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December 30th, 2018

Damascus Allows Iraq to Hit ISIS Targets in Syria: State Media 'He's Still in Prison': Trump Lifts Turkey Sanctions but Americans Remain Detained
North Korea's Kim Sent Message to Trump on Nuclear Talks: Chosun Ilbo Israel PM Says Brazil Embassy Move Sure Thing
Number of Slain Journalists Rose in 2018; 94 Killed Worldwide DR Congo Voters Barred Over Ebola Vote Anyway, by the Thousands
Bangladesh Elections: Sheikh Hasina's Party Wins Large Majority Amid Accusations of Vote-Rigging Egypt Creates Body to Fight 'Sectarian Incidents'
US Flag Flies in Syria's Manbij Despite Pullout Notice Kids Who Assault on US Bases Can Still Escape Accountability
Venezuela Offers Help Probing Alleged Planned Attack on Colombia President Morocco: Terror Charges Brought in Nordic Tourists' Deaths
Opposition Chief Livni Said Trying in Vain to Join Up With Gantz's New Party Israeli Attorney General Given Extra Security as He Weighs Indicting PM - Report
Iran National Stadium to Host Women's Football Team: Official After Damning Report, IDF Says It Is Probing Killing of Gazan Medic in June
Top Republican Indicates Trump Rethinking Plans to Withdraw From Syria Germany Presses Turkey to Show Restraint in Syria
Mexico: Alderwoman-Elect Shot Dead in Central State French, Niger Troops Kill Islamist Insurgents in Joint Operation
Many Opposition Candidates Pull Out of Bangladesh Election Citing Vote Rigging: Media Bangladesh Election Violence Kills 17 People, Police Say
Taliban Dismiss Afghanistan's Peace Talks Offer Afghanistan to Delay Presidential Election to July: Election Body
DR Congo Police Officer and Civilian Killed in Fight Over Alleged Voting Fraud Belgium to Appeal Against Order to Repatriate ISIS Families
North Korea's Kim Wants More Summits With Moon Next Year: Blue House Apple Removes Video Game That Portrays Taliban as the Enemy
Hardline Cleric Larijani Named to Head Powerful Iran Body UN Says Yemen Houthis' Redeployment in Hodeidah Should Respect Stockholm Deal
Iraq Hints at Bigger Role in Syria After US Withdrawal Putin Tells Trump That Moscow Is Open for Dialogue
Ebola-Hit Congolese Town Stages Mock Vote to Protest at Ban Russian Army to Get New Missile Complex S-350 Vityaz in 2019
With US Departure, Syria's Manbij Braces for Upheaval Ancient Civilization in Iran Recognized Transgender People 3,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests
Trump's Iraq Visit Broke Conditions Set by Baghdad: PM Sudan's Al-Bashir Tells Police to Limit Force Against Protesters
Hasina 'Wins Bangladesh Elections' as Opposition Rejects Polls Trump Administration Takes Steps to Block Baseball Deal Between MLB and Cuba
Unknown Assassins Kill Leader of Kurdish-Backed Council in Syria Israel's Bennett and Shaked Announce 'New Right' Political Party

December 29th, 2018

Colombia Investigates Possible Venezuelan Plot to Assassinate President Militants Suffer Heavy Casualties in Herat Operations: Afghan Officials
Afghans Express Mixed Views on Post-Peace Scenario Afghan Govt Has Been 'Sidelined' From Peace Talks: Ibrahimi
Iranian Military Advisers All Leave Iraq: Envoy Scattered Attacks Leave Three Dead, Six Wounded Across Iraq
US Troops Withdrawal From Syria Highly Beneficial for Iraq, Says Expert Sen. Rubio: We've Slowed the Withdrawal From Syria
Muslim Separatists Blamed for Thai Bombs Post-Brexit UK Looks to Add Military Bases
Narrow Majority Backs Trump on Syria, Afghanistan Troop Reductions Trump Hasn't Ordered Afghan Troop Withdrawal, White House Says
Saudi Arabia Recruited Darfur Children for Yemen War Tourists Throng Egypt Pyramids After Bombing, but Future Clouded
Sudan Rebel Denies Using Violence Against Protesters Peru Demolishes Mausoleum Holding Dead Shining Path Rebels
Trump Says 'Big Progress' Made in Talks With China Thousands Protest Against Serbian President
Mexico Troops Take Over for 3 Police Forces in Morelos State Veterans Protest the Gutting of West L.A. PTSD Therapy Groups
Yemen Rebels Begin Withdrawal From Hodeida Port Fort Bliss Soldier Charged With Fatally Stabbing Woman, Attacking Two Soldiers
Hundreds Flee Islamist Attacks in Northeast Nigeria to Seek Refuge in Maiduguri UN Experts Accuse DR Congo Warlord of Mass Rape
Egypt Kills 40 Suspected Militants After Tour Bus Bombed in Giza US Evacuates First Military Warehouse in Syria
Russia Slaps Ban on Dozens of Ukrainian Products Despite Regime Troops Nearby, Syrians in Manbij Still Fear Turkey
Hamas Denies Mubarak Claim It Sent Militants to Egypt in 2011 Senator Calls for Probe Into Report Saudi Arabia Helped Citizen Flee US
Russia, Turkey to Coordinate on Syria: Foreign Ministers Two Saudi Families Purchased 62 Maltese Passports
The Events That Shook Palestinian Territories in 2018 American Legion Joins VFW in Calling for Congressional Investigation of Israel's Attack on USS Liberty

December 28th, 2018

US Commanders: Let Kurds Keep US-Supplied Weapons
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