Headlines- Kurdish troops reported that a coalition led by the United States shot down multiple drones over Erbil, the capital of the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Wednesday.
- The potential sale of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $1.96 billion was approved by the US State Department on Wednesday.
- In protest of this week's ban on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's foreign ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, vowing that the move would "not go unanswered".
- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Wednesday that a U.S. aircraft fired on an oil tanker that "attempted to violate the U.S. blockade" on Iranian ports.
- US President Donald Trump stated that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cannot be negotiated with and that the United States might have to eliminate it.
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May 27, 2020
NASA Launch Marks New Era in...
When NASA’s Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, few thought it would take more than eight years for U.S. astronauts to launch back into orbit from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But as VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, hopes ride high on a new “space race” of privately developed launch systems ushering in a new era of U.S. space exploration