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Police and forensic officers work during a house search in the Molenbeek district of Brussels on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Belgian authorities said they foiled a "terror attack" when soldiers shot a suspect in the heart of Brussels after a small explosion at a busy train station Tuesday on a night that continued a week of attacks in the capitals of Europe. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)
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A Belgian Army soldier patrols inside Central Station in Brussels on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Belgian authorities said they foiled a "terror attack" when soldiers shot a suspect in the heart of Brussels after a small explosion at a busy train station Tuesday on a night that continued a week of attacks in the capitals of Europe. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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In this photo taken Monday, June 19, 2017, a displaced family carrying their belongings walks in search of refuge towards the village of Aburoc, South Sudan. A new report by Amnesty International says South Sudanese forces burned, shelled and ransacked homes between January and May, killing civilians and forcing thousands from the Shilluk ethnic minority to flee. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
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Australia's Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton speaks to reporters in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Australian minister said U.S. officials are "in the final stages" of vetting up to 1,250 refugees rejected by Australia for resettlement in the United States. The refugees are among hundreds of asylum seekers — mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka — who have been languishing for up to four years in immigration camps on the impoverished Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
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Australia's Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton speaks to reporters in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Australian minister said U.S. officials are "in the final stages" of vetting up to 1,250 refugees rejected by Australia for resettlement in the United States. The refugees are among hundreds of asylum seekers — mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka — who have been languishing for up to four years in immigration camps on the impoverished Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
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In this June 20, 2017, photo, a man blows up an explosive device in the station in Brussels. The man was shot by soldiers afterwards in what prosecutors are treating as a "terrorist attack." He lay still for several hours while a bomb squad checked whether he was carrying more explosives and later died. No one else was hurt. (Remy Bonnaffe via AP)
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FILE- In this April 11, 2017, file photo, Nicolai Howard Mork, left, speaks with attorney Nicholas Wooldridge in court in Las Vegas. The 40-year-old Las Vegas man is due Tuesday, June 20, 2017, to challenge the basis for terrorism and weapons of mass destruction charges that could get him life in prison. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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FILE- In this April 11, 2017, file photo, Nicolai Howard Mork is shown in court in Las Vegas, Nev. The 40-year-old Las Vegas man is due Tuesday, June 20, 2017, to challenge the basis for terrorism and weapons of mass destruction charges that could get him life in prison. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2016 file photo, Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York's Chelsea neighborhood in September, sits in court in Elizabeth, N.J. Attorney Sabrina Shroff asked a judge Tuesday, June 20, 2017 to block the planned testimony of a government terrorism expert from Ahmad Khan Rahimi’s trial. He’s accused of detonating a pipe bomb in New Jersey and planting two bombs in Manhattan. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
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Pedestrians pass through concrete police barricades near a New York City Police checkpoint on the south side of Trump Tower, in New York, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The security cordon that New York City police put up around Trump Tower after the election has loosened up in recent days and some neighborhood merchants are breathing a big sigh of relief. The security barriers and checkpoints, which were relaxed after Melania and Barron Trump decamped for the White House, had hindered foot traffic and made getting to some businesses difficult. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - In this photo provided on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows an Islamic State group base targeted by a Russian air strike , around Deir el-Zour in eastern Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Photo via AP, File)
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FILE - This April 30, 2017 file photo, provided by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), shows fighters from the SDF looking toward the northern town of Tabqa, Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria. (Syrian Democratic Forces, via AP, File)
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FILE - In this undated frame grab from video posted online Monday, May 29, 2017, by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, shows people inspecting damage from airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the IS. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria. (Aamaq News Agency via AP, File )
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FILE - This March 7, 2017 file frame grab from video provided by Arab 24 network, shows U.S. forces patrolling on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Manbij, in Aleppo province, Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria. (Arab 24 network, via AP, File)
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FILE - In this file picture released by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency on Monday, June 19, 2017, a missile is fired from city of Kermanshah in western Iran targeting the Islamic State group in Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria. (IRIB News Agency, Morteza Fakhrinejad via AP, File)
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FILE -- In this file photo provided on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian air force Tu-22M3 bombers strike the Islamic State targets the IS around Deir el-Zour, eastern Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
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FILE - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, a volunteer fighter with the Syrian Government forces sits atop a tank in the province of Raqqa, Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria. (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP, File)
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FILE - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, soldiers from the Syrian army carry a rocket to fire at Islamic State group positions in the province of Raqqa, Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria. (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP, File)
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force's 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Northern Command, successfully intercepts an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system.
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In this picture released by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency on Monday, June 19, 2017, a missile is fired from city of Kermanshah in western Iran targeting the Islamic State group in Syria. Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, a paramilitary force in charge of the country's missile program, said it launched six Zolfaghar ballistic missiles from the western provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan. (IRIB News Agency, Morteza Fakhrinejad via AP)
