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US Strikes ISIS Militants in Nigeria + US Coast Guard Pursuing Sanctioned Venezuelan Tanker in Caribbean + China Sanctions 20 US Companies over Recent Taiwan Arms Package
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1. US Strikes ISIS Militants in Nigeria.
2. Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of committing the “greatest extortion known in our history” at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called over Washington’s seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers.
3. Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that the United States was reviving piracy and banditry in the Caribbean Sea by blockading Venezuela and said it hoped that U.S. President Donald Trump's pragmatism would help avoid a disaster.
4. US Coast Guard Still Pursuing Sanctioned…
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