As the top candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination prepare for their last debate before the all-important Iowa caucuses, two of the progressive front-runners are on the attack over a conversation they had more than a year ago.
Iranian security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday.
Niger is in the midst of three days of national mourning after a savage jihadist attack on an army base. Next door, in Mali and Burkina Faso, the military situation is even more dire, despite the presence since 2013 in Mali of 4,500 French special forces sent to clean out the extremists.
David Calhoun took over Monday as Boeing's third CEO in the last five years, following the firing last month of Dennis Muilenburg. Calhoun will receive a $7 million US bonus if he gets the grounded 737 Max back in service.
The U.S. is removing nearly two dozen Saudi military students from a training program and sending them back to Saudi Arabia following an investigation into a deadly shooting by a Saudi aviation student at a Florida navy base last month.
