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August 20th, 2017

South Korea's Moon Says Military Exercises With US Not Meant to Raise Tensions Oil Tanker Hit by US Warship Laden With Fuel Oil; No Spill
Separatist Tensions Endure in Spain After Deadly Attacks Mystery Qatari Sheikh Pushed Into Gulf Crisis Spotlight
Fears for Civilians as Tal Afar Operation Moves Forward; 12 Killed in Iraq Spain Sets Up 800 Checkpoints in Catalonia in Manhunt for Barcelona Suspect
US Navy Says 10 Sailors Are Missing, Five Injured After USS John S. Mccain Collides With Merchant Ship German Police Raid Leftist for Posting Kurdish YPG Flag
Latest DR Congo Clashes Leave 13 People Dead Merkel Attacks Turkey's 'Misuse' of Interpol Warrants
Trump to Announce New Afghan War Strategy Monday Night ISIL Mine Kills Three Lebanese Troops on Syrian Border
Saudi Carrier Says Qatar Has Not Approved Hajj Flights Iran Approves Nearly All of Rouhani's Cabinet Picks
South Koreans Split Over US Missile Shield Hawks Soaring After Bannon's Departure
Nigeria: Troops Kill 10 Boko Haram Militants in Borno Sudanese Children of ISIS Militants Released in Libya
UAE Ambassador Says 'Whole of Saudi Arabia Is Cuckoo' in Leaked Email North Korea Says US Causing 'Uncontrollable Phase of a Nuclear War'
Iran's Top Priority Is to Protect Nuclear Deal From US: Rouhani Qatar Rules Out Delays on World Cup Despite Crisis
Lebanese Army Launches Fajr Al-Joroud Operation Against ISIS PA Foreign Minister Welcomes Egypt's Warmer Ties With Hamas
ISIS Claim Responsibility in Russian Stabbing Attack; 7 Injured, Attacker Killed Israeli Soldiers Attacked by Youth After Allegedly Being Mistaken for Arabs
Pakistan: Teenager Detained Over Blasphemy Audi Used in Spain Attack Caught Speeding Near Paris Last Week: Newspaper
Turkish Political Refugees Flock to Germany, Seeking Safety Spain: Police Think Extremists Planned Massive Bomb Attack
Bangladesh Sentences 10 Islamists to Death for Plot to Kill PM Hasina Russia Steps Up Probe Into Stabbing Attack Claimed by ISIS
Philippine Churches to Ring Bells to Protest Drug Killings 'Mother of Satan' TATP Explosive Found in Spain Bomb Factory
Afghanistan Massacre May Account to War Crime: UN Egyptian MP Steps Back From Call to Extend President's Term
Group of Gazan Children Get First Glimpse of Jerusalem Germany Welcomes Release of Writer Sought by Turkey
Police Probe if Body in Car Is 15th Spain Victim Former Iranian President Asks Supreme Leader to End House Arrests
Australian Men Charged With Terrorism Over Mosque Fires Iran Parliament Clears Oil, Foreign Ministers for Rouhani's New Cabinet
Iraq's Kurds Might Put Off Independence Vote in Return for Concessions From Baghdad: Official In Quiet Mountain Town, Barcelona Attackers Went Under Radar
Syria's Assad Says Western Plots Against Him Foiled but War Not Yet Won Finnish Police Search New Sites, Talk to Suspect in Knife Rampage Probe
Vietnam's President Calls for Tougher Internet Controls Saudi Plane for Qatari Pilgrims Waits on Doha for Landing Rights-Airline
US Troop Reduction in Exercise Not Due to North Korea Concerns: Mattis Merkel Attacks Turkey's 'Misuse' of Interpol Warrants
Former Iranian President Asks Supreme Leader to End House Arrests Tens of Thousands Protest in Hong Kong Over Jailing of Democracy Activists
Anger Simmers in Philippines Over Duterte's Drug War Russian Court Rejects Siemens' Plea to Seize Its Turbines in Crimea
Israeli Opposition Says Abbas Tried to Resume Security Ties With Israel Trump Has Made Afghanistan Decision After 'Rigorous' Review: Mattis
UK Looking to Stop 'Malicious' Use of Rented Vehicles After Spain Attacks Six People Killed in Mortar Attack at Damascus Fair: Monitor
Former Iranian President Asks Supreme Leader to End House Arrests Three Lebanese Soldiers Killed in Landmine on Syria Border: Security Source
Barcelona Van Attack Suspect May Have Crossed Into France: Spanish Police Missing Imam at Center of Spanish Terrorism Investigation
North Korea Warns of Nuclear War if US Drill Turns to 'Actual Fighting' Syria's Assad Rejects Security Cooperation With the West
Abbas: I Met Trump's Envoys 20 Times and Still Don't Understand Their Peace Plan The US Spy Hub in the Heart of Australia
Thousands Protest Jailing of Activists in Hong Kong Saudi Twitter Users Urged to Expose Qatar Sympathizers
Palestine Activists Face Prison in UK Over Elbit Protest Barcelona Attack: Spain Terror Cell Had 120 Gas Canisters

August 19th, 2017

Tal Afar Operation Starts; 91 Killed in Iraq Iraqi PM Announces Operation to Retake Turkmen City of Tal Afar
Finland Stabbings 'A Likely Terror Act;' Ties to Spain Eyed Contractors Praise Elevation of Cyber to Combatant Command
Thousands Flee Ahead of Tal Afar Ground Invasion US Central Command Chief Visits Pakistan as Trump Weighs Relationship
Lost World War II Cruiser USS Indianapolis Found After 72 Years in Philippine Sea Iraqi Ship Sinks After Collision, at Least Four Sailors Dead
Car Blast Hits Syrian Coastal City: Manar TV, Monitor Mali President Postpones Referendum on Reforms
Pentagon's Mattis Again Seeks to Reassure US Allies Armed Group in Uganda Briefly Abduct South Sudanese Rebel, He Says
Moroccan Asylum Seeker 'Targeted Women' in Finland Knife Attack Palestinian Foreign Minister Welcomes Egypt's Warmer Ties With Hamas
Spain Investigates Missing Imam, Mysterious Explosion Questions Abound as Spanish Officials Investigate Terrorist Attacks
One Dead in Clashes With Islamists in Palestinian Camp in Lebanon Two Killed in Togo in Protests Against 50-Year Ruling Dynasty
Venezuela Congress Defies Push to Take Over Its Powers Spain Looking for Moroccan Man in Barcelona Attack Investigation
In Afghanistan, a Destructive 'Game of Thrones' Egypt Re-Closes Border With Gaza After Brief Opening
New Bishop Brings Hope to Some of Syria's Christians Court to Rule on Jerusalem Eviction Procedure of Palestinian Family
Israeli, Czech Special Forces Complete Joint Urban-Warfare Exercise Palestinian Killed Trying to Stab Israeli Officer in West Bank
ISIS Claims Siberia Stabbings, but Russia Skeptical Police Investigating Finland Stabbing as Terror Attack
Iran Player Breaks Silence Over Ban for Playing Israelis Palestinian Authority Demands Two-State Commitment From US
Trump Officials Renew Effort to Expand Use of Prison at Guantanamo

August 18th, 2017

Chinese Traders Furious After Crackdown on North Korean Imports Top US General: Attack on Japan Same as an Attack on US
Saudi Arabia Courts Iraq Alliance, Offering Reconstruction Aid
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