a show of European unity against the US president, the leaders of France, Germany and the UK vowed Tuesday to uphold the Iran nuclear deal despite Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from it.

“It is with regret and concern that we, the Leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom take note of President Trump’s decision to withdraw,” French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May said in a joint statement after discussing the move.

“Together, we emphasize our continuing commitment to the [deal]. This agreement remains important for our shared security,” they said. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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Defying world, Trump says US withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal

(Worthy News) – President Trump announced the US was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, following through on a campaign promise and defying European allies who implored him to maintain an agreement that international agencies have said Tehran is honoring.

In a highly anticipated address from the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room, Trump cast the landmark agreement forged under predecessor Barack Obama as “defective” and unable to rein in Iranian behavior or halt the Islamic Republic’s quest to develop nuclear weapons.

“I’m announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal,” he said, adding that his administration “will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction.” [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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