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Niger's military junta revokes a military accord with the United States that allowed U.S. Defense Department personnel on its soil.
2024-03-17

The United States surpasses 100,000 daily reported cases for the first time since February 11.
2021-07-30

The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about abuses by state security forces in the Sahel and threatens to cut aid to the G5 nations that form a coalition in the area – Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad – if those issues are not addressed. The U.S. also welcomes a summit to be held between the G5 nations and France and Spain.
2020-07-9

A U.S. federal judge blocks until June 20 the release in Syrian Democratic Forces-controlled territory of a dual-nationality Saudi-American citizen alleged to have joined ISIL. The man, who is now held for nine months in Iraq, was planned to be released by the U.S. military – with a new cell phone, some food and water and $4,210 in cash, but with no identification – as soon as tomorrow.
2018-06-8

An apparent ambush in Niger near the Malian border leaves three U.S. Special Forces soldiers and five Nigerien soldiers dead during a joint patrol.
2017-10-4

Houthi rebels release six foreign hostages; three Americans, two Saudis, and a Briton.
2015-09-20

Five people are killed in a shooting incident at an apartment complex in Federal Way, Washington, south of Seattle, United States.
2013-04-21

A gunman kills a school bus driver and holds a 6-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in Midland City, Alabama, United States.
2013-01-30

2011 Reno Air Races crash: At least 5 people are killed and at least 50 injured when a P-51D Mustang airplane crashes into the crowd at the annual Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, in the United States. [http:--www.msnbc.msn.com-id-44556695-ns-us_news-life- (MSNBC)], [https:--www.washingtonpost.com-national-plane-crashes-near-grandstand-at-national-championship-air-races-in-nevada-unknown-injuries-2011-09-16-gIQAj7rZYK_story.html?wpisrc=al_national (AP via "Washington Post")] [http:--www.rgj.com-article-20110917-EVENTS05-110917006-Renown-reports-two-air-race-crash-victims-died-overnight?odyssey=mod (Reno Gazette-Journal)]date=May 2020
2011-09-16

Senior North Korean diplomat Kim Kye Gwan heads to the United States for discussions on reopening the six party talks on his country's nuclear weapons program.
2011-07-26