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October 20th, 2019

Italy: Thousands Evacuated for World War II Bomb Disposal Chile Protests: Five Dead After Looters Torch Garment Factory
Turkey, Kurds Trade Accusations as Syria Truce Largely Holds Pentagon Chief in Afghanistan as US Looks to Kickstart Taliban Talks
News Corp to Supply Headlines for Facebook's Upcoming News Tab US Continues Sanctions Break for Swedish Refiner With Venezuelan Ties
After Trade Talks in US, China Ramps Up Brazilian Soy Purchases Hong Kong Activists Wear Joker and Winnie-The-Pooh Masks
Indonesia's Popular President Sworn in for 2nd Term South Sudan's Opposition Leader Warns of Return to Civil War
Pakistanis Hoist Miles-Long Kashmir Flag in Solidarity March Netanyahu: Gantz Planning Government With Backing of 'Dangerous' Arab Parties
Disappeared in El Salvador: The Return of a Cold War Nightmare Kurds Withdraw From Syrian Border Town
SecDef Esper: US Forces in Afghanistan Could Drop to 8,600 Roadside Bombing Kills 1, Injures 1 in Yemen
Syrian Kurdish Military Official Calls on Israel to Take Action Against Turkey Afghanistan: Governor of Wardak Survives Car Bomb, Three Policemen Killed
Afghan President: IEC Delay Acceptable for Increased Transparency EU Envoy Calls for Resumption of US-Taliban Talks
Trump: 'We Have Secured the Oil. Bringing Soldiers Home!' Turkey Sanctions Face Possible Wall in GOP Senate
Turkish Soldier Killed in Syrian Kurd Attack: Defense Ministry UAE Releases $700 Million in Frozen Iranian Funds 'in Return for Security'
ISWAP Fighters Kill Nigeria Troops in Clashes Near Jakana 'Grey Zone' Tactics Are Raising Risk of Military Conflict in the South China Sea, Observers Say
All US Troops Leaving Syria Will Head to Western Iraq Secondary Circuit of Iran's Arak Nuclear Reactor to Be Operational Within Two Weeks
Kuwait Sees Neutral Zone Oil Pact With Saudis Within 45 Days 10 Killed in Fresh Firing Across Kashmir Border
Worst Clashes in Years in Baku, Azerbaijan Followed by Claims of Critic's Abuse Italian Experts Defuse WWII Bomb in Northern City
Firebrand Cleric Green-Lights Fresh Protests in Iraq US Proposed to Help North Korea Build Tourist Area
Detroit-Area Men Who Sent Millions to Yemen Spared Prison Lack of Food Pushes S. Sudan Opposition Troops to Desert Training Camps
Trump Thanks Pentagon Chief Mark 'Esperanto' for 'Securing Oil' in Syria, Whatever That Might Mean Turkish Offensive Violates International Law: German FM
Ecuador Resumes Oil Exports Curbed by Protests US Defense Secretary Esper in Kabul on Unannounced Visit
US House Speaker Pelosi Holds Talks in Jordan With King Abdullah Turkey, Russia to Discuss Removal of Kurdish Militia From Syria's Manbij, Kobani
China, Australia Complete Joint Army Training Exercise in Hainan Turkey Says Nothing Will Come of Halkbank Case if Law in US Works
Nine Civilians Killed in Kashmir Gunfire Between India and Pakistan Australian Newspapers Unite in Protest Against Media Restrictions
Rampaging Mobs Stage an Arson Spree in Hong Kong Setting Mainland Chinese-Linked Shops and Metro Stations Ablaze and Hurling Petrol Bombs at Police Four Killed, 50 Injured in Bangladesh Over Facebook Post
Erdogan Says Turkey Expects US to Keep Promises, Not Stall Syria Truce Deal Syria Critic Lindsey Graham Reverses Stance, Says Trump's Policy Could Succeed
South Sudan's Main Opposition Leader Says Unlikely to Be Part of Unity Govt by Nov. 12 Three US Army Soldiers Killed, Three Injured in Training Accident at Fort Stewart-Hunter
Pro-Separatists Stage New Barcelona Rallies, Government Says Violence Fading Lebanon PM Hariri Agrees Reform Package in Bid to Resolve Economic Crisis: Official Sources
Pentagon Chief in Afghanistan as US Looks to Kickstart Taliban Talks At Least Three Dead in Fires Amid Chilean Riots, Flights Out of Santiago Delayed
Somalia Aims to Reduce Poverty, Pump Up Infrastructure After Debt Erased Egypt to Press for Outside Mediator in Ethiopia Dam Dispute
Milan Seeks US Apology: WWII Bomb Hit Elementary School in Italy Rep. Amash Criticizes Trump for Treating US Troops Like 'Paid Mercenaries'
Fort Stewart Training Accident Leaves Three Soldiers Dead, Three Injured, Officials Say

