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Jordan Offers Swap for Pilot Held by Islamic State

Jordan Offers Swap for Pilot Held by Islamic State

<p dir="ltr"><b>Top News:</b> The Jordanian government <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM2Afe87>said</a> Wednesday that it would swap an imprisoned terrorist for one of its pilots held captive by the Islamic State.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, was captured in Syria a month ago, and in a video released Tuesday, militants holding him captive threatened to execute him within 24 hours unless the Jordanian government agreed to release Sajida al-Rishawi, who was convicted for her involvement a 2005 terrorist attack on Jordanian hotels.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The militant group also threatened to kill a kidnapped Japanese journalist if their demands were not met. Also on Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe requested Jordan’s cooperation in securing the journalist’s freedom.</p>
<p><br /><br /><b>Greece:</b> Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras <a style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;" href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM3A9da2>told</a> his first cabinet meeting that he will move quickly to negotiate a deal with Greece’s creditors to reduce its debt burden. “We are ready to negotiate with our own plan,” Tsipras said. “We will not seek a catastrophic solution, but neither will we consent to a policy of submission.”</p>


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Middle East

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<p>• An antitank missile <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM4A19d9>struck</a> an Israeli military vehicle along the Lebanon border, causing an unspecified number of injuries.</p><br/>
<p>• A Washington Post reporter detained in Iran will reportedly <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM5A9ead>face trial</a> soon on unknown charges.</p><br/>
<p>• Gunmen <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMeiDsPooQCeuapUAa1f6>stormed</a> a hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli and killed at least 10 people, including one American.</p><br/>
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Americas

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<p>• A group of Senate Democrats who had been pushing for increased sanctions on Iran <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM6A252a>said</a> they would wait two months to vote on a bill imposing additional such measures.</p><br/>
<p>• Fidel Castro <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM7Ada56>wrote</a> in a letter that he continues to distrust the United States but offered a cautious endorsement of rapprochement with the country.</p><br/>
<p>• Mexico <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM8Acea2>does not plan </a>to extradite detained drug lord Joaquin Guzman, better known as El Chapo, to the United States.</p><br/>
</ul>
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Asia

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<p>• Russia <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM9A2b81>said</a> North Korea had accepted an invitation to attend a May celebration marking the end of World War II, though it is unconfirmed if Kim Jong Un would represent his country.</p><br/>
<p>• Philippine President Benigno Aquino III <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM-A1677>warned</a> of the collapse of a peace deal, which has been endangered by a botched police raid, with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.</p><br/>
<p>• China <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPM_Ad74a>accused</a> 15 Communist Party officials in Tibet of separatism after they allegedly joined Tibetan independence groups and provided intelligence to the Dalai Lama.</p><br/>
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Europe

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<p>• U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPNAAf662>signed</a> an agreement to provide $2 billion in loan guarantees to the government in Kiev and warned that the United States was prepared to tighten sanctions on Russia.</p><br/>
<p>• Survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPNBA4896>gathered</a> for the 70th anniversary of its liberation and urged the world not let the Holocaust be repeated.</p><br/>
<p>• Russia <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPNCAd7bf>rolled out</a> measures valuing $34 billion to prop up its ailing economy.</p><br/>
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Africa

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<p>• A South Sudanese militia <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPNDA84f5>released</a> 280 child soldiers as part of an agreement to free 3,000 such fighters.</p><br/>
<p>• Villagers fleeing the area <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPNEA8c21>said</a> Islamist extremists are attacking villages in Nigeria’s Adamawa state and that no troops have been deployed to halt the rampage.</p><br/>
<p>• Three people <a style='font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414;' href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c7280cj.20us/VMjy5EmO5giomPNFA96de>were killed</a> and 13 injured when peacekeeper in Mali fired teargas and warning shots to disperse a protest.</p><br/>
</ul>
<p> </p>
- By Elias Groll

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