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Six Democratic presidential candidates are squaring off in a high-stakes debate late Tuesday in what is their last face-to-face encounter before voters in the Midwestern state of Iowa begin choosing a candidate to oppose Republican President Donald Trump in the November national election.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday offered a vigorous defense of President Donald Trump’s decision to order a drone strike that killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, saying Trump had the legal authority to act and that the question of whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat was a “red herring.”

VIDEO: The Boko Haram jihadist group has exploited high unemployment to recruit new fighters in Cameroon along the Nigerian border.  To counter those efforts, some charity groups are offering training for unemployed youth to help them start their own businesses. VOA reports from Amchidé, Cameroon.

VIDEO: Women in Afghanistan have had to overcome many social and cultural taboos, including driving a car. Lailuma Ehsan, a female driving instructor in Afghanistan’s Balkh province, says getting women behind the wheel is vital as they continue to push for independence. 

Vice President Mike Pence formally swore in Gen. John “Jay” Raymond as the new Chief of Space Operations Tuesday at the White House. Raymond assumed the duties of the first head of the Space Force on December 20, 2019, when U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act that officially launched the new force.