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A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board including a member of congress, authorities said. Source link

The U.S. government has said, without providing evidence, that the men killed on the boats were “narco-terrorists.” But Chad Joseph’s and Rishi Samroo’s families say they were just regular workers catching a ride home to the fishing village of Las Cuevas. Source link

Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran’s currency reached a new low a month since the start of protests that soon spread nationwide and sparked a bloody crackdown. Source link

Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. Source link

Andrew Chang explains why the U.S. is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Italy for the Milano-Cortina Olympics amid outrage over ICE operations in Minnesota. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images Source link

Two federal agents who were involved in ​Saturday’s fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis have been placed on administrative leave, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson. Source link

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the U.S. Senate on Wednesday that Venezuela’s new leaders were moving toward closer ties with Washington without the immediate need for further U.S. military action, as he publicly faced questions from many of his former colleagues for the first time. Source link

A court has ordered the Dutch government to draw up a plan to protect residents on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire from the devastating effects of climate change — a sweeping victory for the islanders. Source link

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will engage in a security role protecting the American delegation at the Milano-Cortina Olympics in February, according to the U.S. embassy in Italy. Agents will not carry out immigration enforcement duties while abroad, a source at the embassy said. Source link

The fatal shootings of two Minnesota residents by federal government agents have put the focus on the immigration blitz on the streets of Minneapolis, but on Monday a judge raised a skeptical eye toward the Trump administration’s overall pressure campaign on the state. Source link