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Dan Boylan

dboylan@washingtontimes.com

Dan Boylan was a former general assignment reporter at The Washington Times.

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In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, American Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Myanmar at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Nikki Haley U.N. resignation creates Latin America policy vacuum

During her almost two years serving as President Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley carved out a distinct niche as the administration's most prominent voice confronting Latin America's leftist regimes and even joined the occasional street demonstration.

October 23, 2018
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2015, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain. Jamal Khashoggi was Katherine Roth's friend and mentor when she was a young reporter in Yemen in the mid-1990s. He was a perceptive guide and a much-needed bridge between political Islam and the West, Roth said. She said he changed her life and may even have saved it. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Khashoggi saga continues to stir Middle Eastern media

Media across the Middle East continue to debate the bizarre disappearance of prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and critic of his government, Jamal Khashoggi, with opinions ranging from support for the Saudi government to rage over the region's lack of a free press.

October 19, 2018
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018 file photo, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes speaks during the 26th Annual Wendell Ford Dinner in Louisville, Ky. The Kentucky Personnel Board has voted to investigate Grimes' use of the state's voter registration database. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File) **FILE**

Report warns of state voter data for sale on darknet

A new survey finds that hackers are trying to sell more than 35 million voter registration records on the darknet, fueling fears about security at the polls just weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm elections.

October 16, 2018
Turkish police officers enter the Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Turkey and Saudi Arabia are conducting a joint "inspection" on Monday of the consulate, where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing nearly two weeks ago, Turkish authorities said.v(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Jamal Khashoggi crisis threatens U.S.-Saudi Arabia oil ties

While investigators in Turkey searched the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul seeking clues to the fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was heading to Riyadh seeking answers of his own, the bigger question for the Trump administration was how to manage an incident that could irrevocably tarnish a critical ally at a critical time.

October 15, 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's political allies suffered major losses Sunday in the Bavarian state elections. Immigration policy was a sticking point for many voters. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Angela Merkel political allies lose in Bavarian vote

In a major blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel, the German leader's political allies suffered huge losses Sunday in Bavarian state elections, with the polarizing issue of immigration central to the outcome.

October 14, 2018
The entrance to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul is the last place Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been seen. (Associated Press)

Jamal Khashoggi mystery risks U.S.-Saudi relations

Congressional pressure is mounting for a full rethink of U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia as evidence grows that the kingdom, a longtime American ally, was responsible for the disappearance of, and increasingly likely the death of, a Washington Post journalist.

October 14, 2018
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, a gas flare burns at a gas refinery in the South Pars gas field, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asalouyeh, Iran. Iran likely will further embrace Beijing as an alternative market for its crude oil and financial transactions amid uncertainty over the nuclear deal. That doesn’t mean China offers a safe haven to Iran without conditions. Analysts say Beijing will try to extract the maximum benefit, and there is growing concern that China may take advantage of Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) **FILE**

U.S. gives warning of Iran efforts to evade sanctions

With unprecedented U.S. sanctions against Iran's oil industry set to kick in next month, the Treasury Department is warning the rest of the world to beware of dodgy money fleeing the Islamic Republic.

October 11, 2018
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, listens as FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nation’s top security chiefs warn China threatens the U.S. more than Russia

A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday demanded answers over allegations of a Chinese cyber espionage scheme involving microchips to steal sensitive data from Apple and Amazon, on the same day that top security officials warned that China, not Russia, presents "the broadest, most complicated, most long-term counterintelligence threat" to America.

October 10, 2018