Informing, engaging & connecting the people of the world. JANUARY 17, 2020

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European unity in support of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal may be cracking as allies come under growing pressure from the United States to abandon the agreement after Tehran’s downing of a passenger jet January 8.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On January 17, 1961, in his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns Americans to keep an eye on the burgeoning ‘military-industrial complex.’ The former general, who led the country to victory in Europe during World War II, expressed concerns about the growing size and cost of the American defense establishment.

VIDEO: On National Religious Freedom Day, Jan. 16, the U.S. government released what it refers to as an updated guidance that lays out what President Donald Trump calls the “right to pray.”

Iranian state TV has broadcast what appears to be a prank call to a U.S. television network to try to support false Iranian claims of heavy U.S. casualties in an Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi base last week.

The 2020s might be the decade faltering millennials finally roar to financial health after a tough start brought on by the Great Recession, which lasted from 2007 until 2009.

With billboards, banners, fanfare and flags, the government of Myanmar is welcoming Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a two-day state visit marking the 70th anniversary of China-Myanmar relations. The countries hope to seal agreements on infrastructure projects, which are seen by Beijing as key to its Belt and Road Initiative.