October 19th, 2019

Botched Mission to Capture El Chapo's Son Sparked by DC Judge Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed; Shepherds Attacked
Soldiers Patrol Chilean Capital After Violent Protests Netherlands Extends Iraq, Peshmerga Training Mission Through 2021
Disappeared in El Salvador: Amid a Cold War Nightmare's Return, a Tale of One Body and Three Grieving Families Pompeo Says US Committed to Afghan Peace After Deadly Explosions
Afghanistan Delays Announcing Results of Presidential Election Barcelona Mayor Pleads for Violence in Catalonia to Stop Amid Pro-Independence Protests
Catalan Leaders Demand Talks With Madrid as Thousands of Protesters Hit the Streets 10 ISIS Militants Killed in Eastern Afghan Operation
Yemen's Warring Parties Swap 29 Prisoners Jordan King Reiterates Two-State Solution as Sole Way to Resolve Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Syrian Army Captures Previous US Base in Hasakah Province Peace Activists Kidnapped in Afghanistan Now Released
Afghan Mosque Explosion Death Toll Now 72, Locals Say Ending Afghan War Serves US National Interest: US Peace Envoy Khalilzad
In Many Parts of Mexico, Government Ceded Battle to Cartels Russia, Serbia Vow to Boost Ties Despite Belgrade's EU Bid
Gabbard on Clinton Attack: 'She Knows That She Can't Control Me' Trump Criticizes Clinton for Suggesting Jill Stein Was Russian Asset
Jill Stein: 'I Am Not a Russian Spy' Prominent Iraqi Blogger Returns Home After Being Kidnapped Following Anti-Government Protests
Amnesty Urges Iraq to End Forced Disappearances, Intimidation of Activists UAE Army Whistleblower 'Missing' After Exposing Military Corruption
Amnesty International Accuses Lebanese Security Forces of Using Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protestors Arrest and Detention of Children Over Hong Kong's Anti-Government Protests Raise Questions on Police Treatment and Legal Process
Egypt: Four Killed When Shells Hit Two Houses in North Sinai Kenya, Somalia Say Aid Will Keep Flowing Despite Border Dispute
Rights Lawyers: Egypt Frees More Than 100 Held in Crackdown Lebanon Army Cracks Down on Protests as Government Bickers
Iraqi Pilgrims Protest Corruption During Arbaeen March Turkey Urges US to Use 'Leverage' to Get Kurdish Force Pullout
Shocked by Cartel Firefight, Mexico's Culiacan Seeks Return to Normality Explainer: Mexico's Week of Bloodshed. What Is Going On?
South Korean Students Climb Into US Envoy's Residence in Protest Against Troop Presence Mali Army Says It Killed 50 Militants, Freed Soldiers in Counter-Attack
North Macedonian PM Urges Snap Election After EU Declines to Launch Accession Talks Azeri Police Detain Scores of Protesters, Including Opposition Party Leader
US, Mexican Presidents Agree to Take Actions to Freeze Flow of Weapons to Mexico Soldiers, Police, and Demonstrators Clash in Chilean Capital
Millions March in Iraq Arbaeen Pilgrimage Biggest Exercise of a Lifetime? 2nd Marine Division to Conduct Largest Unscripted Training in Decades
Hong Kong Democracy Activist Injured in Knife Attack Cracks Appear in Lebanon's Governing Coalition After Third Day of Protests
Several Soldiers Killed in Burkina Faso Attacks Police Free Nearly 150 From School in Northern Nigeria
Ministers Resign After Third Day of Protests in Lebanon For Palestinians Fleeing Gaza, Belgium Was the Promised Land - Until It Shut Its Doors
Palestine: Abbas Is Fatah's Only Candidate With Middle East Peace Plan Launch Delayed, US Special Envoy Announces Final Departure Date
At Jordan Border Enclave, Gantz Calls for Improved Ties With Arab Countries US-Turkey Frictions Raise Doubts About Nukes at Turk Base
Erdogan Vows to 'Crush the Heads' of Kurdish Forces if No Pullout by Deadline Tensions Between Germany's Turks and Kurds Boil Over With Syria Offensive
Spain Dismisses Call for Catalan Talks Amid Violent Protests Chile Protests: State of Emergency Declared in Santiago; Miitary Deployed
Lebanon Protests: Five Things You Need to Know Hezbollah Leader Backs Lebanon Government Amid Raging Protests
Turkey Arrests Turkish-Mexican Man in Cambodia Over Gulen Links North Macedonia PM Calls for Snap Elections After EU Snub
Mozambique Opposition Rejects Election Results

October 18th, 2019

Turkish-Backed Rebels Holding ISIS Women and Children for Ransom Erdogan: Turkey Will Set Up Presence Across Northeast Syria
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