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August 19, 1953: Massive protests broke out across Iran, leaving almost 300 dead in firefights in the streets of Tehran. Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was soon overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the CIA and British intelligence. The Shah was reinstalled as Iran's leader.
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Four Days In August[hhmc]
The State Department in Washington, D.C., in 2014. A former office manager there was sentenced to 40 months in prison for concealing her exchanges with Chinese intelligence agents.
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"I'm trying to keep hope, because everyone is leaving, bro," says Ahmad Hikmat, Content Director of Capital FM in Khartoum. "I am losing my team one by one."
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Once A Symbol Of Freedom, Sudan's Pop Radio Station Has Fallen Almost Silent[hhmc]
U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Jackie Wolcott at a board of governors meeting in Vienna, Austria on Wednesday.
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The British Embassy in Washington, D.C. Kim Darroch resigned as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. on Wednesday, after cables in which he criticized the Trump administration were leaked. Boris Johnson, expected to become the new prime minister, said nothing in Darroch's support.
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Road inspections in Mexico intercept this white tiger cub concealed in a van.
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Jason Greenblatt (left) and Jared Kushner attended a Middle East peace meeting in February in Warsaw, Poland.
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White House Adviser: On Mideast Peace Plan, 'We Are Aiming For The Home Run'[hhmc]
Residents and relatives of victims place messages on the bridge over the Paraopeba River, during a tribute to those who died after a tailings dam collapsed in the town of Brumadinho, Brazil.
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People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria on Oct. 14, 2014.
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British Ambassador to Washington Kim Darroch, seen here in 2017, submitted his resignation Wednesday following the publication of embarrassing internal memos bashing the Trump administration.
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Julio, 12, with his mother Grisélida, 44, crossed into the U.S. seeking asylum, but they were returned to Mexico. The shelter they tried to go to was full, so they are staying in a hotel basement. They fled their home in Honduras when a gang began recruiting Julio.
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In Juárez, 'Remain In Mexico' Policy Casts Asylum-Seekers Back Into Uncertainty[hhmc]
The Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Salalah, Oman. The country has emerged as a quiet facilitator of dialogue, including between Iran and the U.S.
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How Oman Has Become A Key Diplomatic Player In The Middle East[hhmc]
French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne says a new tax on airfares "is a response to the ecological urgency and sense of injustice expressed by the French." She's seen here with Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition Francois de Rugy.
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Nicki Minaj has cancelled her performance in Saudi Arabia due to pressure from human rights activists.
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Nicki Minaj Cancels Saudi Arabia Performance, Citing Human Rights Concerns[hhmc]
A 2019 Volkswagen Beetle convertible on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in February.
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