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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, file photo, Wall Street Journal correspondent Jay Solomon, checks his papers as he fills his U.S. election absentee ballot at his office in New Delhi, India. The Wall Street Journal on June 21, 2017, fired Solomon, its chief foreign affairs correspondent, after evidence emerged about his involvement in prospective business deals, including one involving arms sales to foreign governments, with an international businessman who was one of his key sources. Solomon was offered a 10 percent stake in a fledgling company, Denx LLC, by Farhad Azima, an Iranian-born aviation magnate who ferried weapons for the CIA. It was not clear whether Solomon ever received money or formally accepted a stake in the company. Solomon did not immediately comment. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File)

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Wall St. Journal fires foreign affairs chief over ethics conflict

by Jeff Horwitz Associated Press, Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Jack Gillum Associated PressJune 21, 2017

In this Monday, March 20, 2017 photograph, crew reposition an E-2C Hawkeye on the USS George H.W. Bush as it travels toward the Strait of Hormuz. The arrival of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf marks the first such deployment under new U.S. President Donald Trump.

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First US aircraft carrier of Trump presidency enters Gulf

by Jon Gambrell Associated PressMarch 22, 2017

FILE- In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 file photo, members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization seen inside the Liberty refugee camp in Baghdad, Iraq. A Cabinet nominee of U.S. President Donald Trump and one of his advisers gave paid speeches for an Iranian exile group that killed Americans before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, ran donation scams and saw its members set themselves on fire over the arrest of their leader. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

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Chao paid to speak by controversial Iranian exile group

by Jon Gambrell Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017

Iranians watch the Plasco building where smoke rises from its windows in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The high-rise building engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday as scores of firefighters battled the blaze. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Fire causes deadly collapse of Tehran high-rise

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressJanuary 19, 2017

FILE - In this June 7, 2014, file photo, the entrance to Camp 5 and Camp 6 at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay detention center, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Oman's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, it accepted 10 inmates from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facility he promised to close. There was no immediate word from the U.S. Defense Department about the transfer. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File)

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Oman to take 10 Gitmo prisoners

by Jon Gambrell Associated PressJanuary 16, 2017

In this Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 photo, a flag flies on a green lined with villas at the Trump International Golf Club, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The 18-hole golf course in Dubai bearing Donald Trump’s name exemplifies the questions surrounding his international business interests. The course will open in February 2017 in the United Arab Emirates, but concerns about security, financial agreements and other matters have yet to be answered by the incoming 45th American president. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Golf club shows pitfalls of Trump presidency

by Jon Gambrell Associated PressJanuary 3, 2017

An Afghan man holds up the body of a child that was killed during clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Kunduz province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, Authorities say a joint raid by U.S. and Afghan forces targeting senior Taliban commanders killed two American service members and 26 civilians. Afghan officials said they were still investigating the attack and its civilian casualties, some of which may have been caused by the airstrikes. (AP Photo/Najim Rahim)

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Afghan raid on Taliban kills 26 civilians, 2 US troops

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Amir Shah Associated PressNovember 3, 2016

Spyware sparks iPhone security update

by Raphael Satter Associated Press, Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Daniella Cheslow Associated PressAugust 25, 2016

In this July 15, 2010 photo, Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist speaks with journalists at the Imam Khomeini airport, just outside Tehran, Iran, after returning to his homeland from the United States. Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist caught up in a real-life U.S. spy mystery who later returned to his homeland and disappeared has been reportedly executed under similarly mysterious circumstances. Foreign media reports say Shahram Amiri was hanged this week and a memorial service for him was held in Kermanshah, 500 kilometers (310 miles) southwest of Tehran. The reports cited his mother, whom The Associated Press was unable to reach. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iran executes nuclear scientist convicted of spying for US

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressAugust 8, 2016

FILE - In this June 2003 file photo, a Boeing 747 of Iran's national airline is seen at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran. Boeing Co. has confirmed signing an agreement with Iran Air “expressing the airline's intent” to buy its aircraft. In a statement Tuesday to The Associated Press, Boeing said it signed the agreement “under authorizations from the U.S. government following a determination that Iran had met its obligations under the nuclear accord reached last summer.” (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

Boeing says it signs historic sales agreement with Iran Air

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Nasser Karimi Associated PressJune 22, 2016