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January 8th, 2019

Pentagon Denies US Personnel Saw Detainee Abuse in Yemen Trump Wanted a Big Cut in Troops in Afghanistan. New US Military Plans Fall Short.
Gambia Truth Commission Begins to Address Jammeh-Era Abuses Top Syrian Kurdish Official Says Kurds Ready to Fight Turkey
Armed Men Kill Eight Civilians in Eastern DR Congo's Beni Region Boko Haram Attacks in Sajeri and Auno as Buhari Acknowledges Setbacks
African Union and UN Relaunch Central African Republic Peace Talks To Build Stockpiles of Weapons, UK Looks at Two-Pronged Approach
Children 'Still Tortured' in Iraq's Kurdish Regions: HRW Report 55 Kurdish-Led Fighters Killed, Wounded by ISIS Counterattack in Eastern Syria
Two Killed, 12 Wounded in Roadside Bomb Blast in Southern Yemen RSF Condemns Killing of Afghan Journalist in Farah
IED Blast in Afghanistan Leaves Two Civilians Dead Afghan Govt Sees No Constitutional Barrier for Talks With Taliban
Israel Imposes Water Rations on Palestinian Prisoners Russian Military Police Starts Patrols Around Syria's Manbij
Egypt Limits Gaza Passage After Palestinian Authority Quits Border Crossing Pentagon Denies US Personnel Saw Detainee Abuse in Yemen
Venezuela's Armed Forces Declare 'Loyalty' to Maduro US Withdrawal From Syria Does Not Jeopardize Efforts to Counter Iran, Pompeo Says
DR Congo Police Gather Outside Electoral Commission As DR Congo Delays Election Results, People's Suspicions Rise
Guatemala Shuts Down UN Anti-Corruption Probe Iran Minister Says EU Trade Arrangement Moving Slowly, Talking to India, China
US Military Says It Kills Six Militants in an Air Strike in Somalia China Says Always Plays Positive Role Over Korean Peninsula
Father of Saudi Teen Asylum Seeker in Thailand, Seeks Meeting India Says Non-Muslim Migrants Have Nowhere to Go, Should Get Citizenship
North Korea's Kim Discusses Expected Summit With Trump in Talks in China Khashoggi Trial: Mystery as Key Suspect and Former Top Royal Adviser Disappears From Public Eye
#saverahaf: Activists' Lightning Campaign Made Saudi Teen's Flight a Global Cause Germany Charges Syrian With Stabbing That Sparked Chemnitz Riots
Syrian Jihadists Press Attack on Turkish-Backed Rebels Pentagon Names New Chief of Staff
Somali Region Once Riddled With Pirates Sees Peaceful Power Transfer Saudi Security Operation Kills Two in Shi'ite Town
Canadian Diplomats in China Met Second of Two Detained Citizens Erdogan Says Syrian YPG Fight Against ISIS 'A Huge Lie'
Brazilian Offer of US Base in Doubt, Opposed by Military Venezuela Launches WTO Challenge to US Sanctions
US Sanctions Venezuelan Insiders for Currency Scheme DR Congo Opposition Campaign Says Talking With Kabila Camp on Transition
US Says Aware of Reports of Iran's Detention of US Citizen UN Chief Wants to Deploy Up to 75 Truce Monitors to Yemen
Reacting to EU Sanctions, Iran Says Europe Harbors 'Terrorists' Senior Republican Congressman Opposes Using US Defense Funds for Border Wall
Afghan Taliban Cancel Peace Talks With US Citing 'Agenda Disagreement' Sudan's Bashir Scoffs at Opposition as More Demonstrations Take Place
Trump Administration Snubs European Diplomats in US In Shift, EU Sanctions Iran Over Planned Europe Attacks
Iraqi Lawmaker Demands Probe Into Officials' Visits to Israel Turkey's Erdogan Rebukes Trump's Top Security Adviser Over Kurds in Syria
TV: Shin Bet Chief Warns 'Foreign Country' Trying to Influence Elections MBS Said to Be Plotting Camp David-Style Handshake With Netanyahu
Yair Lapid Accuses Netanyahu of Being 'Hysterical' Tibi Seeks to Dissolve Joint List of Arab Parties
What's Behind the Snub Erdogan Gave Bolton, and Why Some in Israel Are Still Optimistic Israeli Housing Project in West Bank Would Surround Bethlehem With Settlements
India's Lower House Passes Citizenship Bill That Excludes Muslims US Troops Must Comply With New Weapons-Free Zone in Wiesbaden, Germany
US Envoy Working on Qatar Dispute Resigns From State Department How Gulf States Hatched Plan With Israel to Rehabilitate Assad
Newly Released FOIA Documents Shed Light on Border Patrol's Seemingly Limitless Authority Analysts Confirm: Israel Used Civilian Airliners as Cover in Christmas Day Airstrikes in Syria
German Media Demand Accelerated Rearmament Turkey to Ask US to Hand Over Military Bases in Syria

January 7th, 2019

Taliban Attacks Kill at Least 26, Mostly Police Across Afghanistan Gabon Says Situation Under Control After Failed Coup
Bid to Boost Aid to Israel Could Be Stalled by Govt Shutdown As Questions Grow, White House Says Position on Syria Withdrawal Unchanged
Amid Syria Pullout, US Undecided What to Do With ISIS Detainees US Approves Missile Defense Boost for Saudis Despite Khashoggi Outrage
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