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Gen. Milley awarded France’s highest medal of honor
French President Emmanuel Macron awarded U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley the order of Commander of the Legion of Honor.
By Tara Copp
In remembering WWI, world warned of resurging ‘old demons’
World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve peace solemnly marked the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations Sunday that drove home the message “never again” but also exposed the globe’s new political fault lines.
Hitler in war, Merkel in peace: A train car for history
Adolf Hitler went in wartime for revenge. Angela Merkel plans a pilgrimage in the name of peace. Two German chancellors, with opposite aims and the same destination: a train car in a French forest.
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press
NATO insists it’s united as Trump lashes allies over budgets
NATO leaders pledged Thursday to stand united against foes like Russia despite a tumultuous summit that saw U.S. President Donald Trump rip into his allies for failing to boost defense spending, casting a dark cloud over the world’s biggest security alliance.
Trump backtracks on Syria after talks with French leader
So much for an abrupt U.S. pullout from Syria.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
In big shift, Trump assesses Kim Jong Un as ‘very honorable’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high-stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been “very open” and “very honorable,” a sharply different assessment of a leader he once denounced as “Little Rocket Man.”
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
Trump warns: Iran will pay if it restarts nuclear program
Weighing U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accord, President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that if the Iranians “restart their nuclear program, they will have bigger problems than they’ve ever had before.”
Why French globalist Macron is befriending nationalist Trump
Of everything Emmanuel Macron has accomplished in nearly a year as France’s president, the most important may be his tough-love friendship with Donald Trump.
By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press
In run-up to missile strike, an orderly, chaotic White House
For the second time in his presidency, President Donald Trump stared, horrified at pictures of children killed in a chemical attack in Syria.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Trump and allies mull possible joint response in Syria
Trump administration officials consulted with global allies Tuesday on a possible joint military response to Syria’s alleged poison gas attack, as President Donald Trump canceled a foreign trip in order to manage a crisis that is testing his vow to stand up to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Soldier saves four before perishing in massive New York apartment fire
Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah. a soldier in the New York Army National Guard, had previously lived in the building and was visiting home after completing military training in Virginia, officials said.
By Kyle Rempfer