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May 5th, 2019

Guaido 'Considering Asking US for Military Intervention' Afghan President Makes Rare Phone Call to Pakistani PM
Gunmen Attack Prominent Colombian Environmental Activist US Backs Israel '100 Percent' Against Gaza Rocket Attacks, Trump Says
Dow Futures Dive on Trump's Tariff Threat Protester Killed After Demonstration Turns Violent in Sudan's Darfur
Egypt Thought Murdered Italian Student Was British Spy Sudan Mediators Propose 2 Transition Councils: Protest Leader
Istanbul Polls Officials Have Alleged Links to Failed Coup Iraqi PM Holds Phone Call With US Secretary of State Over Boosting Ties
Journalist Killed While Reporting Ongoing Fighting in Southern Yemen Hamas Chief Says Calm in Gaza Possible if Israel Committed to Ceasefire
Two Soldiers Killed in Southeastern Turkey Pakistan Ready for 'Any Cooperation' on Afghan Peace: Khan
Kabul Court Hands Jail Term to Ex-Election Commission Chief Afghan Govt Not to Disclose Jirga Attendees' Details Over Security Concerns
Afghan Civilians Call for Ceasefire During Ramadan Afghanistan Begins Implementing Law on Child Protection
Warplanes Strike Hospital in Syria's Rebel-Held Idlib Pakistan Says Indian Fire Kills 2 Civilians in Kashmir
Airbus Considers Legal Action Against Germany Over Saudi Ban Sri Lanka Police Discover Suspected Training Camp for Islamist Militants
North Korea Fired Several Short-Range Missiles in Weekend Drill Tunisia Security Forces Kill Three Suspected Jihadists
US May Review Ties With Countries Deemed Anti-Israel: Envoy Libya's Haftar Orders Troops to Fight Harder During Ramadan
Trump Vows New Tariff Hike on Chinese Goods, Escalating Tension in Trade Talks Tunisia Police Kills Three Militants in Sidi Bouzid
Venezuelan Army Helicopter Crashes Near Caracas, Killing Seven Turkey Says It Will Not Bow to US Sanctions Over S-400 Deal
UN Races to Process Rotting Yemeni Grain After Reaching Hodeidah Store Iran Using All Resources to Sell Oil in 'Gray Market': Deputy Minister
Israel Kills Hamas Commander in First Targeted Strike in Years Deserted Beaches, Empty Rooms: Sri Lanka Tourism Takes a Hit After Bombings
Iran Slams Israel's 'Savage' Attack on Gaza, Blames 'US Support' With Focus on Hodeidah, Yemen's War Rages on Elsewhere
Russia's Lavrov Urges US to Cancel Plans to Oust Venezuela's Maduro Taliban Kill 13 in Attack on Police Headquarters in Northern Afghanistan
UN Calls for a Week-Long Humanitarian Truce in Libyan Capital Turkey, Russia Reviewing Deployment in Syria's Tel Rifaat Region
Libya's Haftar Orders Troops to Chase and Destroy Enemy Forces IDF Destroys Hamas Interior Minister's Office
North Macedonia's Pro-Western Candidate Wins Presidential Vote North Macedonia's Pro-Western Candidate Set to Win Presidential Vote-Early Results Show
UN, Qatar, and Egypt Offer Israel Cease-Fire After Two Days of Hostilities; 4 Israelis Dead in Rocket Barrages Strikes Escalate as Israel Threatens Invasion of Gaza Strip
UN Calls for a Week-Long Humanitarian Truce in Libyan Capital US to Raise Tariffs on $200 Billion of Chinese Goods Up to 25%
Sri Lanka Expels 200 Islamic Clerics After Easter Attacks Rwanda Buries Remains of Nearly 85,000 Genocide Victims
Seven Venezuelan Military Officers Die in Helicopter Crash Tunisia Police Kills Three Militants in Sidi Bouzid

