Updated May 16, 2017 - 11:47 PM EDT
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May 16th, 2017

Was Israel Behind US Laptop Ban on Mideast Airlines? South Korea Says It Wants to Reopen Communications With North Amid Missile Crisis
Groups Quietly Bypass Venezuela's Ban on Humanitarian Aid Grisly 24-Hour Period Leaves 4 Dead in Venezuela Unrest
Saudi Soldier Killed in Clashes as Siege of Shia Town Enters Seventh Day NSA Officials Worried About the Day Its Potent Hacking Tool Would Get Loose. Then It Did.
Trump, Turkish Leader Hail Ties Despite US Arming of Kurds Florida Officer Charged With Smuggling Guns to Dominican Republic
UN Security Council Weighs Tightening Sanctions on North Korea Rash of Media Murders Highlights Deadly Threats in Mexico
China Quietly Releases Draft of Tough New Intelligence Law Would-Be ISIS Girl Recruit Planned School Bombings, Danish Court Finds
Afghan Forces Retake District Near Northern City of Kunduz North Korea Tells UN Forum Its Missile Test Was Legitimate
Kremlin Says May Retaliate Against Ukraine Over Sanctions on Russian Web Firms Three Female Suicide Bombers Kill Two in Northeast Nigeria's Borno State
Al Shabaab Gunmen Kill Official in Northern Kenya: Police, Group Berlin Airport Terminal Evacuated After Suspected Tear Gas Outbreak
Saudi Soldier Killed, Five Wounded in Restive Qatif Province EU Steps Up Pressure on Poland Over Rule of Law
Denmark May Extend Border Controls Beyond Six More Months, Defying EU Separate Attacks Kill Renowned Mexican Reporter, Wound Local Magazine Executive
Uganda's Museveni Orders Halt to Torture by Security Personnel Man Arrested Over 1984 Murder Outside Libyan Embassy in London Is Released Over Classified Information
Oddities in Wannacry Ransomware Puzzle Cybersecurity Researchers UN Condemns Hungary's New Law Targeting 'Foreign-Funded' NGOs
Iraq Says Battle for Mosul Nearly Won as Forces Close in on Old City International Inquiry Finds Sulfur Mustard Exposure in Syria
Top Bahrain Activist Denied Bail: Rights Group Spread of Combat, Cholera Wreaks Misery, Collapse in Yemen
Rodrigo Duterte Accepts He Could Face International Criminal Court Over Drug Killings: 'This Is a Democracy' Italian Commission Says More Controls Needed on Aid Groups Rescuing Migrants
Mexican Journalists Protest Over Javier Valdez Killing Venezuela Death Toll Rises to at Least 42
Afghan Taliban Reject Kabul's 'Un-Islamic' Peace Agreement With Hizb-E-Islami Ivory Coast Soldiers Agree to End Mutiny, Return to Barracks
Possible Warship Delay Compounds Issues Facing German Military US Signs New Defense Accord With Gulf Ally UAE
Up to 100 Killed Last Week in Central African Republic as Militia Violence Spreads: UN US Imposes Sanctions on Syrians, Entities Linked to Government
US-Led Coalition Denies Air Strikes on Militant Held Syrian Town Germany's Highest Court Rules IP Addresses May Be Saved in Interest of Cybersecurity
Libyan Commander Stages Show of Force on Benghazi Campaign Anniversary Ukraine Accuses Russia of Attack on President's Website After Web Sanctions
Turkey's Erdogan Calls Arming of Kurdish YPG 'Unacceptable' in Meeting With Trump Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Set to Walk Free From Prison
Cyber Kid Stuns Experts Showing Toys Can Be 'Weapons' Cyber Attack Eases, Hacking Group Threatens to Sell Code
Expansion of Ban on Larger Electronics on Airlines Likely: US Most US Troops Kicked Out for Misconduct Had Mental Illness: Study
Druze Man Gets 14 Years in Prison for Spying on Behalf of Syria US Official Said to Promise: 'We'll Move the Embassy, Just Give Us Time'
Spicer Confirms Western Wall 'Clearly in Jerusalem' Lebanese Army Arrests Syrian Linked to Nusra Front
Ivory Coast Soldiers Accept Deal to End Mutiny How an Undercover FBI Agent Ended Up in Jail After Pretending to Be a Journalist
Turkey Arrests Dozens of Government Staffers Over Alleged Links to Cleric Gulen Adelson 'Furious' at Trump Over Embassy Delay
US Officials: Israel Provided Secret Intelligence That Trump Leaked to Russia Moon Jae-In, New South Korean Leader, to Go to White House Summit in June
Top US Diplomat for Middle East to Retire, US Officials Say Cornyn Pulls Out of Running for FBI Director Job
Judge Garland Not Interested in FBI Job: Sources In New Sanctions List, Ukraine Targets Russian Social-Media Sites
Syria Denies Building Crematory for Political Prisoners Trump to Give Speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia
Israeli Officials Warned Not to Share Intelligence With White House Israeli Lawmaker: Assassinate Syria's Assad
Murdered Journalist Javier Valdez on the Risks of Reporting in Mexico Hamas Says Suspects Admitted Received Instructions From Israel for Carrying Out Killing of Commander

May 15th, 2017

Heavy Fighting Continues in Mosul; 201 Killed in Iraq
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