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The World in Brief from The Economist
Trump’s counterterrorism chief resigns; Iran confirms killing of security chief, and more
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One of the Trump administration’s top officials resigned in protest against the Iran war; Iranian state media confirmed that Israel killed Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, as well as Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s Basij militia.
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