At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.

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Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.

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The United Arab Emirates, Iran’s most important regional trading partner, announced a total embargo on transactions with Tehran on Tuesday.

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