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August 20th, 2019

Trump Cancels Denmark Trip After PM Says Greenland Isn't for Sale Syria to Retake Northern Town After Al-Qaeda Withdraws
UN Postpones Anti-Torture Conference in Cairo After Outcry China Boosts Food Aid to North Korea
Official: Border Skirmishes With India Have Killed 35 in Pakistani Kashmir 2,300 Held in Kashmir, Says International News Agency, Citing Officers, Records
Deadline Elapses for Unregistered Syrians to Leave Istanbul Indonesia Deploys Troops to West Papua Region as Protests Spread
Pompeo Expresses Concern Over North Korea Missile Tests US Says Airstrike in Somalia Kills Al-Shabaab Militant
Trump on Afghanistan: at a Certain Point You Have to Say 'Enough' Trump Promises Continued US Presence in Afghanistan Amid Withdrawal Talks
Trump Says US Role in Afghanistan Has Turned Into 'Ridiculous' Police Force Sudan Appoints Top Economist as PM
Pompeo Warns of 'New Turmoil' if UN Arms Embargo on Iran Lifted in 2020 Area 51 Events in Nevada Prompt Emergency Crowd Planning
Big Questions Linger as Russia Shares Radiation Data Israeli, US Militaries Simulate Ship Hijacking Amid Tensions
Lebanon's Labor Minister Vows to Continue Crackdown Despite Wave of Protests Girls School Torched in Kabul
US Announces $125m in Aid to Afghanistan Afghan Election Takes Precedence Over Peace: Chief Executive Abdullah
US Seeks to Reduce War Cost, Casualties in Afghanistan: Pompeo Yemen's Houthis Down US Drone in Dhamar Governorate: Spokesman
Haftar Boosts Military Security at Libya's Largest Oil Field The US Military Does Not Need Iraqi Permission to Provide Close Air Support or Evacuate Wounded Troops
4 Super Hornets Damaged in Carrier Landing Gone Wrong in Arabian Sea UN Agency: Rival Tribes Clash in Southern Libya; 90 Killed This Month
Yemen Vows to Confront UAE-Backed 'Coup' as Infighting Rages US Says Anyone Who 'Touches' Iran Tanker Risks US Sanctions
India's Moon Probe Enters Lunar Orbit Yemen Separatists Drive Out Govt Troops From Two Camps in South
Mexican Court Rules to Allow Recreational Cocaine Use Trump Offers to Mediate 'Explosive' Kashmir Standoff
US Will Act if Tanker Carrying Iranian Oil Delivers Oil: Pompeo Pompeo: Hong Kong Violence Would Make China Trade Deal 'More Difficult'
Mike Pompeo Tells Business Leaders That Trade War Could End by 2020 US Warns Greece Not to Harbor Iranian Tanker
Sheldon Adelson and Wife Give $213,000 to Senate GOP Fundraising Group New German Defense Chief in Iraq to Drum Up Support for Extending Counter-ISIS Mission
Federal Agencies Faced Fewer Cyberattacks in 2018, Report Finds Israel Actively Pushing Palestinian Emigration From Gaza, Official Says
Likud Joins Far-Right Appeal to Bar Arab Parties From Running in Election US Jews: Trump Spreading Anti-Semitic Trope by Accusing Jews of 'Disloyalty'
Trump Asserts He Could Win Afghanistan War 'in a Week' Without 'Using Nuclear' Trump Moves Forward With $8 Billion F-16 Sale to Taiwan
Algeria Deports HRW Official, Veteran Journalist for Observing Protests American Arms Dealer Who Attempted Sale of Russian-Made Missiles to Libya Sentenced to 30 Years
Too Flashy for Fallujah: Women's Fashion Show in Former ISIS Stronghold Causes Outrage Hamas Dismisses Netanyahu's Threats Against Gaza as 'Empty Electioneering'
British-Made Bomb Parts Discovered in Yemen: UN Experts Israel Is Manipulating Gaza's Demographics by Facilitating Palestinian Emigration
Philippines' Duterte Warns of 'Unfriendly' Greeting for Uninvited Warships Turkey Says It Will Not Move Military Observation Post in Syria
Russia to Nuclear Test Ban Monitor: Test Accident Not Your Business Some Russian Radiation Sensors Back Online: Global Network Operator
Libya Sends Mobile Petrol Stations to Conflict-Hit West Mysterious Israeli Businessman Behind Mega-Deal to Supply Spy Planes to UAE
ISIS Could Re-Emerge in Syria, Chinese Envoy Warns Cameroon Separatist Leaders Condemned to Life in Prison
Russia, China Accuse US of Stoking Tensions With Missile Test Zimbabwe Opposition to Review Strategy in Face of 'Political Asphyxiation'
Burkina Faso Leader Laments Dark Stain After Attack Kills 24 Soldiers Saudi Arabia Implements End to Travel Restrictions for Saudi Women
Pakistan to Take Kashmir Dispute With India to World Court US Warns Sri Lanka on Investment, Military Ties After Army Chief Promotion
Sri Lanka Says International Criticism Over New Army Chief 'Unwarranted' Pompeo Says North Korea Talks Have Not Resumed as Quickly as Hoped
Greece Says Has Had No Request From Iranian Oil Tanker to Dock Kashmir Remains Tense Despite Partial Easing of Restrictions
Syrian Army Poised to Take Key Town After Rebel Withdrawals Blasts Hit Militia Group Position at Iraq's Balad Air Base: Security Sources
Southern Somali State Shutters Main City, Airport Ahead of Election: Senior Local Official Turkish Police Use Water Cannon, Batons on Kurdish Protesters
Trump Says Appropriate to Let Russia Join Group of Seven Sudan Forms 11-Member Sovereign Council, Headed by Military Leader
Imports of Chinese Steel Racks Injure US Industry: US International Trade Commission Israel Won't Allow Palestine Cup Soccer Game, Cites 'Security Reasons'
To Please Trump, Netanyahu Turned Omar, Tlaib, and BDS Into Prime Time News Democrats Plan Action Over Israel Ban on Congress Visit
Kashmir Border Clashes Leave Several Dead Palestinians Boycott German Nightclub That Recruits for Israeli Army
Space Command Will Launch Aug. 29, Vice President Mike Pence Says Israel Pushing Palestinians to Leave Gaza
Northern Ireland: Sixth Blast This Year Targets Police Near Border

August 19th, 2019

Iraq Daily Roundup: Turkish Strikes Wound Civilians; Eight Killed in Iraq Saudi Summit on Future of Yemen Delayed After Separatists Seize Aden
Pentagon Tests Previously Banned Cruise Missile Airstrikes Pound Yemen Capital After Drones Hit Saudi Oil Field
Iran FM: Not Interested in Talks With US
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