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Paul Handley
Paul Handley is a former AFP bureau chief in Riyadh. He is currently the US security correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Washington DC, covering crime, justice and US politics. His reporting has appeared in Business Insider, New Zealand Herald, AlterNet, France 24, Yahoo, The New York Times, The Times South Africa, The Globe and Mail, and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is author of The King Never Smiles about the late Thai monarch.
Snowden leaks: 10 years later, US intelligence still collects huge amounts of information
But Edward Snowden’s revelations had lasting impact, advancing privacy protections in Europe and America and accelerating use of encryption
Pentagon tracking Chinese spy balloon over US
The balloon’s presence comes amid slowly simmering tensions between the United State and China over Taiwan
Ukraine’s Zelensky to meet Biden, address Congress in Washington on Wednesday
On the same day, Vladimir Putin plans to meet his top military officials to assess the dire results so far of the war on Ukraine and set goals for next year
Trump gives TikTok 6 weeks to sell itself to US company
China’s foreign ministry pushed back, calling Washington hypocritical for demanding TikTok be sold
Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses
The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump’s guilt…
Top diplomat implicates Trump in explosive impeachment testimony
Gordon Sondland says he followed the president’s orders in seeking a "quid pro quo" deal for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden
Fireworks expected as televised Trump impeachment hearings open
Trump says the inquiry is "corrupt" and "illegal," and maintains he did nothing wrong
Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as a ‘coup’
Trump faces the possibility of becoming only the third US president ever impeached by Congress
Trump attacks Mueller ahead of testimony on Russia probe
Two days before Mueller testifies the president repeated his longstanding claim it was a biased ‘witch hunt’
Iran accuses US of ‘unacceptable’ escalation in tensions
Despite international scepticism, the US government has been pointing to increasing threats from Iran
Trump declares ‘complete exoneration’ after Mueller finds no collusion
Mueller report clears Russian collusion claims, but does not exonerate Trump of obstruction of justice.
US charges Huawei in technology theft, sanctions violations
The US Justice Department has unveiled sweeping charges against Huawei in two cases likely to ratchet up tensions between the US and China
Phantom-like Mueller holds Washington spellbound
Eighteen months into his investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller has the US capital spellbound
US threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe war crimes
The US is prepared to slap financial sanctions and criminal charges on officials of the court, says National Security Adviser John Bolton
The man who pledged to ‘take a bullet’ for Trump
On Tuesday that once-deep loyalty melted away when Cohen stunningly implicated the US president in two felony crimes