Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews, in Beijing on May 2, 2012. Alexander F. Yuan/AP hide caption toggle caption Alexander F. Yuan/AP WASHINGTON — In yet another twist for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S., the State Department says it will resume processing student and visiting scholar

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An Iranian protester holds up a poster of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an anti-Israel gathering in Tehran, Iran, on June 13. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP President Trump on Wednesday declined to say whether the United States is moving closer to a decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, after Iran's supreme