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August 21st, 2019

Russia, China Ask UN Security Council to Meet Over US Missile Developments Afghan Whistleblower Faces Trial in Australia Next Year
Soldiers Mistakenly Fire at Israeli Crop-Dusting Plane, Thinking It's From Syria Yemen's Infighting Tests Alliance Key to Trump's Mideast Policy
Yemen Threatens to Act Internationally to Stop UAE Support for Separatists US Navy 'Ready' for Venezuela Mission, Says a Top Commander
In Venezuela, Guaido Questions Maduro Claims About US Talks President Trump Signs Memo to Launch Spacecraft With Nuclear Power
Iran Looks to Slash Four Zeroes From Its Spiraling Currency Special Warfare Training Being Staged Across 21 North Carolina Counties
Turkey: 30 Detained in Protest Over Elected Mayors' Ouster Iran to Unveil Air Defense Missile System
Jerusalem Demolishes Palestinian Home Built Without Permit North Korea Says US Cruise Missile Test, Military Moves 'Dangerous,' Still Committed to Dialogue: KCNA
UN Warns 22 Aid Programs in Yemen Will Close if Countries Do Not Pay Pledges Indonesia Deploys More Troops as Papua Hit by Fresh Unrest
US Navy Fires 5 Senior Leaders This Month Afghan Govt Criticized for Hiding Details of Negotiating Team
US Removed Almost 2.7 Million Barrels Daily of Iranian Oil From Market: Pompeo US Taliban Negotiator Returning to Doha Amid Peace Deal Hopes
UAE Secretly Spending Billions to Buy Israeli Spy Planes for Use Against Iran Fringe Pro-ISIS Gaza Group Blasts Hamas for Being 'Infidels'
Trump Says 'No President' Has Helped Israel as Much as He Has Syria Govt Forces Take Full Control of Khan Sheikhoun
US Offers $5m in Rewards for Each of Three Suspected ISIS Leaders Egypt Is Detaining Son of Senior Palestinian Official, Family Says
UK Licensed $7.6 Billion Worth of Arms to Saudi-Led Forces in First Four Years of Yemen Conflict Millions of Yemenis Face Aid Cuts as UAE, Saudi Arabia Fail to Meet Pledges
Iran: Trump Can't Be Unpredictable and Expect Predictability From Others China Threatens to Sanction US Firms Over Sales of F-16s to Taiwan
Trump Administration Announces Deal to Avert Tariffs on Mexican Tomatoes Iran Tanker Breaks Down in Red Sea Near Saudi Arabia
Here's Why Trump Wants to Buy Greenland Hashd Al-Shaabi Ammunition Cache Explodes in Iraq, Fourth in Recent Months
UAE Denies It Supports Yemen's Southern Separatists Capture of Aden Military Escalation in Syria's Idlib Province Tests Turkey's Resolve
Trump Orders Elimination of Student Loan Debt for Thousands of Disabled Veterans Pompeo Speaks With Danish Counterpart After Trump Cancels Visit
Senate Democrats Push for Arms Control Language in Defense Policy Bill Pentagon Cancels Contract for Billion-Dollar Missile 'Kill Vehicle'
DHS Is Collecting Biometrics on Thousands of Refugees Who Will Never Enter the US Trump Threatens to 'Release' ISIS Fighters Into France, Germany
Venezuela's Maduro Says There Has Been Contact With US Officials 'For Months' US Envoy Biegun Says Will Focus on Denuclearizing North Korea, Turns Down Russian Post
Tunisia's Main Candidates for Presidential Elections Moderate Islamists Make New Power Quest in Tunisia
Iranian News Agency Says Tanker Leased to Shipping Firms Death Toll From Afghan Wedding Blast Rises to 80
Greece Says It Will Not Help Iranian Tanker to Reach Syria Report: Israel Attacked in Iraq With US, Russia Approval
Australia Joins US-Led Mission to Protect Persian Gulf Shipping Zarif Says Iran Remains Committed to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
More Than 2,000 People Displaced, 19 Killed in Myanmar Fighting Google, Apple, Mozilla Move to Block Kazakh Surveillance System
No One Can Secure Persian Gulf Other Than Iran and Countries of the Region: Guards Deputy Commander Iran's Zarif Warns US That Tehran May Also Act 'Unpredictably'
Indonesia Chief Security Minister to Fly to Papua as Fresh Protests Erupt Yemeni Government Says Will Not Talk to Separatists Until Standoff Ends
Suspected Jihadists Kill Five Malian Troops in Ambush Leaders of Rwanda and Uganda Sign Pact in Bid to End Tension
Putin Says US Is Able to Deploy New Cruise Missile in Europe Incarcerated Kashmir Separatists Urge Public March Over Loss of Autonomy
WFP Resumes Food Distribution in Yemen's Sanaa After Deal With Houthis US Blames Iran for Shooting Down American Drone Over Yemen
Turkey Says All Its Observation Posts in Syria Will Remain Place, Support to Continue Tourism to Cuba Plunges After Trump's Tightening of Travel Ban
Putin Says Deadly Military Accident Occurred During Weapons Systems Test Trump Says Other Countries Need to Fight ISIS
Russia, China Ask UN Security Council to Meet Thursday Over US Missile Developments UN Warns 22 Aid Programs in Yemen Will Close if Countries Do Not Pay Pledges
Iran Says Top Waterways Won't Be as Safe if Its Oil Exports Cut to Zero Hong Kong Protesters Clash With Police, Angry at Lack of Prosecutions After Subway Mob Attack
Iraq Paramilitary Groups Blame US, Israel for Blasts at Iraqi Militia Bases Sudan's Hamdok Takes Office as New Prime Minister, Vows to Tackle Conflicts and Economy
Two US Service Members Killed in Afghanistan German-US Ties Are Breaking Down
Yemen: Coalition Warships Attack Fishing Boats US State Dept Approves Sale of 66 F-16 Fighters to Taiwan

August 20th, 2019

Iraq Daily Roundup: Another Ammo Dump Explosion; Eight Killed in Iraq Official: Indian Strikes Kill 35 People in Pakistani Kashmir
US Military Says They Don't Need Iraqi Permission for Certain Flights South Yemen Separatists Seize Two More Military Camps
US Threatens Sanctions to Anyone Who 'Touches' Iran Oil Tanker Pompeo Warns of 'New Turmoil' if UN Arms Embargo on Iran Expires
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