Nicole Duran

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Obama touts trade, TPP as global peacekeepers

Nicole Duran · June 20, 2016 5:41 pm

Summit organizers hope to establish best practices for combating anti-Muslim sentiment and policies and produce a report for the European Union. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Europe responds to Trump with pro-Muslim summit

Nicole Duran · June 20, 2016 4:37 pm

President Obama recently called on other countries to contribute 30 percent more to the refugee crisis and is convening a special leaders' summit on the issue during September's annual U.N. General Assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama sticks to refugee increase on World Refugee Day

Nicole Duran · June 20, 2016 3:20 pm

Tara Maller, spokeswoman for the Counter Extremism Project, said governments have taken strides toward thwarting the Islamic State's social media campaign, but the online war is far from won.

Orlando highlights America’s problem with ISIS on Twitter

Nicole Duran · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

"I think it's clear to all of us that the U.N.'s record ... has been mixed," Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Dunford to U.N.: Control your peacekeepers better

Nicole Duran · June 17, 2016 11:25 pm

—œIt is no longer a matter of not having the technological ability to fight online extremism," Hany Farid said. "It is a matter of the industry and private sector partners having the will to take action.—£ (AP Photo)

Group develops software to block terrorists online

Nicole Duran · June 17, 2016 10:39 pm

Vice President Joe Biden asked Americans to pressure Congress to pass gun control legislation. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Biden urges Americans to pressure Congress on guns

Nicole Duran · June 17, 2016 6:53 pm

A "basic principle is you don't come into office and create a massive new problem for yourself," he said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

Rhodes warns next president against pulling out of Iran deal

Nicole Duran · June 16, 2016 9:11 pm

"For the U.S. government, obviously the deal itself allows for licensing in the civil aviation space," Rhodes said. "We generally don't ... become public advocates for specific companies. But that is something that American companies can pursue." (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

Iran deal architect says Boeing can sell Tehran planes

Nicole Duran · June 16, 2016 9:10 pm

Reynaldo Gonzalez brought the suit on behalf of his daughter, Nohemi Gonzalez, who was among the 130 people who were killed in November's attack in Paris. (AP Photo)

Facebook, Google, Twitter sued over ISIS attacks

Nicole Duran · June 16, 2016 7:38 pm

The White House was not signalling to National Intelligence Director James Clapper that he should curtail what classified information he shares with Donald Trump, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

National Security

WH: Politics not a factor in Trump, Clinton intel briefings

Nicole Duran · June 15, 2016 6:39 pm

Obama: Saying ‘radical Islam’ doesn’t ‘make it go away’

Obama: Saying ‘radical Islam’ doesn’t ‘make it go away’

Nicole Duran · June 14, 2016 4:39 pm