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The United States proposed retaliatory tariffs against France on Monday for its new digital services tax, which has targeted American technology giants like Amazon and Facebook.

The US has pledged its support to democratic revolutions in South America, while warning against Russian interference.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the London Bridge attack last week that has temporarily suspended campaigning for the British election.

A huge crowd took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, some driven back by tear gas, to demand more democracy and an investigation into the use of force to crack down on the six-month-long anti-government demonstrations.

After he was imprisoned in 2012 for taking part in a terrorist plot that sought to bomb the London stock exchange—and also had a list of targets that included the home of then-London mayor Boris Johnson and the U.S. embassy—Usman Khan wrote a letter saying that he had since discovered that ‘the views’ he carried at the time ‘were not according to Islam and its teachings’ and that he wanted to take a ‘Deradicalization Course’ so he could live his life “as a good Muslim and also a good British citizen.”

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves on Monday for a NATO summit in London and he is under pressure from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resist the temptation to wade into the British election campaign coming up later in December.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi will step down following calls from Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric for him to vacate his post.

Germany is slated to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist group.

Italian police on Thursday uncovered a widespread plan to create a new Nazi party.

President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said he believes the Taliban want a cease-fire.

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, according to South Korea’s military.

Turkey plans on testing its Russian-bought S-400 missile defense system Monday.

Iran has significantly reduced its nuclear breakout time.

Iraqi protestors burned down the Iranian consulate in Najaf, southern Iraq.

President Trump gave his support to Hong Kong protestors Wednesday, signing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law.

Nearly 40 people have been killed in Iraq on one of the bloodiest days since anti-government protests began last month, medics and officials say.

Turkish F-16 warplanes will fly over the country’s capital Ankara on Monday to test its new Russian S-400 missile defenses, Turkish media said, despite pressure from Washington for Turkey to drop the system.

A critical fault line between Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah and Lebanese protestors was exposed Sunday night.

President Trump is expected to sign legislation backing pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong and authorizing sanctions, according to former officials familiar with his thinking, even as his administration pursues a trade deal with China.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday it had shown the country’s new Avangard nuclear missile system to US inspectors for the first time, a move Moscow said showed a key arms control treaty was still effective.