May 4th, 2019

Kurdish Rebels Launch Mortars at Turkey; Eight Killed in Iraq Attacks US Launches $5 Million Airport Security Program in Iraq, Kurdistan
Mosul Seethes as Corruption Hinders Reconstruction BJP Leader Shot Dead in Kashmir by Suspected Terrorists
In Kashmir, Accidental Blasts Due to Uncleared Explosives at Encounter Sites Take a Grim Toll; Children Among Killed Palo Alto Man Hailed as a Hero for Spray Painting 'Yemen' in Blood-Red Letters at Lockheed Martin's Office
Afghan Official: Taliban Storm Checkpoints, Kill Seven Policemen Hand Over Swords, Large Knives, Army Uniforms to Police: Sri Lankan Police to Public
Sudan Protesters Say Security Attempted to Break Up Sit-In Venezuela Tests Trump-Bolton Relationship
Palestinian Journalist Shot in Head by Rubber Bullet While Covering Gaza Protest Dozens Killed After 'Intensive Regime Bombing' on Syria's Idlib
Israel Attacks 70 Military Targets in Gaza Strip, Destroys Islamic Jihad Tunnel Turkey Kills 28 Kurdish Militants in Retaliation for Attacks
Demolitions Spike in East Jerusalem, and UN Officials Call on Israel: 'This Must Stop' Turkey Says Israeli Strikes in Gaza Targeted Building Where Its State News Agency Has Office
Damascus Presses Idlib Attack, Artillery Hits Turkish Position Ethnic Attacks in Mali Killed 18 Civilians This Week: Peacekeeping Mission
Sudan Faces Fuel Crisis and Worsening Cash Crunch Taliban Say Gap Narrowing in Talks With US
Four Turkish Soldiers Killed in Attacks by Kurdish Militants, Turkey Says Fighting in Southern Tripoli Kills 187, More Than 1,000 Wounded
ISIS Claims It Killed 10 Soldiers in Northeastern Nigeria Mexican Navy Says Member Killed in Attack While Patroling Pipeline
All Survive as Plane Carrying 143 US Military Members Skids Into River North Macedonia Holds Run-Off Presidential Vote Amid Divisions Over Name Change
Erdogan Signals He Backs Re-Run of Contested Istanbul Vote Envoy Says US Ready for 'All Sides' to Lay Down Arms in Afghan War
ISIS Group Claims Deadly Attack on Haftar Training Camp in Libya Japanese Private Firm Sends First Rocket Into Space
Thousands March in Glasgow to Support Scottish Independence Pro-Trump Republicans Oppose US Troops Entering Venezuela
Israel Responds With Airstrikes, Killing at Least 5, After 200 Rockets Fired From Gaza Pentagon Plans to Send Navy Hospital Ship to Assist Venezuelan Refugees
'Brother Against Brother': How a Taliban Infiltrator Killed Three in Helmand Police Suicides on the Rise in France After Nearly Six Months of Yellow Vest Protests
Boko Haram Seizes Military Base in NE Nigeria Trump Says Confident North Korea's Kim Won't 'Break Promise'
710 Fighters of Libya's Official Government Killed Since Beginning of Battle for Tripoli Brother of Former Algerian President, Two Former Intelligence Chiefs Arrested
Palestinian Mother, Baby Killed in Israeli Raids on Gaza Former Israeli in US Interview: I Guarded Nuclear Device During Six Day War
3 Hurt as Israel Comes Under Massive Rocket Fire From Gaza Egypt Receives Third German Submarine of Four Promised in Deal
Despite Rockets, Arson Balloons, Israeli Communities on Gaza Border Keep Growing Israel Closes Gaza Crossings, Fishing Zone in Response to Rocket Fire
Netanyahu Said to Tell IDF to 'Deal a Hard Blow' to Gaza Terror Groups Rockets Fired From Gaza Day After Israel Kills Four Palestinians
Iran Must Resist US Sanctions Through Oil, Non-Oil Exports: Rouhani ISIS and Chadian Fighters Behind Attack in Southern Libya
Syrian Govt, Russia Press Onslaught, Rebels Say Repel Attack Nine Soldiers Killed in South Libya Attack on Haftar Camp
EU and Britain Condemn US Oil and Nuclear Sanctions on Iran Gaza-Israel Hostilities Flare With Rocket Attacks, Air Strikes
Iran to Keep Enriching Uranium Despite US Move: Parliament Speaker

May 3rd, 2019

Mustard Gas Leaking From Vast Underwater First World War Weapons Dump in North Sea Taliban Dismisses Demand to Disarm, Says US Should Halt Violence
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